A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

113 mins | Comedy, Music | Oct. 19, 1948

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.

A Song Is Born

113 mins | Comedy, Music | Oct. 19, 1948

A Song Is Born
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Original title A Song Is Born
Directors Howard Hawks
Writers Thomas Monroe, Harry Tugend, Billy Wilder

Cast

Danny Kaye

as Professor 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

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 Traumer

O. Z. Whitehead

as Professor Oddly

Esther Dale

as Miss Bragg

Mary Field

as Miss Totten

Howland Chamberlain

as Mr. Setter

Paul Langton

as Joe

Sidney Blackmer

as Adams

Ben Welden

as Monte

Ben Chasen

as Ben

Peter Virgo

as Louis

Harry Babasin

as Bass

Louie Bellson

as Drums

Alton Hendrickson

as Guitar

Sue George

as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Milicent Patrick

as Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)