Airing | 11/24, 2:30a

A Song Is Born

2h 0m|Musical comedy|TCM|1948
A group of music professors, including Frisbee (Danny Kaye) and Magenbruch (Benny Goodman), are writing an encyclopedia of music. A pair of window washers introduces the duo to a pioneering musical form called jazz. Frisbee and Magenbruch start going to nightclubs to hear the new sound and become involved with club singer Honey Swanson (Virginia Mayo), who is running from police because they want her to inform on her gangster boyfriend, Tony Crow (Steve Cochran).

Director:

Howard Hawks

Cast:

Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Hugh Herbert, Steve Cochran, Felix Bressart, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Lionel Hampton, Tommy Dorsey, J. Bromberg
A Song Is Born
GENREMusical comedy
DETAILSNetwork: TCM Runtime: 2h 0m
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