A Song Is Born(1948)
movie - first aired/released 1948-10-19 - 113 min - audience 6.4
Comedy, Music
Directed by Howard Hawks
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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Cast
Danny KayeHobart Frisbee
Virginia MayoHoney Swanson
Benny GoodmanProfessor Magenbruch
Tommy DorseyTommy Dorsey- Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong
Lionel HamptonLionel Hampton
Charlie BarnetCharlie Barnet
Mel PowellMel Powell- Ford Washington LeeBuck
John 'Bubbles' SublettBubbles
Page CavanaughPage Cavanaugh- Al ViolaAl Viola
- Lloyd PrattLloyd Pratt
Orlandus WilsonOrlandus Wilson- Henry OwensHenry Owens
- Willie JohnsonWillie Johnson
- Clyde RiddickClyde Riddick
- Russo do PandeiroRusso
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Hugh HerbertProfessor Twingle
Steve CochranTony Crow
J. Edward BrombergDr. Elfini
Felix BressartProfessor Gerkikoff- Ludwig StösselProfessor Träumer
O.Z. WhiteheadProfessor Oddly
Esther DaleMiss Bragg- Mary FieldMiss Totten
Howland ChamberlainMr. Setter
Paul LangtonJoe
Sidney BlackmerAdams
Ben WeldenMonte- Ben ChasenBen
- Peter VirgoLouis
- Harry BabasinBass
Louie BellsonDrums- Alton HendricksonGuitar
Laurindo AlmeidaLaurindo Almeida (uncredited)
Sue GeorgeCigarette Girl (uncredited)
Milicent PatrickWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
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