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A Song Is Born

Howard Hawks

1948 • 1h 53m

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 boyfri...

A Song Is Born

Cast

Danny Kaye

Danny KayeHobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo

Virginia MayoHoney Swanson

Benny Goodman

Benny GoodmanProfessor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy DorseyTommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong

Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton

Lionel HamptonLionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet

Charlie BarnetCharlie Barnet

Mel Powell

Mel PowellMel Powell

Ford Washington LeeBuck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

John 'Bubbles' SublettBubbles

Page Cavanaugh

Page CavanaughPage Cavanaugh

Al ViolaAl Viola

Lloyd PrattLloyd Pratt

Orlandus Wilson

Orlandus WilsonOrlandus Wilson

Henry OwensHenry Owens

Crew

Howard Hawks

Howard HawksDirector

Gregg Toland

Gregg TolandDirector of Photography

Daniel Mandell

Daniel MandellEditor

Irene Sharaff

Irene SharaffCostume Design

Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel GoldwynProducer

Hugo Friedhofer

Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer

Billy Wilder

Billy WilderStory

Charles Brackett

Charles BrackettOriginal Film Writer

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