Bessie Smith and Friends Movie Review 1986

Three jazz shorts are presented on this tape: "St. Louis Blues" (1929), the only film appearance of blues singer Bessie Smith; "Bye Bye Blackbird" (1932), starring Nina Mae McKinney and the dancing Nicholas Brothers with Eubie Blake and His Orchestra; and "Boogie Woogie Dream" (1941), featuring a youthful Lena Horne, boogie woogie pianists Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson, and Teddy Wilson's Band.

Distribution

African-American Images, 1909 W 95th St., Chicago, IL 60643-1105, Phone: (773)445-0322, Toll-free: 800-552-1991, Fax: (773)445-9844, Email: info@africanamericanimages.com, URL: http://www.africanamericanimages.com

Available on VHS
Running time 39 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Music--Performance, Music--Jazz

Cast

Bessie Smith, Eubie Blake, Nina Mae McKinney, Lena Horne, Teddy Wilson, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson

Producer

Vitaphone Corporation, Soundies Corporation