St. Louis Blues (1958 film)
- St. Louis Blues (1958 film)
Infobox Film
name = St. Louis Blues
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director = Allen Reisner
producer = Robert Smith
writer = Ted Sherdeman
Robert Smith
narrator =
starring = Nat King Cole
Eartha Kitt
music =
cinematography = Haskell B. Boggs
editing = Eda Warren
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = 7 April, 1958
runtime = 105 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0052234
"St. Louis Blues" is a 1958 film broadly based on the life of W. C. Handy. It starred jazz and blues greats Nat "King" Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, and Barney Bigard, as well as gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and actress Ruby Dee. The film's soundtrack used over ten of Handy's songs including the title song.
Cast
* Nat King Cole - W.C. Handy
* Eartha Kitt - Gogo Germaine
* Cab Calloway - Blade
* Ella Fitzgerald - Singer
* Mahalia Jackson - Bessie May
* Ruby Dee - Elizabeth
* Juano Hernandez - Rev. Charles Handy
* Teddy Buckner - Musician
* Barney Bigard - Musician
* George Callender - Musician
* Lee Young - Musician
* George Washington - Musician
* Billy Preston - Will Handy as a boy
* Pearl Bailey - Aunt Hagar
External links
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