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St. Louis Blues
(1929) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Dudley Murphy

Cast: Bessie Smith [herself], the Hall Johnson Choir, James P. Johnson [pianist], Jimmy Johnson [orchestra leader], Alec Lovejoy, Jimmy Mordecai [Jimmy the pimp], Thomas Morris [cornetist], Isabel Washington

[?] Sack Amusement Enterprises? production; distributed by [?] RKO Radio Pictures? / Produced by W.C. Handy. Screenplay by Dudley Murphy. Production supervisor Dick Currier (Richard C. Currier). Choral arrangements by W.C. Handy and Rosamond Johnson. Cinematography by Walter Strenge. Sound recording by George Oschmann. Edited by Russell G. Shields. Presented by Alfred N. Sack. / Released 8 September 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Full-sound film.

[?] Performance: Song?

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: African-Americans - Race film

Listing updated: 7 October 2006.

References: Null-Black p. 38 : Website-IMDb.
 
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