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.
$0.00
RKO Radio Pictures
Music, Drama
16mins
5.3/10
1929-09-08
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)
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