Birth of the Blues

Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Not Rated
1941    86m[History](/on-demand/category/history), [Romance](/on-demand/category/romance)
6.353%6.2
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 Louey to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.

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Cast of Birth of the Blues

  • Bing CrosbyJeff Lambert
  • Mary MartinBetty Lou Cobb
  • Brian DonlevyMemphis
  • Carolyn LeeAunt Phoebe Cobb
  • Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonLouey
  • J. Carrol NaishBlackie
  • Warren HymerLimpy
  • Horace McMahonWolf
  • Ruby ElzyRuby
  • Jack TeagardenPepper
  • Danny BeckDeek
  • Harry BarrisSuds
  • Perry Botkin Sr.Leo
  • Minor WatsonHenri Lambert
  • Harry RosenthalPiano Player
  • Donald KerrSkeeter, Barbershop Musician
  • Barbara PepperMaizie
  • Cecil KellawayGranet
  • Ronnie CosbyJeff as a Boy
  • Ted LewisSelf (archive footage)

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