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St. Louis Blues is a 1958 American film broadly based on the life of W. C. Handy. It stars 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.
St. Louis Blues: Directed by Allen Reisner. With Nat 'King' Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald. The story of W. C. Handy, the undisputed father of the blues.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Allen Reisner
- 1958-04-07
Jul 24, 2020 · But the movie’s cast is among the most distinguished in the history of cinema—Nat King Cole stars as Handy, and his co-stars and supporting cast include Eartha Kitt, Ruby Dee, Pearl...
Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway and a slew of other great blues musicians lead this cast along with Eartha Kitt just because she's cool. The movie is called St. Louis Blues, so naturally it takes place exactly where you think it would... in Memphis.
Robert Smith. Writer. Ted Sherdeman. Writer. Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can't stay away from the music of the streets and workers.