Birth of the Blues (1941)
3.5 of 5 from 2 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
- Jeff Lambert who has grown up in New Orleans surrounded by black music, determines to start a band featuring white coronet player Memphis. However, the Basin Street Hotshots are rejected from several venues for playing "black" jazz, until singer Betty Lou Cobb insists they be hired as her backup band. The band finds success until Jeff and Memphis fall out over Betty Lou, then get entangled with gangster Blackie.
- Actors:
- Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, J. Carrol Naish, Warren Hymer, Horace McMahon, Ruby Elzy, Jack Teagarden, Danny Beck, Harry Barris, Perry Botkin Sr., Minor Watson, Harry Rosenthal, Donald Kerr, Barbara Pepper, Cecil Kellaway, Ronnie Cosby, Ted Lewis
- Directors:
- Victor Schertzinger
- Writers:
- Harry Tugend
- Others:
- Robert Emmett Dolan
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Music & Musicals
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