St. Louis Blues is a 1929 American two-reel short film starring Bessie Smith. Directed by Dudley Murphy, it is the only known film featuring Bessie Smith...
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St. Louis Blues (1929 film), a two-reel short directed by Dudley Murphy St. Louis Blues (1939 film), a film directed by Raoul Walsh St. Louis Blues (1958...
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"The Saint Louis Blues" (or "St. Louis Blues") is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914....
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opened on January 31, 1929, it was reportedly the second-largest theater in the United States, with 5,060 seats. It was one of St. Louis's leading movie theaters...
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St. Louis has four professional sports teams: the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball, the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, St...
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"St. James Infirmary" is an American blues and jazz standard that emerged, like many others, from folk traditions. Louis Armstrong brought the song to...
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The Hill is a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, located on high ground south of Forest Park. The official boundaries of the neighborhood are Manchester...
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MS St. Louis was a diesel-powered ocean liner built by the Bremer Vulkan shipyards in Bremen for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). She was named after the...
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overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The top ten 1929 released films by box office...
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Films dealing with blues history or prominently featuring blues music as a theme include: St. Louis Blues (1929): the only short movie with Bessie Smith...
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East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It is directly across the Mississippi River from downtown St. Louis, Missouri,...
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providing the voice for the orangutan King Louie in the 1967 Disney film The Jungle Book. Louis Leo Prima was from a musical Italian American family in New Orleans...
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This is a list of notable people from St. Louis or St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The dates in parentheses represent lifespan, not necessarily...
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1930s. He featured in the 1929 short film St. Louis Blues, and starred in the 1930 Vitaphone Varieties musical short film, Yarmekraw, based on James...
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music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger Rag". The film's title comes from...
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W. C. Handy (redirect from The Father of the Blues)
(Paramount #12719) (1929) Loveless Love/Way Down South Where the Blues Begin (Varsity #8162) (1939) St. Louis Blues/Beale Street Blues (Varsity #8163) (1939)...
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that if Chico goes, she goes. At one point in the film, J.P., annoyed by Chico's singing (“St. Louis Blues”—see below) says, "I wish you'd get rid of that...
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Award for Best Original Score. However, many of the songs, such as "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger Rag" by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band...
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"St. Louis Blues" from the WC Handy album, show that the influence went in both directions. Armstrong appeared in more than a dozen Hollywood films, usually...
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Blue Amberols. Bessie Smith shoots a short film for "St Louis Blues", which would become her only known film appearance. "Ain't Misbehavin'" w. Andy Razaf...
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Ain't Got Nobody", "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "My Gal Sal", and "St. Louis Blues". Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music...
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Shows Smiling Irish Eyes So Long Letty So This Is College Song of Love St. Louis Blues (short) Street Girl Sunnyside Up Sweetie Syncopation Tanned Legs The...
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production crew as for his other 1929 film, St. Louis Blues, featuring Bessie Smith. He and his crew worked on both films concurrently. Murphy collaborated...
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competitions. In 1913, the St. Louis Soccer League came to national attention when St. Leo's tied the Paterson True Blues, winners of the American Cup...
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Victoria Spivey (category American blues pianists)
Jefferson. In 1926 she moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where she was signed by Okeh Records. Her first recording, "Black Snake Blues" (1926), sold well, and her...
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the Western Front, The Front Page, A Walk in the Sun Dudley Murphy: St. Louis Blues, Black and Tan, The Emperor Jones Gregory Nava: El Norte, My Family...
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the 1942 film For Me and My Gal with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. The dance was later blended with the Lindy Hop. 1914 – "St. Louis Blues". Blues composition...
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Red Nichols (section Biographical film and film career)
were "St. Louis Blues", "Rhythm of the Dixieland Band", and "Everybody Loves My Baby". In 1936, he and his band appeared in a ten minute film short entitled...
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Tito Guízar (category American male film actors)
He also appeared in dozens of films, including The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), Tropic Holiday (1938), St. Louis Blues (1939), The Llano Kid (1939),...
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McKenna (born 1983), AHL Portland Pirates Paul Stastny (born 1985), NHL St. Louis Blues Travis Turnbull (born 1986), DEL Düsseldorfer EG Joe Vitale (born 1985)...
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