| St. Louis Blues | |
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| Directed by | Allen Reisner |
| Written by | Ted Sherdeman Robert Smith |
| Produced by | Robert Smith |
| Starring | Nat King Cole Eartha Kitt |
| Cinematography | Haskell B. Boggs |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
| Music by | W. C. Handy |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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. The film's soundtrack uses over ten of Handy's songs, including the title song. In conjunction with the film, Cole recorded an album of W. C. Handy compositions, arranged by Nelson Riddle, and Fitzgerald incorporated "St. Louis Blues" into her concert repertoire.