Birth of the Blues

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Bing Crosby

Jeff Lambert

Age : 74 | Popularity : 8%

Mary Martin

Betty Lou Cobb

Age : 76 | Popularity : 5%

Brian Donlevy

Memphis

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Carolyn Lee

Aunt Phoebe Cobb

Age : 76 | Popularity : 4%

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Louey

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

J. Carrol Naish

Blackie

Age : 77 | Popularity : 10%

Warren Hymer

Limpy

Age : 42 | Popularity : 3%

Horace McMahon

Wolf

Age : 65 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Story	Harry Tugend
	Writer	Walter DeLeon
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edith Head
Art	Art Direction	Hans Dreier Ernst Fegté
Production	Producer	Buddy G. DeSylva Monta Bell
Camera	Director of Photography	William C. Mellor
Sound	Music	Robert Emmett Dolan
Editing	Editor	Paul Weatherwax
Directing	Director	Victor Schertzinger
Department	Role	Name

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