A Song Is Born (1948)
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.
- Released
- 1948-10-19
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Howard Hawks
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 48 votes
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