A Song Is Born(1948)
...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
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.
Movie: A Song Is Born
Top 10 Billed Cast
Hobart Frisbee
Honey Swanson
Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet
Mel Powell
Bubbles
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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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1948-10-19
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...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!
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