"...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!" 19 October 1948 Comedy, Music 113 mins
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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Danny Kaye as Hobart Frisbee
Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson
Benny Goodman as Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey as Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton as Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet as Charlie Barnet
Mel Powell as Mel Powell
Ford Washington Lee as Buck
John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh as Page Cavanaugh
Orlandus Wilson as Orlandus Wilson
Hugh Herbert as Professor Twingle
Steve Cochran as Tony Crow
J. Edward Bromberg as Dr. Elfini
Felix Bressart as Professor Gerkikoff
Howard Hawks Director
Perry Ferguson Art Direction
Gregg Toland Director of Photography
Daniel Mandell Editor
George Jenkins Art Direction
Irene Sharaff Costume Design
Julia Heron Set Decoration
Robert Stephanoff Makeup Artist
Samuel Goldwyn Producer
Marie Clark Hairstylist
Hugo Friedhofer Original Music Composer
Emil Newman Original Music Composer
Sonny Burke Orchestrator
Emil Newman Music Director
Don Raye Lyricist
Thomas Monroe Story
Brazil 01 January 1949
Germany 26 May 1976
United Kingdom 17 December 1948
Netherlands 22 October 2004
Portugal 13 April 1950
United States 19 October 1948
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Director: Howard Hawks (1896–1977) Genres: Comedy | Music | Musical | Romance Country: USA Language: English Release Date: 19 October 1948 (USA) ...
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Louis Armstrong Samuel Goldwyn Entertainment.
Part of the film "A Song Is Born" from 1948. Benny Goodman - Louis Armstrong - Lionel Hampton - Charlie Barnet - Mel Powell - Tommy Dorsey.
Benny Goodman Tommy Dorsey Louis Armstrong Lionel Hampton Charlie Barnet Mel Powel Buck and Bubbles The Page Cavanaugh Trio The Golden ...
From the movie 'A Song is Born' (1948).
Cast: Mel Powell Tommy Dorsey Virginia Mayo Louis Armstrong Charlie Barnet Hugh Herbert Danny Kaye Steve Cochran Benny Goodman.
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12 July 1948
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