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.
Cast
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Bing Crosby
Played Jeff Lambert
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Mary Martin
Played Betty Lou Cobb
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Brian Donlevy
Played Memphis
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Carolyn Lee
Played Aunt Phoebe Cobb
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Eddie 'Rochester' An…
Played Louey
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J. Carrol Naish
Played Blackie
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Warren Hymer
Played Limpy
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Horace McMahon
Played Wolf
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Ruby Elzy
Played Ruby
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Jack Teagarden
Played Pepper
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Danny Beck
Played Deek
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Harry Barris
Played Suds
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Perry Botkin Sr.
Played Leo
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Minor Watson
Played Henri Lambert
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Harry Rosenthal
Played Piano Player
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Donald Kerr
Played Skeeter, Barbershop …
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Barbara Pepper
Played Maizie
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Cecil Kellaway
Played Granet
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Ronnie Cosby
Played Jeff as a Boy
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Ted Lewis
Played Self (archive footag…
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Duke Ellington
Played Self (archive footag…
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Louis Armstrong
Played Self (archive footag…
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Tommy Dorsey
Played Self (archive footag…
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Jimmy Dorsey
Played Self (archive footag…
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Benny Goodman
Played Self (archive footag…
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Paul Whiteman
Played Self (archive footag…
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Roscoe Ates
Played Cab Driver (uncredit…
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Charles Lane
Played Wilbur - Bijou Theat…
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Mantan Moreland
Played Black Trumpet Player…
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