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And Now They Call It Soul
…in Christ, stills of Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith, blues sung (“There’s One Thing That…
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United States Information Agency |
12:00 |
Oddball Film and Video |
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Bessie Smith : St. Louis Blues
great shots of African Americans in 20’s & 30’s - African American men playing cards on…
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Sack Amusement Enterprises |
600 |
Oddball Film and Video |
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Black Music in America
Nina Simone, Josephine Baker, 1920’s blacks in cities, blacks singing and dancing, Bessie Smith, many…
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1971 |
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Oddball Film and Video |
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Black Music In America - From Then Till Now (1973) ▶
…Featuring influential figures such as Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, and Nina Simone…
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AV Geeks Archive |
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Black music in America: from then till now
…Count Bassie, Nina Simone and what is reported to be the only footage of Bessie Smith.
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1971 |
Hugh A. Robertson |
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Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
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Black Music In America: From Then Till Now ▶
…Includes Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith, Count Bassie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and others., A…
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1971 |
Screen Gems Inc. |
28 38 min |
AV Geeks Archive +2 |
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Black Music in America: From Then Till Now|h[videorecording]
…Includes Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith, Count Bassie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and others.
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1971 |
Learning Corporation of America |
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Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive |
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Get Used to It: Ep. 96, "Gay Biographies" ▶
…Harry Hay, the pioneering gay civil rights activist; Laura Nyro, the feminist musician; and Bessie Smith…
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UCLA Film & Television Archive |
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St Louis Blues
Features the only film in which the singer, Bessie Smith, ever appeared.
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1929 |
Spectra Pictures |
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St. Louis Blues
, A dramatized interpretation of the classic Blues, with an all-Black cast and starring Bessie Smith…
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1929 |
FESTIVAL |
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Kinonik +1 |
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St. Louis Blues ▶
Ginny Simms - St. Louis Blues soundies
A performance of "St. Louis Blues" by Ginny Simms, expressing…
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1929 |
Soundies Distributing Corp. of America |
17 min |
T Shane Doyle |
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The Bells of Iowa State ▶
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Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
…Uses historic photos, film, and recordings to document the music of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida…
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1989 |
Calliope Film Resources |
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Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive |