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Birth of the Blues

6.0/10

Release: 07/11/1941

Duration: 1h 27m

Birth of the Blues

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.

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Writers

| Story:Harry Tugend
| Writer:Walter DeLeon

Production

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Jeff Lambert

Mary Martin

Mary Martin

Betty Lou Cobb

Carolyn Lee

Carolyn Lee

Aunt Phoebe Cobb

Minor Watson

Minor Watson

Henri Lambert

Harry Rosenthal

Harry Rosenthal

Piano Player

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Skeeter, Barbersh..

Ronnie Cosby

Ronnie Cosby

Jeff as a Boy

Ted Lewis

Ted Lewis

Self (archive foo..

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Self (archive foo..

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive foo..

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

Self (archive foo..

Jimmy Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey

Self (archive foo..

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

Self (archive foo..

Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman

Self (archive foo..

Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates

Cab Driver (uncre..

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Wilbur - Bijou Th..

Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

Black Trumpet Pla..

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