Mar 5, 2013
Film of the day: St. Louis Blues (1958)
Director: Allen Reisner (TV Series director)
Biopic of W.C. Handy. Typical stereotypes/racism, of course, but an interesting film for the time period in which it was made. Nat Cole was amazing, but the radiant and beautiful Eartha Kitt continually stole each scene. I'm going to go on an Eartha Kitt binge.
Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052234/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Blues_%281958_film%29