

A Song Is Born
"...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!"
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$2.4M
$2,400,000
Languages
English
Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Key Crew

Howard Hawks
Director

Samuel Goldwyn
Producer

Billy Wilder
Story
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
Ford Washington Lee
Buck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Bubbles

Page Cavanaugh
Page Cavanaugh
Al Viola
Al Viola
Lloyd Pratt
Lloyd Pratt

Orlandus Wilson
Orlandus Wilson
Henry Owens
Henry Owens
Willie Johnson
Willie Johnson
Clyde Riddick
Clyde Riddick
Russo do Pandeiro
Russo

Hugh Herbert
Professor Twingle

Steve Cochran
Tony Crow