A Song Is Born
1948 • Comedy | Music
6.333 (45)
Howard Hawks
Director
Billy Wilder
Story
Thomas Monroe
Story
Status
Released
Release date
October 19, 1948
Duration
113 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.3292
Budget
$2,400,000
Revenue
$0
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.
Cast
Danny Kaye
Virginia Mayo
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet
Mel Powell
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Page Cavanaugh
Orlandus Wilson
Hugh Herbert
Steve Cochran
J. Edward Bromberg
Felix Bressart
Ludwig Stössel
O.Z. Whitehead
Esther Dale
Howland Chamberlain
Paul Langton
Sidney Blackmer
Ben Welden
Peter Virgo
Louie Bellson
Laurindo Almeida
Sue George
Milicent Patrick
