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A Song Is Born (1948)
Directed by Howard Hawks
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.
Rated NR | Length 113 minutes
Actors
Danny Kaye | Virginia Mayo | Benny Goodman | Tommy Dorsey | Louis Armstrong | Lionel Hampton | Charlie Barnet | Mel Powell | Ford Washington Lee | John 'Bubbles' Sublett | Page Cavanaugh | Al Viola | Lloyd Pratt | Orlandus Wilson | Henry Owens | Willie Johnson | Clyde Riddick | Russo do Pandeiro | Hugh Herbert | Steve Cochran | J. Edward Bromberg | Felix Bressart | Ludwig Stössel | O.Z. Whitehead | Esther Dale | Mary Field | Howland Chamberlain | Paul Langton | Sidney Blackmer | Ben Welden | Ben Chasen | Peter Virgo | Harry Babasin | Louie Bellson | Alton Hendrickson | Laurindo Almeida | Sue George | Milicent Patrick