St. Louis Blues: History and Collection Facts

Collection details

• Original format: Film, video
• Medium: Film, Video
• Genre: Music
• Language: English
• Collection: LC Purchase Collection
• Repository: Motion Picture, Broadcasting And Recorded Sound Division
• Call number: Mavis identifier: 63365
• Catalogue date: 1929
• Catalogue subjects: Music
• Named contributors: Mordecai, Jimmy; Handy, W.C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958; Sack Amusement Enterprises; Murphy, Dudley; Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937; Blackhawk Films; Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955

Catalogue notes

• Summary: 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.

Sources and reuse

This guide reorganizes bibliographic facts and catalogue descriptions from the Library of Congress Free to Use and Reuse data package, a published snapshot documented in 2024. The original item record identifies the source material. Audio, films, scores and full-text works are linked through the original record rather than reproduced here.