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The Ladies Sing the Blues

1988 Rated NR 1hr

Queen bees Lena Horne, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday sing the blues in this stellar collection of performance footage, which also captures the magic of American divas Ethel Waters, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Ruth Brown, Ida Cox, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Connee Boswell and Helen Humes. Numbers include Holiday's "Fine and Mellow," Smith's "St. Louis Blues" and Lee's "Why Don't You Do Right?"

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Cast: Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, more...

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Movie Details

Cast
Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith, Ruth Brown, Helen Humes, Ida Cox, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Connee Boswell
Genres
Music & Musicals, Jazz Greats, Vocal Jazz, Jazz & Easy Listening
Format
DVD
Ratings
NR
Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
Screen formats

Full Screen 1.33:1

Subtitles

No

Closed captioned

No

Language and sound

English: Dolby Digital Mono

Other features

Filmed in B&W; interactive menus; scene access; instant access to songs and solos.