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Birth of the Blues: Directed by Victor Schertzinger. With Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee. 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.
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- History, Music, Romance
- Victor Schertzinger
- 1941-11-07
Birth of the Blues is a 1941 American musical film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, Mary Martin and Brian Donlevy. The plot loosely follows the origins and breakthrough success of the Original Dixieland Jass Band in New Orleans. It was well-received by critics on its release.
Jeff Lambert (Bing Crosby), who has grown up in New Orleans surrounded by black music, determines to start a band featuring white coronet player Memphis (Brian Donlevy).
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- Victor Schertzinger
- Musical
As an adult, Jeff bails renowned white coronet player Memphis out of jail and forms a Dixieland-style jazz band. The band, billed as the Basin Street Hotshots, is thrown out of a movie theater for playing "black" music and is thereafter rejected from every nightclub and café for the same reason.
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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.
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