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Birth of the Blues (1941)
- NR
- 11/07/1941 (US)
- Music, Romance
- 1h 27m
Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !
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.
Victor Schertzinger
DirectorHarry Tugend
StoryWalter DeLeon
WriterCast
![Bing Crosby's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/pKd9vFb9t157v03D4BS1bc5PqOd.jpg)
Bing Crosby
Jeff Lambert![Mary Martin's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ubJAC2E0RVQqF6o2SlYLlkrayPt.jpg)
Mary Martin
Betty Lou Cobb![Brian Donlevy's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/1ScpU7sf6WGlWhHqc0EYlfA4L1d.jpg)
Brian Donlevy
Memphis![Carolyn Lee's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/DubXhibU7bRlHjMV6568vgUbC3.jpg)
Carolyn Lee
Aunt Phoebe Cobb![Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/95DoyaHU01D2kR6AmiFe5axoUK2.jpg)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Louey![J. Carrol Naish's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/eTQ39RkhwYnLDKQyqjXkliov537.jpg)
J. Carrol Naish
Blackie![Warren Hymer's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/xJcAX5hkXW7Bg3EikdY5De3lahy.jpg)
Warren Hymer
Limpy![Horace McMahon's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/moIW21jHP8DYollXSZ3LCRTaJD0.jpg)