A Song Is Born

Name: A Song Is Born
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1948
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6.426

1948 · 113 min

Comedy · Music

★ 6.4

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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.

Crew

Director Howard Hawks
Story Billy Wilder
Story Thomas Monroe
Director of Photography Gregg Toland

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
F
Ford Washington Lee
Buck
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh
Page Cavanaugh
A
Al Viola
Al Viola

Crew

Director — Howard Hawks
Story — Billy Wilder
Story — Thomas Monroe
Director of Photography — Gregg Toland

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