A Song Is Born
movie

...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
Released October 19, 1948
Overview
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
as
Hobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo
as
Honey Swanson

Benny Goodman
as
Professor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey
as
Tommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong
as
Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton
as
Lionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet
as
Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell
as
Mel Powell
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Ford Washington Lee
as
Buck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett
as
Bubbles

Page Cavanaugh
as
Page Cavanaugh
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Al Viola
as
Al Viola
Crew

Howard Hawks
as
Director
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Gregg Toland
as
Director of Photography
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George Jenkins
as
Art Direction
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Perry Ferguson
as
Art Direction
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Robert Stephanoff
as
Makeup Artist
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Marie Clark
as
Hairstylist

Daniel Mandell
as
Editor

Irene Sharaff
as
Costume Design

Samuel Goldwyn
as
Producer
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Julia Heron
as
Set Decoration
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Emil Newman
as
Original Music Composer

Hugo Friedhofer
as
Original Music Composer