A Song Is Born (1948)

ALL 10/19/1948 (en) Comedy, Music 113 Min
  • Release
    10/19/1948
  • Production
    Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    A Song Is Born
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

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.

  1. Howard Hawks

    Director

  2. Samuel Goldwyn

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Danny Kaye

    Hobart Frisbee

  2. Virginia Mayo

    Honey Swanson

  3. Benny Goodman

    Professor Magenbruch

  4. Tommy Dorsey

    Tommy Dorsey

  5. Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong

  6. Lionel Hampton

    Lionel Hampton

  7. Charlie Barnet

    Charlie Barnet

  8. Mel Powell

    Mel Powell

  9. Ford Washington Lee

    Buck

  10. John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    Bubbles

  11. Page Cavanaugh

    Page Cavanaugh

  12. Al Viola

    Al Viola

  13. Lloyd Pratt

    Lloyd Pratt

  14. Orlandus Wilson

    Orlandus Wilson

  15. Henry Owens

    Henry Owens

  16. Willie Johnson

    Willie Johnson

  17. Clyde Riddick

    Clyde Riddick

  18. Russo do Pandeiro

    Russo

  19. Hugh Herbert

    Professor Twingle

  20. Steve Cochran

    Tony Crow

  21. J. Edward Bromberg

    Dr. Elfini

  22. Felix Bressart

    Professor Gerkikoff

  23. Ludwig Stössel

    Professor Träumer

  24. O. Z. Whitehead

    Professor Oddly

  25. Esther Dale

    Miss Bragg

  26. Mary Field

    Miss Totten

  27. Howland Chamberlain

    Mr. Setter

  28. Paul Langton

    Joe

  29. Sidney Blackmer

    Adams

  30. Ben Welden

    Monte

  31. Ben Chasen

    Ben

  32. Peter Virgo

    Louis

  33. Harry Babasin

    Bass

  34. Louie Bellson

    Drums

  35. Alton Hendrickson

    Guitar

  36. Laurindo Almeida

    Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)

  37. Sue George

    Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

  38. Milicent Patrick

    Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 38 , Crews : 22

Keyword

A Song Is Born (1948) 113 Min

ALL 10/19/1948 (en)
Comedy, Music
  • Release 10/19/1948
  • Production
    Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • Original title A Song Is Born
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

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.

  1. Howard Hawks

    Director

  2. Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe

    Story

  3. Daniel Mandell

    Editor

  4. Samuel Goldwyn

    Producer