Birth of the BluesMark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | music |
Year | 1941 |
Country | USA |
Premiere | |
Budget | $857 283 |
Box | in world | $0 | USA | $0 | In other countries | $0 |
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Duration | 01:27 |
Storyline
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.