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A Song Is Born (1948)

1h 53m · 19 Oct 1948

...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!

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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.

Movie ID18468
GenreComedy, Music
DirectorHoward Hawks
Main castDanny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Barnet, Mel Powell
Release date19 October 1948
Release year1948
LanguageEnglish
Duration113 min (1h 53m)
Rating6.5 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseSamuel Goldwyn Productions

Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe, Howard Hawks

Top cast

Danny KayeHobart Frisbee Virginia MayoHoney Swanson Benny GoodmanProfessor Magenbruch Tommy DorseyTommy Dorsey Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong Lionel HamptonLionel Hampton Charlie BarnetCharlie Barnet Mel PowellMel Powell
Ford Washington LeeBuck
John 'Bubbles' SublettBubbles Page CavanaughPage Cavanaugh
Al ViolaAl Viola
Lloyd PrattLloyd Pratt
Orlandus WilsonOrlandus Wilson
Henry OwensHenry Owens
Willie JohnsonWillie Johnson
Clyde RiddickClyde Riddick
Russo do PandeiroRusso
Hugh HerbertProfessor Twingle Steve CochranTony Crow

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