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
Lionel Hampton
as Lionel Hampton
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
as Bubbles
Laurindo Almeida
as Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)
Mel Powell
as Mel Powell
Felix Bressart
as Professor Gerkikoff
Virginia Mayo
as Honey Swanson
Tommy Dorsey
as Tommy Dorsey
Page Cavanaugh
as Page Cavanaugh
O.Z. Whitehead
as Professor Oddly
Howland Chamberlain
as Mr. Setter
Louie Bellson
as Drums
Danny Kaye
as Hobart Frisbee
Milicent Patrick
as Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Paul Langton
as Joe
Benny Goodman
as Professor Magenbruch
Steve Cochran
as Tony Crow
Ludwig Stössel
as Professor Träumer
Charlie Barnet
as Charlie Barnet
J. Edward Bromberg
as Dr. Elfini
Esther Dale
as Miss Bragg
Sidney Blackmer
as Adams
Sue George
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Orlandus Wilson
as Orlandus Wilson
Louis Armstrong
as Louis Armstrong
Hugh Herbert
as Professor Twingle
Ben Welden
as Monte
Peter Virgo
as Louis
