A Song Is Born (1948)

Name: A Song Is Born
Director: Howard Hawks
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1948-10-19
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong

19481h 53mNRComedyMusic

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.

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Cast

Danny KayeHobart Frisbee
Virginia MayoHoney Swanson
Benny GoodmanProfessor Magenbruch
Tommy DorseyTommy Dorsey
Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong
Lionel HamptonLionel Hampton
Charlie BarnetCharlie Barnet
Mel PowellMel Powell
FFord Washington LeeBuck
John 'Bubbles' SublettBubbles
Page CavanaughPage Cavanaugh
AAl ViolaAl Viola
LLloyd PrattLloyd Pratt
Orlandus WilsonOrlandus Wilson
HHenry OwensHenry Owens
WWillie JohnsonWillie Johnson
CClyde RiddickClyde Riddick
RRusso do PandeiroRusso

Crew

Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: Billy Wilder Thomas Monroe
Producers: Samuel Goldwyn
Music: Hugo Friedhofer Emil Newman Don Raye
Cinematography: Gregg Toland
Editing: Daniel Mandell

Details

Released: October 19, 1948
Language: English
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Productions
IMDb: tt0040820