Birth of the Blues (1941)
Jeff groeit op in de buurt van Basin Street in New Orleans en speelt klarinet bij de havenarbeiders. Hij stelt een band samen, de Basin Street Hot-Shots, met onder meer cornetspeler Memphis. Ze worstelen om hun jazzmuziek geaccepteerd te krijgen door de café-samenleving van de stad. Betty Lou voegt zich bij hun band als zangeres en laat Louie haar laten zien hoe ze scat-zang moet doen. Memphis en Jeff worden allebei verliefd op Betty Lou.
Regiseur: 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) |
| Production | Buddy G. DeSylva | Producer |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Editing | Paul Weatherwax | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Writing | Harry Tugend | Story |
| Writing | Walter DeLeon | Writer |
| Sound | Robert Emmett Dolan | Music |
| Production | Monta Bell | Producer |
| Directing | Victor Schertzinger | Director |
| Camera | William C. Mellor | Director of Photography |
