Bessie Smith St. Louis Blues (1929 film)

St. Louis Blues (1929) is a tworeel short film starring Bessie Smith. The early sound film features Smith in an AfricanAmerican speakeasy of the prohibition era singing the W. C. Handy standard, St. Louis Blues. Directed by Dudley Murphy, it is the only known film of Bessie Smith, and the soundtrack is her only recording not controlled by Columbia Records. The Chicago Blues Museum is a notforprofit organization, (501c3)