
A Song Is Born (1948)
6.5|19 Oct, 1948|113 min
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
6.5|19 Oct, 1948|113 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$2,400,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$2,400,000
Revenue --
Keywords
musical
screwball comedy
Casts

Danny Kaye
Hobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson

Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell
Mel Powell
Ford Washington Lee
Buck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Bubbles

Page Cavanaugh
Page Cavanaugh
Al Viola
Al Viola
Lloyd Pratt
Lloyd Pratt

Orlandus Wilson
Orlandus Wilson
Henry Owens
Henry Owens
Willie Johnson
Willie Johnson
Clyde Riddick
Clyde Riddick
Russo do Pandeiro
Russo

Hugh Herbert
Professor Twingle

Steve Cochran
Tony Crow

J. Edward Bromberg
Dr. Elfini

Felix Bressart
Professor Gerkikoff

Ludwig Stössel
Professor Träumer

O.Z. Whitehead
Professor Oddly

Esther Dale
Miss Bragg

Mary Field
Miss Totten

Howland Chamberlain
Mr. Setter

Paul Langton
Joe

Sidney Blackmer
Adams

Ben Welden
Monte
Ben Chasen
Ben

Peter Virgo
Louis
Harry Babasin
Bass

Louie Bellson
Drums
Alton Hendrickson
Guitar

Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)

Sue George
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Milicent Patrick
Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Crews

Howard Hawks
Director

Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
George Jenkins
Art Direction
Perry Ferguson
Art Direction
Robert Stephanoff
Makeup Artist
Marie Clark
Hairstylist

Daniel Mandell
Editor

Irene Sharaff
Costume Design

Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
Emil Newman
Original Music Composer

Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Thomas Monroe
Story
Don Raye
Lyricist

Hugo Friedhofer
Music Director
Gene de Paul
Lyricist

Billy Wilder
Story
Emil Newman
Music Director
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Sonny Burke
Orchestrator
Don Raye
Original Music Composer
Fred Lau
Sound Recordist

Charles Brackett
Original Film Writer

Billy Wilder
Original Film Writer
Harry Tugend
Adaptation
Backdrops & Posters


