Genres
Duration
87 min
Director
Victor Schertzinger
Rating
5.6
Release Date
November 7, 1941
Birth of the Blues
Original title: Birth of the Blues
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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.
Birth of the Blues cast
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Bing Crosby
Character:
Jeff Lambert
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Mary Martin
Character:
Betty Lou Cobb
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Brian Donlevy
Character:
Memphis
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Carolyn Lee
Character:
Aunt Phoebe Cobb
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Character:
Louey
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J. Carrol Naish
Character:
Blackie
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Warren Hymer
Character:
Limpy
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Horace McMahon
Character:
Wolf
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Ruby Elzy
Character:
Ruby
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Jack Teagarden
Character:
Pepper
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Danny Beck
Character:
Deek
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Harry Barris
Character:
Suds
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Perry Botkin Sr.
Character:
Leo
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Minor Watson
Character:
Henri Lambert
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Harry Rosenthal
Character:
Piano Player
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Donald Kerr
Character:
Skeeter, Barbershop Musician
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Barbara Pepper
Character:
Maizie
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Cecil Kellaway
Character:
Granet
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Ronnie Cosby
Character:
Jeff as a Boy
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Ted Lewis
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Duke Ellington
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Louis Armstrong
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Tommy Dorsey
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Jimmy Dorsey
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Benny Goodman
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Paul Whiteman
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Roscoe Ates
Character:
Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Charles Lane
Character:
Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
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Mantan Moreland
Character:
Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
