St. Louis Blues

Duration: 16

Genre: Short Drama Music

Year Published: 1929

Creator: FESTIVAL

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A dramatized interpretation of the classic Blues, with an all-Black cast and starring Bessie Smith in her only film appearance as the wronged wife. W.C. Handy was music director as well as co-author of the script, and the music is played by James P. Johnson's Orchestra consisting mostly of the members of the Fletcher Henderson Band with the W.C. Handy choir. The film was made in Astoria, Long Island, during late June 1929.

Complete Record: , A dramatized interpretation of the classic Blues, with an all-Black cast and starring Bessie Smith in her only film appearance as the wronged wife. W.C. Handy was music director as well as co-author of the script, and the music is played by James P. Johnson's Orchestra consisting mostly of the members of the Fletcher Henderson Band with the W.C. Handy choir. The film was made in Astoria, Long Island, during late June 1929. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.