Birth of the BluesMovie
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.
About Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues is a 1941 music, romance movie directed by Victor Schertzinger.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 26m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
