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A Song Is Born (1948) With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a al

A Song Is Born (1948)

With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.

Cast:
Professor Hobart Frisbee: Danny Kaye
Honey Swanson: Jeri Sullavan
Professor Magenbruch: Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey: Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton: Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet: Charlie Barnet
Mel Powell: Mel Powell
Buck: Ford Washington Lee
Bubbles: John W. Bubbles
The Page Cavanaugh Trio: Page Cavanaugh Trio
The Golden Gate Quartette: The Golden Gate Quartette
The Samba Kings: Samba Kings
Professor Twingle: Hugh Herbert
Tony Crow: Steve Cochran
Dr. Elfini: J. Edward Bromberg
Professor Gerkikoff: Felix Bressart
Professor Traumer: Ludwig Stössel
Professor Oddly: O.Z. Whitehead
Miss Bragg: Esther Dale
Miss Totten: Mary Field
Mr. Setter: Howland Chamberlain
Joe: Paul Langton
Adams: Sidney Blackmer
Monte: Ben Welden
Ben: Ben Chasen
Louis: Peter Virgo
Bass: Harry Babasin
Drums: Louie Bellson
Guitar: Alton Hendrickson
Woman at Chocolate Club: Juanita Moore
Chorine at Crow's Nest: Diana Mumby
Headwaiter at Barnet Club: Edward Biby
Man at Crow's Nest: Foster H. Phinney
Man at Chocolate Club: Lennie Bluett
Performers: The Brazilians
Justice of the Peace: Paul E. Burns
Woman at Dorsey Club: Alice Wallace
Policeman at Twin Oaks Inn: Lane Chandler
Chef at Dixieland Club: Bert LeBaron
Patron at The Chocolate Club: Vivian Dandridge
Adams' Henchman: Joe Devlin
Postman: Carl Faulkner
Woman at Barnet Club: Maxine Fife
Nightclub Patron: Harold Miller
Man at Table: George Ford
Detective from D.A.'s Office: William Haade
Woman at Crow's Nest: Irene Vernon
Girl with Samba Kings: Norma Gentner
Cigarette Girl: Sue George
Nightclub Patron at The Chocolate Club: Charles Hawkins
Chef at the Dixieland: John Impolito
Nightclub patron: Freddie Jackson
Waiter at Crow's Nest: Donald Kerr
Stage Doorman at the Crow's Nest: Nolan Leary
Waiter at the Dixieland Club: Will Lee
Policeman at Toll Gate: Frank Meredith
Girl at Table: Beverlee Mitchell
Man at Dorsey Club: Jeffrey Sayre
Waiter: Muni Seroff
Photographer at Dorsey Club: Pat Walker
Messenger: Don Wilmot

Written by: Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe, Harry Tugend

Director: Howard Hawks

Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Release date: 19 Oct 1948
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