Film
A Song Is Born
1948 · 1h 53m · Comedy · Music
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
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- 6.9
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- 50%
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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.
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Cast
Danny Kaye
Hobart Frisbee
Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson
Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
Mel Powell
Mel Powell
Ford Washington Lee
Buck
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh
Page Cavanaugh
Al Viola
Al Viola
Lloyd Pratt
Lloyd Pratt
Orlandus Wilson
Orlandus Wilson
Henry Owens
Henry Owens
Willie Johnson
Willie Johnson
Crew
- Howard HawksDirector
- Thomas MonroeStory
- Billy WilderStory
- Samuel GoldwynProducer
- Gregg TolandDirector of Photography
- Emil NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
- Don RayeOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel MandellEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 19, 1948
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $2,400,000
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
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