Release Date

07 Nov, 1941

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !

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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Actors

Bing Crosby

Mary Martin

Brian Donlevy

Carolyn Lee

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

J. Carrol Naish

Warren Hymer

Horace McMahon

Ruby Elzy

Jack Teagarden

Danny Beck

Harry Barris

Perry Botkin Sr.

Minor Watson

Harry Rosenthal

Donald Kerr

Barbara Pepper

Cecil Kellaway

Ronnie Cosby

Ted Lewis

Duke Ellington

Crew

Buddy G. DeSylva

Ernst Fegté

Hans Dreier

Paul Weatherwax

Edith Head

Harry Tugend

Walter DeLeon

Robert Emmett Dolan

Monta Bell

Victor Schertzinger

William C. Mellor