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1948

A Song Is Born

Directed by Howard Hawks
...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.

Duration

1h 53m

Released

October 19, 1948

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6.5

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Cast38

  • Danny Kaye
  • Virginia Mayo
  • Benny Goodman
  • Tommy Dorsey
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Lionel Hampton
  • Charlie Barnet
  • Mel Powell
  • Ford Washington Lee

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