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A Song Is Born
6.5
Released October 19, 1948Runtime 1h 53min

...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.

Genres
  • Comedy
  • Music
Production Companies
  • Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Production Countries
  • United States of America
Finances
  • Budget: $2,400,000
  • Revenue: $0
  • Profit/Loss: $0
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Cast
posterDanny KayeHobart Frisbee
posterVirginia MayoHoney Swanson
posterBenny GoodmanProfessor Magenbruch
posterTommy DorseyTommy Dorsey
posterLouis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong
posterLionel HamptonLionel Hampton
posterCharlie BarnetCharlie Barnet
posterMel PowellMel Powell
posterFord Washington LeeBuck
posterJohn 'Bubbles' SublettBubbles
posterPage CavanaughPage Cavanaugh
posterAl ViolaAl Viola
posterLloyd PrattLloyd Pratt
posterOrlandus WilsonOrlandus Wilson
posterHenry OwensHenry Owens
posterWillie JohnsonWillie Johnson
posterClyde RiddickClyde Riddick
posterRusso do PandeiroRusso
posterHugh HerbertProfessor Twingle
posterSteve CochranTony Crow
posterJ. Edward BrombergDr. Elfini
posterFelix BressartProfessor Gerkikoff
posterLudwig StösselProfessor Träumer
posterO.Z. WhiteheadProfessor Oddly
posterEsther DaleMiss Bragg
posterMary FieldMiss Totten
posterHowland ChamberlainMr. Setter
posterPaul LangtonJoe
posterSidney BlackmerAdams
posterBen WeldenMonte
posterBen ChasenBen
posterPeter VirgoLouis
posterHarry BabasinBass
posterLouie BellsonDrums
posterAlton HendricksonGuitar
posterLaurindo AlmeidaLaurindo Almeida (uncredited)
posterSue GeorgeCigarette Girl (uncredited)
posterMilicent PatrickWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Crew
posterHoward HawksDirector
posterDon RayeLyricist
posterThomas MonroeStory
posterBilly WilderStory
posterGene de PaulLyricist
posterSamuel GoldwynProducer
posterPerry FergusonArt Direction
posterGregg TolandDirector of Photography
posterDaniel MandellEditor
posterGeorge JenkinsArt Direction
posterIrene SharaffCostume Design
posterJulia HeronSet Decoration
posterRobert StephanoffMakeup Artist
posterMarie ClarkHairstylist
posterHugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
posterEmil NewmanOriginal Music Composer
posterSonny BurkeOrchestrator
posterEmil NewmanMusic Director
posterJohn P. FultonSpecial Effects
posterDon RayeOriginal Music Composer
posterHugo FriedhoferMusic Director
posterFred LauSound Recordist
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