Bessie Smith in St. Louis Blues (1929) (colorized)

Directed by Dudley Murphy Cast Bessie Smith as Herself Hall Johnson Choir as Themselves James P. Johnson as Pianist (uncredited) Alec Lovejoy as Bit Role (uncredited) Jimmy Mordecai as Jimmy the Pimp (uncredited) Thomas Morris as Cornetist (uncredited) Isabel Washington (uncredited) Bernard Addison as Plectrist (uncredited) source and details: