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A Song Is Born (1948)

Oct 19, 1948 · 1h 53m

6.5/10 TMDB user score
48 votes on TMDB

...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!

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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Top cast

  • Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Hobart Frisbee
  • Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo Honey Swanson
  • Benny Goodman Benny Goodman Professor Magenbruch
  • Tommy Dorsey Tommy Dorsey Tommy Dorsey
  • Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong
  • Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton
  • Charlie Barnet Charlie Barnet Charlie Barnet
  • Mel Powell Mel Powell Mel Powell
  • Ford Washington Lee Buck
  • John 'Bubbles' Sublett John 'Bubbles' Sublett Bubbles
  • Page Cavanaugh Page Cavanaugh Page Cavanaugh
  • Al Viola Al Viola
  • Lloyd Pratt Lloyd Pratt
  • Orlandus Wilson Orlandus Wilson Orlandus Wilson
  • Henry Owens Henry Owens
  • Willie Johnson Willie Johnson

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