Birth of the Blues
7 reviews
Music/Romance
1h 27m
1941
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player,...
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Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.
- DirectorVictor Schertzinger
- Release7 November 1941
- Genre
- Duration1h 27m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate7 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures
Cast

Bing Crosby
Jeff Lambert

Mary Martin
Betty Lou Cobb

Brian Donlevy
Memphis

Carolyn Lee
Aunt Phoebe Cobb

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Louey

J. Carrol Naish
Blackie

Warren Hymer
Limpy

Horace McMahon
Wolf

Ruby Elzy
Ruby

Harry Barris
Suds

Minor Watson
Henri Lambert

Harry Rosenthal
Piano Player

Donald Kerr
Skeeter, Barbershop Musician

Barbara Pepper
Maizie

Cecil Kellaway
Granet

Ronnie Cosby
Jeff as a Boy

Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)

Tommy Dorsey
Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Dorsey
Self (archive footage)

Benny Goodman
Self (archive footage)

Paul Whiteman
Self (archive footage)

Roscoe Ates
Cab Driver (uncredited)

Charles Lane
Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)

Mantan Moreland
Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
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