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A Song Is Born

Name: A Song Is Born
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1948-10-19
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6.4

★ 6,4 /10 (47 Votes)

1948 EN 113 min

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.

Stream

Release date

19/10/1948

Votes

Popularity

0.6

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

Genres

Comedy Music

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

113 min

Budget

$2,400,000

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Hobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo

Honey Swanson

Benny Goodman

Professor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell

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Ford Washington Lee

Buck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Bubbles

Page Cavanaugh

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Al Viola

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Lloyd Pratt

Orlandus Wilson

Henry Owens

Willie Johnson

Clyde Riddick

Russo do Pandeiro

Russo

Hugh Herbert

Professor Twingle

Steve Cochran

Tony Crow

J. Edward Bromberg

Dr. Elfini

Felix Bressart

Professor Gerkikoff

Ludwig Stössel

Professor Träumer

O.Z. Whitehead

Professor Oddly

Esther Dale

Miss Bragg

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Mary Field

Miss Totten

Howland Chamberlain

Mr. Setter

Paul Langton

Joe

Sidney Blackmer

Adams

Ben Welden

Monte

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Ben Chasen

Ben

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Peter Virgo

Louis

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Harry Babasin

Bass

Louie Bellson

Drums

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Alton Hendrickson

Guitar

Laurindo Almeida

Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)

Sue George

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Milicent Patrick

Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)

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After two minutes you will spot the obvious similarity with "Ball of Fire" (1941). Swap Gary Cooper with Danny Kaye and Barbara Stanwyck with Virginia Mayo then add some fantastic musicianship from the likes of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Burke et al, and we have a gently amusing story of a professor (of music this time) who falls for the gangster's moll. "Honey" (Mayo) takes refuge from the pursuing FBI with a bunch of dithery professors creating an over budget dictionary of music and soon the hapless "Prof. Frisbee" (Kaye) is eating out of her hand. The gangster eleme…

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