Film
Birth of the Blues
1941Directed by Victor Schertzinger
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
About Birth of the Blues
- Music
- Romance
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.
- Director
- Victor Schertzinger
- Writers
- Harry Tugend
- Walter DeLeon
