Item details: Bessie - 48077530

Bessie

moving image Bessie

Summary: Focuses on Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into 'The Empress of the Blues', who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.

Format: moving image

Description: 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Publisher: Home Box Office 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	DVD DRAMA BES in Drama DVDs	Available

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TADL-WOOD	DVD DRAMA BES in Drama DVDs	Available

videorecording Made-for-TV movies. Biographical films. Historical films. Musical films.

Smith, Bessie 1894-1937 Drama African American women singers Biography Drama Women blues musicians United States Biography Drama Feature films

Schmidt, Ron (Ronald J.) Rees, Dee Foote, Horton Cleveland, Christopher Gilois, Bettina Queen Latifah Williams, Michael Kenneth Mo'Nique HBO Films Flavor Unit (Firm) Zanuck Company HBO Home Entertainment (Firm) Warner Home Video (Firm) Smith, Bessie

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