Birth of the Blues
(1941)
★ 6.2 IMDb · 12 votes
Year: 1941
Runtime: 86 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Бинг Кросби, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Дж. Кэррол Нейш, Warren Hymer, Horace McMahon, Ruby Elzy, Jack Teagarden
Plot
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.