Birth of the Blues Movie Review 1941

Songman Crosby starts a band in New Orleans in the midst of the jazz boom. Help from partner Martin and real-life trombonist Teagarden, with comic relief from Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, make for a fun-filled story. Plot is riddled with some unbelievable gangster scenes, but the music and laughs will keep you amused. In B&W with color segments.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 76 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, Nightclubs, Organized Crime, New Orleans, Jazz & Blues

Screenplay

Harry Tugend, Walter DeLeon

Cast

Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Eddie Anderson, J. Carrol Naish, Cecil Kellaway, Warren Hymer, Horace McMahon, Carolyn Lee, Jack Teagarden

Cinematography

William Mellor

Director

Victor Schertzinger

Music

Robert Emmett Dolan

Producer

B.G. DeSylva, Paramount Pictures