Birth of the Blues
Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !
87 mins
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.
Buddy G. DeSylva
Producer
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Harry Tugend
Story
Walter DeLeon
Writer
Robert Emmett Dolan
Music
Monta Bell
Producer
