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St. Louis Blues

7.7 105 mins Drama   History   1958
Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): Allen Reisner

Release Date: 07 Mon, Apr 1958

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. After he writes a theme song for a local politician, Gogo, a speakeasy singer, convinces Will to be her accompanist. Will is estranged from his father for many years while he writes and publishes many blues songs. At last the family is reunited when Gogo brings them to New York to see Will's music played by a symphony orchestra.

Casts of St. Louis Blues

Nat King Cole

as W.C. Handy

Eartha Kitt

as Gogo Germaine

Cab Calloway

as Blade

Ella Fitzgerald

as Singer

Mahalia Jackson

as Bessie May

Ruby Dee

as Elizabeth

Juano Hernández

as Rev. Charles Handy

Teddy Buckner

as Musician

Barney Bigard

as Musician

Lee Young

as Musician

George Washington

as Musician

Billy Preston

as Will Handy as a Boy

Pearl Bailey

as Aunt Hagar

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