Birth of the Blues
Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !
1941-11-07 | 87 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Bing CrosbyJeff Lambert
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Mary MartinBetty Lou Cobb
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Brian DonlevyMemphis
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Carolyn LeeAunt Phoebe Cobb
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Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonLouey
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J. Carrol NaishBlackie
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Warren HymerLimpy
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Horace McMahonWolf
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Ruby ElzyRuby
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Harry BarrisSuds
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Minor WatsonHenri Lambert
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Harry RosenthalPiano Player
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Donald KerrSkeeter, Barbershop Musician
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Barbara PepperMaizie
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Cecil KellawayGranet
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Ronnie CosbyJeff as a Boy
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