Birth of the blues and, Blue skies.
(DVD Video)

Title from container.

"The Bing Crosby collection double feature."

Story by Harry Tugend ; director, Victor Schertzinger (1st work) ; lyrics and music, Irving Berlin ; directed by Stuart Heisler (2nd)

(1st work) Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee, Rochester, J. Carrol Naish ; (2nd) Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Billy De Wolfe, Olga San Juan.

Birth of the Blues: (89 min., b&w) As a child, Jeff Lambert hangs out in New Orleans' Basin Street, playing hot swing on his clarinet instead of the classics his father prefers. He's inspired by an African-American group there and, some years later, at the turn of the century, sets out to form a jazz band of his own. Patterned after the story of trombonist Jack Teagarden of the Original Dixieland Jazz Group.

Blue Skies (93 min., col.): Dancing star Jed Potter and singer/nightclub owner Johnny Adams are both in love with songstress Mary O'Hara. She marries Johnny, but his passion for buying and selling nightclubs drives them apart. So Jed steps in, hoping to win Mary's heart - until fate steps in and changes the lives of all three.

DVD.

English, Spanish, French. English captioned. Spanish and French subtitles.