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A Song Is Born

65 %|Oct 19, 1948|Comedy, Music

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.

Featured Crew

Thomas Monroe
Writer
Howard Hawks
Director
Billy Wilder
Writer
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Perry Ferguson
Art Direction
Robert Stephanoff
Makeup Artist

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Cast

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Danny Kaye
Professor Hobart Frisbee
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Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson
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Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
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Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
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Mel Powell
Mel Powell
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Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
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Hugh Herbert
Professor Twingle
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Steve Cochran
Tony Crow
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Felix Bressart
Professor Gerkikoff
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Ludwig Stössel
Professor Traumer
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O. Z. Whitehead
Professor Oddly
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Esther Dale
Miss Bragg
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Mary Field
Miss Totten
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Sue George
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
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Milicent Patrick
Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)