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A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

1948·Movie·1h 53mU

Comedy, Music

6.5 / 10 (48 votes)

...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.

Directed by
Howard Hawks
Original language
English
Released
19 October 1948

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

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

  • FW

    Ford Washington Lee

    Buck

  • John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    Bubbles

  • Page Cavanaugh

    Page Cavanaugh

    Page Cavanaugh

  • AV

    Al Viola

    Al Viola