Birth of the Blues

• Movies
• 1941-11-07
• EN
• Released
• 1h 27m
• US
• Music - Romance

• 5.5
• 8

Production

Paramount Pictures

Tagline

Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !

Storyline

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.