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  2. 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.

  3. A Song Is Born: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey. With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.

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    • Comedy, Music, Musical
    • Howard Hawks
    • 1948-10-19
  4. A Song Is Born (1948) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  5. Brief Synopsis. A group of music professors takes in a singer on the run from her gangster boyfriend. Cast & Crew. Read More. Howard Hawks. Director. Danny Kaye. Professor Hobart Frisbee. Virginia Mayo. Honey Swanson. Benny Goodman. Professor Magenbruch. Tommy Dorsey. Louis Armstrong. Photos & Videos. View All.

    • Howard Hawks, Joseph Boyle, Helen Mcsweeney
    • Danny Kaye
  6. Early career. His early influences were New Orleans jazz clarinetists who worked in Chicago, such as Jimmie Noone, [ 11] Johnny Dodds, and Leon Roppolo. He learned quickly, becoming a strong player at an early age, and was soon playing in bands. He made his professional debut in 1921 at the Central Park Theater on the West Side of Chicago.

  7. Jan 28, 2013 · The plot of 1948's A Song is Born is tantalizingly zany. Danny Kaye is a musicologist at a privately funded institute, consisting of six other scholars, one of whom is played by a mustachioed Benny Goodman.

  8. Apr 2, 2014 · Goodman also starred in the 1948 musical comedy A Song Is Born with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, which featured other music greats Louis Armstrong and Tommy Dorsey among others.