A Song Is Born
(1948)
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Louis Bellson, Benny Goodman, Sidney Blackmer
Director: Howard Hawks
Writer: Billy Wilder, Harry Tugend, Thomas Monroe
Language: English
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Duration: 113
Rated: NR
DVD Release: April 2009
Producer Sam Goldwyn and director Howard Hawks reunited for this star-studded remake of their 1941 comedy Ball of Fire, the story of seven scholars (including Danny Kaye and Benny Goodman) 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 (Virginia Mayo). But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
| Danny Kaye | Professor Hobart Frisbee |
| Virginia Mayo | Honey Swanson |
| Louis Bellson | |
| Tommy Dorsey | Himself |
| Benny Goodman | Professor Magenbruch |
| Sidney Blackmer | Adams |
| Louis Armstrong | Himself |
| Lionel Hampton | Himself |
| Gregg Toland | Cinematographer |
| Charlie Barnet | Himself |
| Mel Powell | Himself |
| Buck and Bubbles | Themselves |
| Page Cavanaugh Trio | Themselves |
| The Golden Gate Quartette | Themselves (as The Golden Gate Quartet) |
| Samba Kings | Themselves (as Russo and the Samba Kings) |
| Hugh Herbert | Professor Twingle |
| Steve Cochran | Tony Crow |
| J. Edward Bromberg | Dr. Elfini |
| Felix Bressart | Professor Gerkikoff |
| Hugo Friedhofer | Composer |
| Ludwig Stössel | Professor Traumer (as Ludwig Stossel) |
| Emil Newman | Composer |
| O.Z. Whitehead | Professor Oddly (as O. Z. Whitehead) |
| Esther Dale | Miss Bragg |
| Mary Field | Miss Totten |
| Howland Chamberlain | Mr. Setter (as Howland Chamberlin) |
| Paul Langton | Joe |
| Ben Welden | Monte |
| Ben Chasen | Ben |
| Peter Virgo | Louis |
| Harry Babasin | Bass |
| Louie Bellson | drums |
| Alton Hendrickson | guitar |
| Shirley Ballard | Chorine at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Edward Biby | Headwaiter at Barnet Club (uncredited) |
| Norman Blake | Man at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| The Brazilians | Performers (uncredited) |
| Paul E. Burns | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) |
| Lucille Casey | Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Lane Chandler | Policeman at Twin Oaks Inn (uncredited) |
| Peter Cusanelli | Chef at Dixieland Club (uncredited) |
| Vivian Dandridge | Patron at The Chocolate Club (uncredited) |
| Roy Darmour | Man at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Joe Devlin | Adams' Henchman (uncredited) |
| Carl Faulkner | Postman (uncredited) |
| Maxine Fife | Woman at Barnet Club (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
| George Ford | Man at Table (uncredited) |
| Louise Franklin | Woman at Chocolate Club (uncredited) |
| Raoul Freeman | Detective from D.A.'s Office (uncredited) |
| Diane Garrett | Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Karen X. Gaylord | Woman at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Norma Gentner | Girl with Samba Kings (uncredited) |
| Sue George | Cigarette Girl (uncredited) |
| William Haade | Detective from D.A.'s Office (uncredited) |
| Barbara Hamilton | Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Charles Hawkins | Nightclub Patron at The Chocolate Club (uncredited) |
| John Impolito | Chef at the Dixieland (uncredited) |
| Marjorie Jackson | Chorine at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Donald Kerr | Waiter at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Nolan Leary | Stage Doorman at the Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Bert LeBaron | Chef at Dixieland Club (uncredited) |
| Ford Washington Lee | Buck (uncredited) |
| Will Lee | Waiter at the Dixieland Club (uncredited) |
| Frank Meredith | Policeman at Toll Gate (uncredited) |
| Jill Meredith | Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Beverlee Mitchell | Girl at table (uncredited) |
| Martha Montgomery | Chorine at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Gene Morgan | Man at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Diana Mumby | Chorine at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Janie New | Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Milicent Patrick | Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Foster H. Phinney | Man at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Man at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Muni Seroff | Waiter (uncredited) |
| John William Sublett | Bubbles (uncredited) |
| Jeri Sullavan | Honey Swanson (singing voice) (uncredited) |
| Irene Vernon | Woman at Crow's Nest (uncredited) |
| Pat Walker | Photographer at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Alice Wallace | Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited) |
| Don Wilmot | Messenger (uncredited) |
| Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Perry Ferguson | Art Director |
| George Jenkins | Art Director |
| Irene Sharaff | Custome Designer |
Genre: Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby
IMDb: 0040820
