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Birth of the Blues

Directed by Victor Schertzinger
1941    87m    Not Rated
6.354%
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)
  • Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
  • Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
  • Tommy DorseySelf (archive footage)
  • Jimmy DorseySelf (archive footage)
  • Benny GoodmanSelf (archive footage)
  • Paul WhitemanSelf (archive footage)
  • Roscoe AtesCab Driver (uncredited)
  • Charles LaneWilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
  • Mantan MorelandBlack Trumpet Player (uncredited)
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