Birth of the Blues (1941)
Jeff grandit près de Basin Street à la Nouvelle-Orléans, jouant de sa clarinette avec les dockers. Il monte un groupe, les Basin Street Hot-Shots, qui comprend un joueur de cornet, Memphis. Ils luttent pour que leur musique jazz soit acceptée par la société des cafés de la ville. Betty Lou rejoint leur groupe en tant que chanteuse. Memphis et Jeff tombent amoureux d'elle.
Directeur: Victor Schertzinger
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Bing Crosby as Jeff Lambert |
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Mary Martin as Betty Lou Cobb |
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Brian Donlevy as Memphis |
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Carolyn Lee as Aunt Phoebe Cobb |
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Louey |
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J. Carrol Naish as Blackie |
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Warren Hymer as Limpy |
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Horace McMahon as Wolf |
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Ruby Elzy as Ruby |
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Jack Teagarden as Pepper |
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Danny Beck as Deek |
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Harry Barris as Suds |
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Perry Botkin Sr. as Leo |
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Minor Watson as Henri Lambert |
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Harry Rosenthal as Piano Player |
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Donald Kerr as Skeeter, Barbershop Musician |
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Barbara Pepper as Maizie |
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Cecil Kellaway as Granet |
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Ronnie Cosby as Jeff as a Boy |
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Ted Lewis as Self (archive footage) |
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Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage) |
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Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage) |
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Tommy Dorsey as Self (archive footage) |
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Jimmy Dorsey as Self (archive footage) |
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Benny Goodman as Self (archive footage) |
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Paul Whiteman as Self (archive footage) |
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Roscoe Ates as Cab Driver (uncredited) |
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Charles Lane as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited) |
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Mantan Moreland as Black Trumpet Player (uncredited) |
| Directing | Victor Schertzinger | Director |
| Writing | Harry Tugend | Story |
| Writing | Walter DeLeon | Writer |
| Production | Monta Bell | Producer |
| Production | Buddy G. DeSylva | Producer |
| Sound | Robert Emmett Dolan | Music |
| Editing | Paul Weatherwax | Editor |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Camera | William C. Mellor | Director of Photography |
