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A Song Is Born
(1948)
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
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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 KayeProfessor Hobart Frisbee
Virginia MayoHoney Swanson
Louis Bellson
Tommy DorseyHimself
Benny GoodmanProfessor Magenbruch
Sidney BlackmerAdams
Louis ArmstrongHimself
Lionel HamptonHimself
Gregg TolandCinematographer
Charlie BarnetHimself
Mel PowellHimself
Buck and BubblesThemselves
Page Cavanaugh TrioThemselves
The Golden Gate QuartetteThemselves (as The Golden Gate Quartet)
Samba KingsThemselves (as Russo and the Samba Kings)
Hugh HerbertProfessor Twingle
Steve CochranTony Crow
J. Edward BrombergDr. Elfini
Felix BressartProfessor Gerkikoff
Hugo FriedhoferComposer
Ludwig StösselProfessor Traumer (as Ludwig Stossel)
Emil NewmanComposer
O.Z. WhiteheadProfessor Oddly (as O. Z. Whitehead)
Esther DaleMiss Bragg
Mary FieldMiss Totten
Howland ChamberlainMr. Setter (as Howland Chamberlin)
Paul LangtonJoe
Ben WeldenMonte
Ben ChasenBen
Peter VirgoLouis
Harry BabasinBass
Louie Bellsondrums
Alton Hendricksonguitar
Shirley BallardChorine at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Edward BibyHeadwaiter at Barnet Club (uncredited)
Norman BlakeMan at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
The BraziliansPerformers (uncredited)
Paul E. BurnsJustice of the Peace (uncredited)
Lucille CaseyWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Lane ChandlerPoliceman at Twin Oaks Inn (uncredited)
Peter CusanelliChef at Dixieland Club (uncredited)
Vivian DandridgePatron at The Chocolate Club (uncredited)
Roy DarmourMan at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Joe DevlinAdams' Henchman (uncredited)
Carl FaulknerPostman (uncredited)
Maxine FifeWoman at Barnet Club (uncredited)
Bess FlowersNightclub Extra (uncredited)
George FordMan at Table (uncredited)
Louise FranklinWoman at Chocolate Club (uncredited)
Raoul FreemanDetective from D.A.'s Office (uncredited)
Diane GarrettWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Karen X. GaylordWoman at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Norma GentnerGirl with Samba Kings (uncredited)
Sue GeorgeCigarette Girl (uncredited)
William HaadeDetective from D.A.'s Office (uncredited)
Barbara HamiltonWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Charles HawkinsNightclub Patron at The Chocolate Club (uncredited)
John ImpolitoChef at the Dixieland (uncredited)
Marjorie JacksonChorine at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Donald KerrWaiter at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Nolan LearyStage Doorman at the Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Bert LeBaronChef at Dixieland Club (uncredited)
Ford Washington LeeBuck (uncredited)
Will LeeWaiter at the Dixieland Club (uncredited)
Frank MeredithPoliceman at Toll Gate (uncredited)
Jill MeredithWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Beverlee MitchellGirl at table (uncredited)
Martha MontgomeryChorine at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Gene MorganMan at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Diana MumbyChorine at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Janie NewWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Milicent PatrickWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Foster H. PhinneyMan at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Jeffrey SayreMan at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Muni SeroffWaiter (uncredited)
John William SublettBubbles (uncredited)
Jeri SullavanHoney Swanson (singing voice) (uncredited)
Irene VernonWoman at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Pat WalkerPhotographer at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Alice WallaceWoman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Don WilmotMessenger (uncredited)
Daniel MandellEditor
Perry FergusonArt Director
George JenkinsArt Director
Irene SharaffCustome Designer
Genre: Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby
IMDb: 0040820