
Birth of the Blues
6.0/10
Release: 07/11/1941
Duration: 1h 27m

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
Director:Victor Schertzinger
Writers
| Story:Harry Tugend
| Writer:Walter DeLeon
Production
Paramount Pictures