Birth of the Blues
1941 · 86 min
Music · Romance
★ 6.2not streaming
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.
Crew
- Director Victor Schertzinger
- Writer Walter DeLeon
- Story Harry Tugend
- Director of Photography William C. Mellor
Cast
Crew
- Director — Victor Schertzinger
- Writer — Walter DeLeon
- Story — Harry Tugend
- Director of Photography — William C. Mellor
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