MOVIE TITLE: ST. LOUIS BLUES

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1958

FILM SHOT IN: BLACK & WHITE (you would receive the "FULLSCREEN" version) 

RUNNING TIME: 93 MINUTES

PICTURE QUALITY RATING: = 9 out of 10 (EXCELLENT QUALITY. THESE RARE FILMS COME FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES~PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT MODERN DAY HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL QUALITY.)

DIRECTED BY: ALLEN REISNER

STARRING: NAT KING COLE, EARTHA KITT, RUBY DEE, PEARL BAILEY, CAB CALLOWAY, ELLA FITZGERALD, MAHALIA JACKSON, JUANO HERNANDEZ

BRIEF PLOT SUMMARY:  THE STORY OF THE GREAT PIANIST W.C. HANDY GROWING UP IN MEMPHIS. HIS PREACHER FATHER STERNLY INTENDS HIS SON'S MUSICAL GIFT FOR USE IN HIS CHURCH. W.C. IS DRAWN TO THE BLUES AS WELL AS OTHER FORMS OF MUSIC AND CONFLICTS ARISE. 

COMMENTS: IT'S ASTONISHING WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE TALENT ASSEMBLED FOR THIS FILM!! ALSO WATCH FOR A 12-YEAR OLD BILLY PRESTON PLAYING W.C. AS A YOUNGSTER!!