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A Song Is Born (1948)

Film · 1948 · 113 min · NR · Comedy · Music

...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.

Directed by Howard Hawks

Starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Barnet, Mel Powell

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In cinemas19 October 1948
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First release anywhere19 October 1948

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