A Song Is Born (1948)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Howard Hawks

Writers:

Thomas Monroe (story)
Billy Wilder (story)

Release Date:

19 October 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Gangster's moll Honey Swanson goes into hiding when her boyfriend is under investigation by the police...

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Beautiful Woman | Remake By Original Director

Cast

Danny Kaye	...	Professor Hobart Frisbee
Virginia Mayo	...	Honey Swanson
Benny Goodman	...	Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey	...	Himself
Louis Armstrong	...	Himself
Lionel Hampton	...	Himself
Charlie Barnet	...	Himself
Mel Powell	...	Himself
Ford Washington Lee	...	Buck (as Buck and Bubbles)
John William Sublett	...	Bubbles (as Buck and Bubbles)
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

Also Known As:

That's Life (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Trivia:

(Inside joke) When asked to play without music, Prof. Magenbruch (Benny Goodman) says, "You can't play without music." The others answer, "Well, Benny Goodman used to." Magenbruch then says he's never heard of Benny Goodman.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At one point, during the last musical session when the two gangsters are holding everyone captive, the wires making the drum jump up and down can be seen.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Superman II: Restoring the Vision (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

A Song Is Born

Danny Kaye! Never anyone better!

This is an incrediable movie full laughs and wit and humor that never stops!It's Danny Kaye at his best with some of the most incrediable musicians of our time alongside! A must see for the whole family!