A Song Is Born

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.

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  Howard Hawks

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  Danny Kaye
  Hobart Frisbee
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  Virginia Mayo
  Honey Swanson
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  Benny Goodman
  Professor Magenbruch
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  Tommy Dorsey
  Tommy Dorsey
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  Louis Armstrong
  Louis Armstrong
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  Lionel Hampton
  Lionel Hampton
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  Charlie Barnet
  Charlie Barnet
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  Mel Powell
  Mel Powell
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  Ford Washington Lee
  Buck
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  John 'Bubbles' Sublett
  Bubbles
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  Page Cavanaugh
  Page Cavanaugh
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  Al Viola
  Al Viola
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  Lloyd Pratt
  Lloyd Pratt
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  Orlandus Wilson
  Orlandus Wilson
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  Henry Owens
  Henry Owens
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  Willie Johnson
  Willie Johnson
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  Clyde Riddick
  Clyde Riddick
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  Russo do Pandeiro
  Russo
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  Hugh Herbert
  Professor Twingle
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  Steve Cochran
  Tony Crow