
Birth of the Blues (1941)
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.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 1.458 |
Directed By
Victor Schertzinger
Crew
Victor Schertzinger
Harry Tugend
Walter DeLeon
Monta Bell
Buddy G. DeSylva
Robert Emmett Dolan
Paul Weatherwax
Hans Dreier
Ernst Fegté
Edith Head
William C. Mellor
TOP CAST

Bing Crosby
Jeff Lambert

Mary Martin
Betty Lou Cobb

Brian Donlevy
Memphis

Carolyn Lee
Aunt Phoebe Cobb

J. Carrol Naish
Blackie

Warren Hymer
Limpy

Horace McMahon
Wolf

Ruby Elzy
Ruby
Jack Teagarden
Pepper
Danny Beck
Deek

Harry Barris
Suds
Perry Botkin Sr.
Leo

Minor Watson
Henri Lambert

Harry Rosenthal
Piano Player

Donald Kerr
Skeeter, Barbershop Musician

Barbara Pepper
Maizie

Cecil Kellaway
Granet

Ronnie Cosby
Jeff as a Boy
Ted Lewis
Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)

Tommy Dorsey
Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Dorsey
Self (archive footage)

Benny Goodman
Self (archive footage)

Paul Whiteman
Self (archive footage)

Roscoe Ates
Cab Driver (uncredited)

Charles Lane
Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)

Mantan Moreland
Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)