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A Song Is Born

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

  • Movie
  • 1948
  • NR
  • 1h 53m

Directed by Howard Hawks

6.5

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6.5 out of 10 from 48 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Danny Kaye

    Danny KayeHobart Frisbee

  • Virginia Mayo

    Virginia MayoHoney Swanson

  • Benny Goodman

    Benny GoodmanProfessor Magenbruch

  • Tommy Dorsey

    Tommy DorseyTommy Dorsey

  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong

  • Lionel Hampton

    Lionel HamptonLionel Hampton

  • Charlie Barnet

    Charlie BarnetCharlie Barnet

  • Mel Powell

    Mel PowellMel Powell

  • Ford Washington LeeBuck

  • John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    John 'Bubbles' SublettBubbles

  • Page Cavanaugh

    Page CavanaughPage Cavanaugh

  • Al ViolaAl Viola

  • Lloyd PrattLloyd Pratt

  • Orlandus Wilson

    Orlandus WilsonOrlandus Wilson

  • Henry OwensHenry Owens

  • Willie JohnsonWillie Johnson

  • Clyde RiddickClyde Riddick

  • Russo do PandeiroRusso

Director
Howard Hawks
Writer
Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe and Howard Hawks
Music
Hugo Friedhofer, Emil Newman and Don Raye
Cinematography
Gregg Toland