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Birth of the Blues

11/07/1941

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1hr 27min

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Music

,Romance

Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Bing Crosby
  • Mary Martin
  • Brian Donlevy
  • Carolyn Lee
  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    Directors

  • Monta Bell
  • Victor Schertzinger

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Paramount Pictures

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

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

Jack Teagarden

Pepper

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