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Birth of the Blues (1941)
Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 87 minutes
Actors
Bing Crosby | Mary Martin | Brian Donlevy | Carolyn Lee | Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | J. Carrol Naish | Warren Hymer | Horace McMahon | Ruby Elzy | Jack Teagarden | Danny Beck | Harry Barris | Perry Botkin Sr. | Minor Watson | Harry Rosenthal | Donald Kerr | Barbara Pepper | Cecil Kellaway | Ronnie Cosby | Ted Lewis | Duke Ellington | Louis Armstrong | Tommy Dorsey | Jimmy Dorsey | Benny Goodman | Paul Whiteman | Roscoe Ates | Charles Lane | Mantan Moreland