Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Gregg TolandCast:
Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Hugh Herbert, Steve Cochran, J. Edward Bromberg, Felix Bressart (more)Plots(1)
The story of a nerdy music professor who hooks up with a beautiful saloon singer. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Danny Kaye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/441/164441534_b9ba22.jpg)
Danny Kaye
USA
Best movies:
A Song Is Born (1948)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Nightcrawler (2014) - a.f.
![Virginia Mayo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/358/161358772_bedeaa.jpg)
Virginia Mayo
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
White Heat (1949)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Benny Goodman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901384_339269.jpg)
Benny Goodman
USA
Best movies:
A Song Is Born (1948)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Syncopation (1942)
![Tommy Dorsey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886912_1434c9.jpg)
Tommy Dorsey
USA
Best movies:
A Song Is Born (1948)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Girl Crazy (1943)
![Louis Armstrong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792670_e9dcbb.jpg)
Louis Armstrong
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Lionel Hampton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/599/161599154_1de896.jpg)
Lionel Hampton
USA
Best movies:
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Hugh Herbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499984_cc60e1.jpg)
Hugh Herbert
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Steve Cochran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281035_c3eded.jpg)
Steve Cochran
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
White Heat (1949)
Storm Warning (1951)
![J. Edward Bromberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/497/160497877_ae822c.jpg)
J. Edward Bromberg
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
A Song Is Born (1948)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
![Felix Bressart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/055/126/55126072_c715a7.jpg)
Felix Bressart
German Empire
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
![Ludwig Stössel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893461_bc82ba.jpg)
Ludwig Stössel
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Casablanca (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Sidney Blackmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126117_2590e5.jpg)
Sidney Blackmer
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Love Crazy (1941)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
![Ben Welden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/207/159207107_55dc82.jpg)
Ben Welden
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Lane Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779807_e6a2b4.jpg)
Lane Chandler
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Laura (1944)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Paul E. Burns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162679_657d94.gif)
Paul E. Burns
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Spartacus (1960)
Storm Warning (1951)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Nolan Leary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888876_e3ce6d.jpg)
Nolan Leary
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
![Howland Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/894/159894740_0df986.gif)
Howland Chamberlain
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
A Song Is Born (1948)