A Song Is Born
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
6.4(47) 1948-10-19 113 minComedyMusic
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.
DirectorHoward Hawks
ProducerSamuel Goldwyn
Original Music ComposerHugo Friedhofer
Original Music ComposerEmil Newman
Original Music ComposerDon Raye
Cast & characters
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
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Ford Washington Lee
as Buck
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
as Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh
as Page Cavanaugh
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Al Viola
as Al Viola
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Lloyd Pratt
as Lloyd Pratt
Orlandus Wilson
as Orlandus Wilson
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Henry Owens
as Henry Owens
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Willie Johnson
as Willie Johnson
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Clyde Riddick
as Clyde Riddick
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Russo do Pandeiro
as Russo
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
