Birth of the Blues (1941)
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Release11/07/1941
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ProductionParamount Pictures
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Rotten tomato53%
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Original titleBirth of the Blues
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Original languageen
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Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !
Overview
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.
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Casts
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Jeff Lambert
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Betty Lou Cobb
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Memphis
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Aunt Phoebe Cobb
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Louey
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Blackie
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Limpy
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Wolf
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Ruby
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Pepper
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Deek
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Suds
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Leo
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Henri Lambert
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Piano Player
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Skeeter, Barbershop Musician
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Maizie
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Granet
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Jeff as a Boy
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
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Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)