

Birth of the Blues
6.1194186 min
MusicRomance
"Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !"
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.
Top Cast
Bing Crosby as Jeff Lambert,Mary Martin as Betty Lou Cobb,Brian Donlevy as Memphis,Carolyn Lee as Aunt Phoebe Cobb,Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Louey,J. Carrol Naish as Blackie,Warren Hymer as Limpy,Horace McMahon as Wolf
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Production
Paramount Pictures









