Queen of the Blues

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.

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Main Cast: Bessie Smith, James P. Johnson, Alec Lovejoy, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington, Hall Johnson, Thomas Morris

Director: Dudley Murphy

Writer: Dudley Murphy

Editor: Russell G. Shields

Cinematographer: Walter Strenge

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