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St. Louis Blues
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Dudley Murphy
Cast: Bessie Smith [Bessie, the battered wife], Jimmy Mordecai [Jimmy the pimp], Isabel Washington [Jimmy’s girlfriend], Edgar Connor [the craps game leader], Johnny Lee [the bartender], Alec Lovejoy [a gambler], Hall Johnson [the choir leader], the Hall Johnson Choir [the choir], Jimmy Johnson [the orchestra leader], James P. Johnson [the pianist], Thomas Morris [the cornetist]
[?] Sack Amusement Enterprises? production; distributed by [?] RKO Radio Pictures? / Produced by W.C. Handy. Screenplay by Dudley Murphy. Production supervision by Dick Currier (Richard C. Currier). Song “St. Louis Blues” by W.C. Handy. Choral arrangements by W.C. Handy and Rosamond Johnson. Cinematography by Walter Strenge. Sound recording by George Oschmann. Film editor, Russell G. Shields. Presented by Alfred N. Sack. / Released 8 September 1929. / [?] Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format? RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Race film
Listing updated: 6 January 2023.
References: Null-Black p. 38 : Website-IMDb.
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