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Birth of the Blues
[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 122
Released: 1941-11-07
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Pictures,
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.