Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues
Release: 1941-11-07
·Runtime: 87m
·★ 6.0
Musique
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Carolyn Lee
as Aunt Phoebe Cobb
Warren Hymer
as Limpy
Harry Rosenthal
as Piano Player
Cecil Kellaway
as Granet
Benny Goodman
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Lane
as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
as Wolf
Ruby Elzy
as Ruby
Roscoe Ates
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
as Jeff Lambert
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Louey
Ronnie Cosby
as Jeff as a Boy
Minor Watson
as Henri Lambert
Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
Mantan Moreland
as Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
Mary Martin
as Betty Lou Cobb
Harry Barris
as Suds
Barbara Pepper
as Maizie
Tommy Dorsey
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Kerr
as Skeeter, Barbershop Musician
Duke Ellington
as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Dorsey
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Whiteman
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Donlevy
as Memphis
J. Carrol Naish
as Blackie
