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This collection of rare shorts features early performances by divas such as Lena Horne, Bessie Smith, Maxine Sullivan, Ida Jones, Laurel Watson, Nina Mae McKinney, and Ethel Waters among others. In BOOGIE WOOGIE DREAM, a short film from 1944, Lena Horne plays a nightclub stagehand who shows off her vocal abilities in an impromptu jam session; the 1929 short ST. LOUIS BLUES stars Bessie Smith as herself;... See Full Description
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