A Song Is Born (1948)

10/19/1948 (US) • 1h 53m

Comedy, Music

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Danny Kaye

Hobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo

Honey Swanson

Benny Goodman

Professor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet

Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell

Mel Powell


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,400,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

musical

screwball comedy

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