A Song Is Born

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

Oct 19 1948 Approved 1h 53m

Comedy, Music, Musical

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.

Plot

Gangster's moll Honey Swanson goes into hiding when her boyfriend is under investigation by the police. Where better to hide than a musical research institute staffed entirely by lonely bachelors? She gets more than she bargained for when the head of the institute Professor Hobart Frisbee starts to fall for her.

Written by

Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe, Harry Tugend

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Cast

Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores

# of Votes

2,987

Average Rating

6.9 out of 10

Metascore

Popularity

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