Directed by Dudley Murphy • 1929 • United States
Starring Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington

In her only film appearance, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith and the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra tell the story of a woman who is deserted by her boyfriend for a St. Louis floozy. Smith then delivers a soul-shaking performance of the title song, an elaborate ten-minute production number featuring dance sequences and backing vocals by the Hall Johnson Choir.