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A Song Is Born

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.

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A Song Is Born

October 19, 1948
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Cast (38)

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
Page Cavanaugh
Page Cavanaugh
Al Viola
Al Viola
Lloyd Pratt
Lloyd Pratt
Orlandus Wilson
Orlandus Wilson
Henry Owens
Henry Owens
Willie Johnson
Willie Johnson
Clyde Riddick
Clyde Riddick
Hugh Herbert
Professor Twingle
Steve Cochran
Tony Crow
Felix Bressart
Professor Gerkikoff
Ludwig Stössel
Professor Träumer
O. Z. Whitehead
Professor Oddly
Esther Dale
Miss Bragg
Mary Field
Miss Totten
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)
Sue George
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Milicent Patrick
Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)

Crew (22)

Directing

Howard Hawks
Director

Writing

Production

Samuel Goldwyn
Producer

Sound

Fred Lau
Sound Recordist
Don Raye
Original Music Composer
Emil Newman
Original Music Composer
Emil Newman
Music Director
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Hugo Friedhofer
Music Director
Sonny Burke
Orchestrator

Art

Perry Ferguson
Art Direction
George Jenkins
Art Direction
Julia Heron
Set Decoration

Camera

Gregg Toland
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Marie Clark
Hairstylist
Robert Stephanoff
Makeup Artist

Crew

John P. Fulton
Special Effects

Editing

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