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A Song Is Born

“...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!”

19481h 53mComedy · Music

Released

October 19, 1948

6.5

TMDB Score

65% match · 48 votes

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About the Movie

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Synopsis

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.

DirectorHoward Hawks

Released: October 19, 1948
Runtime: 1h 53m
Status: Released
Original language: English
Budget: $2.4M
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Top Billed 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

FW

Ford Washington Lee

Buck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Bubbles

Page Cavanaugh

Page Cavanaugh

AV

Al Viola

Al Viola

LP

Lloyd Pratt

Lloyd Pratt

Orlandus Wilson

Orlandus Wilson

HO

Henry Owens

Henry Owens

WJ

Willie Johnson

Willie Johnson

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