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. Story

  3. Samuel Goldwyn

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Danny Kaye

    Professor 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. Laurindo Almeida

    Laurindo Almeida

  10. Ford Washington Lee

    Buck

  11. Hugh Herbert

    Professor Twingle

  12. Steve Cochran

    Tony Crow

  13. J. Edward Bromberg

    Dr. Elfini

  14. Felix Bressart

    Professor Gerkikoff

  15. Ludwig Stössel

    Professor Traumer

  16. O. Z. Whitehead

    Professor Oddly

  17. Esther Dale

    Miss Bragg

  18. Mary Field

    Miss Totten

  19. Howland Chamberlain

    Mr. Setter

  20. Paul Langton

    Joe

  21. Sidney Blackmer

    Adams

  22. Ben Welden

    Monte

  23. Ben Chasen

    Ben

  24. Peter Virgo

    Louis

  25. Harry Babasin

    Bass

  26. Louie Bellson

    Drums

  27. Alton Hendrickson

    Guitar

  28. Sue George

    Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

  29. Milicent Patrick

    Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 29 , Crews : 17

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. Story

  3. Daniel Mandell

    Editor

  4. Samuel Goldwyn

    Producer