A Song Is Born
Comedy
Music
...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.
1948-10-19
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Cast
Director
Howard Hawks
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
John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh as Page Cavanaugh
Orlandus Wilson as Orlandus Wilson
Hugh Herbert as Professor Twingle
Steve Cochran as Tony Crow
J. Edward Bromberg as Dr. Elfini
Felix Bressart as Professor Gerkikoff
Ludwig Stössel as Professor Träumer
O.Z. Whitehead as Professor Oddly
Esther Dale as Miss Bragg
Howland Chamberlain as Mr. Setter
Paul Langton as Joe
Sidney Blackmer as Adams
Ben Welden as Monte
Louie Bellson as Drums
Laurindo Almeida as Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)
Sue George as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Milicent Patrick as Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)