Birth of the Blues
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.
Top Billed Cast
Bing Crosby
Jeff Lambert
Mary Martin
Betty Lou Cobb
Brian Donlevy
Memphis
Carolyn Lee
Aunt Phoebe Cobb
Featured Crew
Victor Schertzinger
Director
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Robert Emmett Dolan
Music
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Buddy G. DeSylva
Producer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Harry Tugend
Story
Walter DeLeon
Writer
Monta Bell
Producer
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
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