A Song Is Born (1948)

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of stuffy music professors have their quiet world shaken up when a lively nightclub singer hides out in their research home. The professors help her avoid some gangsters while she teaches them about modern music and romance.

fast-pacedwhimsicalsillylightheartedromanticlivelynostalgicfeel-good

What happens

A Song Is Born is a 1948 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. It is a musical remake of Hawks' 1941 screwball comedy film Ball of Fire, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is based on the short story "From A to Z" by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe, adapted by Harry Tugend (uncredited), produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Filmed in Technicolor, the film features a supporting cast of musicians including Benny Goodman (with Al Hendrickson as cameo), Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, and Benny Carter. Other notable musicians playing themselves in the cast include Charlie Barnet (with Harry Babasin as cameo), Mel Powell, Louis Bellson, The Golden Gate Quartet, Russo and the Samba Kings, the Page Cavanaugh Trio, and Buck and Bubbles. Other actors include Hugh Herbert and Steve Cochran. Mary Field reprises her role as Miss Totten from Ball of Fire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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