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A Song Is Born

(1948)

October 19, 1948• 1h 53m
63%
TMDB Score

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.

Howard Hawks

Director

Top Billed Cast

DK

Danny Kaye

Hobart Frisbee

VM

Virginia Mayo

Honey Swanson

BG

Benny Goodman

Professor Magenbruch

TD

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

LA

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

LH

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton

CB

Charlie Barnet

Charlie Barnet

MP

Mel Powell

Mel Powell

FWL

Ford Washington Lee

Buck

J'S

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Bubbles