A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born (1948)

Released: 1948-10-19 Duration: 1hr 53min
Genres: Comedy Music
Rating 6.4
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!

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.

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Additional Info

Budget $2,400,000.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 4.959

Directed By

Howard Hawks

Crew

Director
Howard Hawks
Art Direction
Perry Ferguson
Director of Photography
Gregg Toland
Art Direction
George Jenkins
Costume Design
Irene Sharaff
Set Decoration
Julia Heron
Makeup Artist
Robert Stephanoff
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
Hairstylist
Marie Clark
Original Music Composer
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Emil Newman
Orchestrator
Sonny Burke
Music Director
Emil Newman
Lyricist
Don Raye
Special Effects
John P. Fulton
Original Music Composer
Don Raye
Lyricist
Gene de Paul
Music Director
Hugo Friedhofer
Sound Recordist
Fred Lau

TOP CAST

Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye

Hobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo

Honey Swanson

Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman

Professor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet

Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell
Mel Powell

Mel Powell

Page Cavanaugh
Page Cavanaugh

Page Cavanaugh

Al Viola
Al Viola

Al Viola

Lloyd Pratt
Lloyd Pratt

Lloyd Pratt

Orlandus Wilson
Orlandus Wilson

Orlandus Wilson

Henry Owens
Henry Owens

Henry Owens

Willie Johnson
Willie Johnson

Willie Johnson

Clyde Riddick
Clyde Riddick

Clyde Riddick

Hugh Herbert
Hugh Herbert

Professor Twingle

Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran

Tony Crow

Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart

Professor Gerkikoff

Ludwig Stössel
Ludwig Stössel

Professor Träumer

O. Z. Whitehead
O. Z. Whitehead

Professor Oddly

Esther Dale
Esther Dale

Miss Bragg

Mary Field
Mary Field

Miss Totten

Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida

Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)

Sue George
Sue George

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Milicent Patrick
Milicent Patrick

Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)

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