Jailhouse Blues (1929) is a motion picture released by Columbia Pictures. This musical short film features Mamie Smith, who was a top star in Black Vaudeville and a recording artist with Okeh Records, although by the time Jailhouse Blues was made her contract with Okeh had ended.
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“It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.”
—James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)