A Song Is Born.
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A musical comedy. A group of dignified scholars who are writing a history of music study modern jazz.
Professor Hobart Frisbee (Danny Kaye) and his fellow academics are writing a musical encyclopedia. They discover that there is some new popular music that is called jazz, swing, boogie woogie or rebop. The professors become entangled in the problems of nightclub singer Honey Swanson (Virginia Mayo) She needs a place to hide out from the police, who want to question her about her gangster boyfriend.
Professor Hobart Frisbee (Danny Kaye) and his fellow academics are writing a musical encyclopedia. They discover that there is some new popular music that is called jazz, swing, boogie woogie or rebop. The professors become entangled in the problems of nightclub singer Honey Swanson (Virginia Mayo) She needs a place to hide out from the police, who want to question her about her gangster boyfriend.
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© Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.; 31Dec47; LP2076.
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A SONG IS BORN. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc. Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 113 min., sd., color, 35mm. A new version of the 1941 motion picture "Ball of Fire." Based on the story "From A to Z" by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe. Summary: A musical comedy. A group of dignified scholars who are writing a history of music study modern jazz. Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, Howard Hawks; music directors, Emil Newman, Hugo Friedhofer; orchestrations, Sonny Burke; film editor, Daniel Mandell. Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong. © Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.; 31Dec47; LP2076.
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