A Song Is Born (1948)
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
113 min
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.
- Release date
- October 19, 1948
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $2,400,000
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Cast
- Danny Kaye as Professor Hobart Frisbee
- Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson
- Benny Goodman as Professor Magenbruch
- Tommy Dorsey as Tommy Dorsey
- Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong
- Lionel Hampton as Lionel Hampton
- Mel Powell as Mel Powell
- Ford Washington Lee as Buck
- Hugh Herbert as Professor Twingle
- Steve Cochran as Tony Crow
- J. Edward Bromberg as Dr. Elfini
- Felix Bressart as Professor Gerkikoff
- Ludwig Stössel as Professor Träumer
- O.Z. Whitehead as Professor Oddly
- Esther Dale as Miss Bragg
- Mary Field as Miss Totten
- Howland Chamberlain as Mr. Setter
- Paul Langton as Joe
- Sidney Blackmer as Adams
- Ben Welden as Monte
- Charlie Barnet as Charlie Barnet
- John W. Bubbles as Bubbles
Crew
- Howard Hawks · Director
- Billy Wilder · Writer
- Thomas Monroe · Writer
- Samuel Goldwyn · Producer
- Gregg Toland · Cinematographer
- Daniel Mandell · Editor