A Song Is Born (1948)

6.4/10 113 min Comedy Music

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.

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

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Bubbles

Page Cavanaugh

Page Cavanaugh

Orlandus Wilson

Orlandus Wilson

Hugh Herbert

Professor Twingle

Steve Cochran

Tony Crow

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