A Song Is Born
A Song Is Born
Release: 1948-10-19
·Runtime: 113m
·★ 6.3
Comedy
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast
Esther Dale
as Miss Bragg
Milicent Patrick
as Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Orlandus Wilson
as Orlandus Wilson
Peter Virgo
as Louis
Sue George
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Mel Powell
as Mel Powell
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
as Bubbles
Ben Welden
as Monte
Laurindo Almeida
as Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)
Virginia Mayo
as Honey Swanson
Lionel Hampton
as Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet
as Charlie Barnet
Page Cavanaugh
as Page Cavanaugh
J. Edward Bromberg
as Dr. Elfini
Felix Bressart
as Professor Gerkikoff
Ludwig Stössel
as Professor Träumer
Danny Kaye
as Hobart Frisbee
Sidney Blackmer
as Adams
Louie Bellson
as Drums
Benny Goodman
as Professor Magenbruch
Louis Armstrong
as Louis Armstrong
O.Z. Whitehead
as Professor Oddly
Howland Chamberlain
as Mr. Setter
Paul Langton
as Joe
Tommy Dorsey
as Tommy Dorsey
Hugh Herbert
as Professor Twingle
Steve Cochran
as Tony Crow
