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A Song Is Born

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A Song Is Born

...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!

6.3

1h 53m

1948

“...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Howard Hawks

ComedyMusic

musicalscrewball comedy

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Cast & Crew

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

as Hobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo

Virginia Mayo

as Honey Swanson

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

as Professor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

as Tommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

as Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton

as Lionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet

Charlie Barnet

as Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell

Mel Powell

as Mel Powell

Ford Washington Lee

as Buck

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