A Song Is Born (1948)
October 19, 1948Release Date
A Song Is Born (1948)
October 19, 1948Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Danny Kaye
Professor Hobart Frisbee
Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson
Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
Harry Tugend
Writer
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Mel Powell
Mel Powell
Ford Washington Lee
Buck
Angelus Babe
Bubbles
Hugh Herbert
Professor Twingle
Howard Hawks
Director
Steve Cochran
Tony Crow
Billy Wilder
Writer
J. Edward Bromberg
Dr. Elfini
Felix Bressart
Professor Gerkikoff
Thomas Monroe
Writer
Ludwig Stössel
Professor Traumer
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Gregg Toland
Cinematographer
O. Z. Whitehead
Professor Oddly
Esther Dale
Miss Bragg
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Mary Field
Miss Totten
Howland Chamberlain
Mr. Setter
Paul Langton
Joe
Sidney Blackmer
Adams
Ben Welden
Monte
Ben Chasen
Ben
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 19, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Content RatingNR
Budget$2,400,000
Genres
Wiki.
A Song Is Born (also known as That's Life), starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, is a 1948 Technicolor musical film remake of Howard Hawks' 1941 movie Ball of Fire with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. This version was also directed by Hawks, based on the story "From A to Z" by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe, adapted by Harry Tugend (uncredited) and produced by Samuel Goldwyn and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
Filmed in Technicolor, it featured a stellar supporting cast of musical legends, including Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman (with Al Hendrickson as cameo), 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 Steve Cochran and Hugh Herbert.