Where to Watch Birth of the Blues (1941)

Yearning to watch 'Birth of the Blues' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Victor Schertzinger-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Birth of the Blues' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'Birth of the Blues' right now, here are some finer points about the Paramount Pictures music flick.

Released November 7th, 1941, 'Birth of the Blues' stars Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a user score of 53 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 7 well-known users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .