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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- Status
- Released
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
Keywords
- short film
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Top Cast
Bessie Smith as Bessie - Battered Wife
James P. Johnson as Piano Player (uncredited)
Alec Lovejoy as Gambler (uncredited)
Jimmy Mordecai as Jimmy the Pimp
Isabel Washington as Jimmy's Girlfriend
Hall Johnson as Choir Leader (uncredited)
Thomas Morris as Coronet Player (uncredited)
Top Crew
Dudley Murphy · Director, Writer
Walter Strenge · Cinematographer
Russell G. Shields · Editor
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