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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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The Evening Concert (1948)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.