ComedyMusic

A Song Is Born

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

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.

Release Date : 1948-10-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Hobart Frisbee

Original Name : Danny Kaye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Honey Swanson

Original Name : Virginia Mayo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Professor Magenbruch

Original Name : Benny Goodman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tommy Dorsey

Original Name : Tommy Dorsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louis Armstrong

Original Name : Louis Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lionel Hampton

Original Name : Lionel Hampton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Barnet

Original Name : Charlie Barnet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mel Powell

Original Name : Mel Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buck

Original Name : Ford Washington Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bubbles

Original Name : John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Page Cavanaugh

Original Name : Page Cavanaugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Al Viola

Original Name : Al Viola

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lloyd Pratt

Original Name : Lloyd Pratt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orlandus Wilson

Original Name : Orlandus Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Owens

Original Name : Henry Owens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Willie Johnson

Original Name : Willie Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clyde Riddick

Original Name : Clyde Riddick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Russo

Original Name : Russo do Pandeiro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Twingle

Original Name : Hugh Herbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony Crow

Original Name : Steve Cochran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Elfini

Original Name : J. Edward Bromberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Gerkikoff

Original Name : Felix Bressart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Träumer

Original Name : Ludwig Stössel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Oddly

Original Name : O.Z. Whitehead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Bragg

Original Name : Esther Dale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Totten

Original Name : Mary Field

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Setter

Original Name : Howland Chamberlain

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Paul Langton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adams

Original Name : Sidney Blackmer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monte

Original Name : Ben Welden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben

Original Name : Ben Chasen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louis

Original Name : Peter Virgo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bass

Original Name : Harry Babasin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drums

Original Name : Louie Bellson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guitar

Original Name : Alton Hendrickson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)

Original Name : Laurindo Almeida

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Sue George

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)

Original Name : Milicent Patrick

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

After two minutes you will spot the obvious similarity with "Ball of Fire" (1941). Swap Gary Cooper with Danny Kaye and Barbara Stanwyck with Virginia Mayo then add some fantastic musicianship from the likes of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Burke et al, and we have a gently amusing story of a professor (of music this time) who falls for the gangster's moll. "Honey" (Mayo) takes refuge from the pursuing FBI with a bunch of dithery professors creating an over budget dictionary of music and soon the hapless "Prof. Frisbee" (Kaye) is eating out of her hand. The gangster elements of the plot are just a little too contrived: her boyfriend "Crow" (Steve Cochran) maintains this new situation to keep her from testifying against him - until, that is - he can make arrangements to marry her, but in the meantime might she start to fall for poor old "Frisbee"? Neither lead are on great form here, Kaye seems oddly distracted from his role and Mayo always was quite a sterile performer, but there is still enough chemistry between them and, alongside a fun effort from Esther Dale as their somewhat puritanical housekeeper "Miss Bragg" this works ok. Essentially, it's an excuse for some great toe-tappers with a gently simmering romance and some slightly slapstick humour. It's fun to watch and to listen to, and though I still preferred the original it is diverse enough from that to stand well enough on it's own.