Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues (1941)

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

  • Genre: Music, Romance
  • Release Date: 1941-11-07
  • User Rating: 5.3/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Victor Schertzinger
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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Ruby Elzy

    as Ruby

  • Jack Teagarden

    as Pepper

  • Danny Beck

    as Deek

  • Harry Barris

    as Suds

  • Perry Botkin Sr.

    as Leo

  • Minor Watson

    as Henri Lambert

  • Harry Rosenthal

    as Piano Player

  • Donald Kerr

    as Skeeter, Barbershop Musician

  • Barbara Pepper

    as Maizie

  • Cecil Kellaway

    as Granet

  • Ronnie Cosby

    as Jeff as a Boy

  • Ted Lewis

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Duke Ellington

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Louis Armstrong

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Tommy Dorsey

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Jimmy Dorsey

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Benny Goodman

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Paul Whiteman

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Roscoe Ates

    as Cab Driver (uncredited)

  • Charles Lane

    as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)

  • Mantan Moreland

    as Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
Directing Victor Schertzinger Director
Writing Harry Tugend Story
Writing Walter DeLeon Writer
Production Monta Bell Producer
Production Buddy G. DeSylva Producer
Sound Robert Emmett Dolan Music
Editing Paul Weatherwax Editor
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Art Ernst Fegté Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Camera William C. Mellor Director of Photography

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