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A Song Is Born

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

1948★ 6.4 · 471h 53mComedyMusic

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.

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Virginia Mayo
as Honey Swanson

Danny Kaye
as Hobart Frisbee

Ben Welden
as Monte

Steve Cochran
as Tony Crow

Sidney Blackmer
as Adams

Sue George
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

O.Z. Whitehead
as Professor Oddly

Mary Field
as Miss Totten

Felix Bressart
as Professor Gerkikoff

Howland Chamberlain
as Mr. Setter

Louis Armstrong
as Louis Armstrong

Paul Langton
as Joe

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6.4/ 10

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Release date: 1948-10-19

Budget: $2,400,000

Runtime: 1h 53m

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ComedyMusic

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