A Song Is Born
“...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!”
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.
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Cast
38 people
Danny Kaye
Hobart Frisbee
Known for
White Christmas
The Court Jester
Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson
Known for
White Heat
The Best Years of Our Lives
Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch
Also in
All the Cats Join In
Hollywood Hotel
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Also in
Stage Show
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Known for
Hello, Dolly!
Paris Blues
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
Also in
America By Night
Jazz Icons: Lionel Hampton Live in '58
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
Also in
Jasper in a Jam
Juke Box Jenny
Mel Powell
Mel Powell
Also in
No Address
Ford Washington Lee
Buck
Known for
Cabin in the Sky
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Bubbles
Known for
Cabin in the Sky
Page Cavanaugh
Page Cavanaugh
Also in
The Truth About Mother Goose
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
Al Viola
Al Viola
Howard Hawks Director · Billy Wilder Story Thomas Monroe Story
Budget $2.4M · United States release October 19, 1948 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,400,000
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · October 19, 1948
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1949 · Theatrical
Germany
May 26, 1976 · TV
Netherlands
October 22, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
April 13, 1950 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 17, 1948 · Theatrical
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