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A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born1948

★6.4113 minComedyMusic

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

Writer

Billy Wilder Thomas Monroe

Score

Hugo Friedhofer Emil Newman Don Raye

Stars

Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Benny Goodman

Cast38

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
F
Ford Washington Lee
as Buck
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
as Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh
as Page Cavanaugh
A
Al Viola
as Al Viola
L
Lloyd Pratt
as Lloyd Pratt
Orlandus Wilson
as Orlandus Wilson
H
Henry Owens
as Henry Owens
W
Willie Johnson
as Willie Johnson
C
Clyde Riddick
as Clyde Riddick
R
Russo do Pandeiro
as Russo
Hugh Herbert
as Professor Twingle
Steve Cochran
as Tony Crow
J. Edward Bromberg
as Dr. Elfini
Felix Bressart
as Professor Gerkikoff
L
Ludwig Stössel
as Professor Träumer
O.Z. Whitehead
as Professor Oddly
Esther Dale
as Miss Bragg
M
Mary Field
as Miss Totten
Howland Chamberlain
as Mr. Setter
Paul Langton
as Joe
Sidney Blackmer
as Adams
Ben Welden
as Monte
B
Ben Chasen
as Ben
P
Peter Virgo
as Louis
H
Harry Babasin
as Bass
Louie Bellson
as Drums
A
Alton Hendrickson
as Guitar
Laurindo Almeida
as Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)
Sue George
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Milicent Patrick
as Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)

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