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.
Bessie Smith
Bessie - Battered Wife
James P. Johnson
Piano Player (uncredited)
Alec Lovejoy
Gambler (uncredited)
Jimmy Mordecai
Jimmy the Pimp
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September 8, 1929
16m
5.4
Dudley Murphy
Dudley Murphy
23
RKO Radio Pictures
US
Isabel Washington
Jimmy's Girlfriend
Hall Johnson
Choir Leader (uncredited)
Thomas Morris
Coronet Player (uncredited)
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