In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.
Directed by Dudley Murphy
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ClipSt. Louis Blues 1929 (Short, Music) Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington
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