Movie
A Song Is Born
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1948-10-19
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Danny Kaye as 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
- Charlie Barnet as Charlie Barnet
- Mel Powell as Mel Powell
- Ford Washington Lee as Buck
- John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Bubbles
- Page Cavanaugh as Page Cavanaugh
- Al Viola as Al Viola
Crew
- Howard Hawks - Director
- Thomas Monroe - Story
- Billy Wilder - Story
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