A Song Is Born (1948)

Name: A Song Is Born
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1948-10-19
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong

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

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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Released 1948-10-19 · 113 min · Comedy, Music

Directed by Howard Hawks

Cast

Danny Kaye as Hobart Frisbee
Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson
Benny Goodman as Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey as Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton as Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet as Charlie Barnet
Mel Powell as Mel Powell
Ford Washington Lee as Buck
John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh as Page Cavanaugh
Al Viola as Al Viola
Lloyd Pratt as Lloyd Pratt
Orlandus Wilson as Orlandus Wilson
Henry Owens as Henry Owens