Film · 1948
A Song Is Born
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
Directed by Howard HawksDanny KayeVirginia MayoBenny Goodman
17 Dec 1948UK release
1h 53mRunning time
UBBFC rating
6.4TMDB score of 10
The story
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
Hobart Frisbee
Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson
Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
Mel Powell
Mel PowellFord Washington Lee
Buck
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh
Page CavanaughAl Viola
Al Viola
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