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Birth of the Blues

Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !

6 average rating
6
English / 86 MIN. / 1941

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Bing CrosbyMary MartinBrian DonlevyCarolyn LeeEddie 'Rochester' AndersonJ. Carrol NaishWarren HymerHorace McMahonRuby ElzyJack TeagardenDanny BeckHarry BarrisPerry Botkin Sr.Minor WatsonHarry RosenthalDonald KerrBarbara PepperCecil KellawayRonnie CosbyTed LewisDuke EllingtonLouis ArmstrongTommy DorseyJimmy DorseyBenny GoodmanPaul WhitemanRoscoe AtesCharles LaneMantan Moreland

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