Birth of the Blues
1941 · 86 min · Music, RomanceNR
Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !
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.
- Director
- Victor Schertzinger
- Writers
- Harry Tugend, Walter DeLeon
- Released
- November 7, 1941
- Language
- English
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