A Song Is Born
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A Song Is Born is a 1948 musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, that updates the story of eccentric professors and a nightclub singer with a focus on contemporary jazz and swing music.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Song Is Born canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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musical comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ball of Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gregg Toland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Howard Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Roland Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
eccentric professors
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nightclub singer ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
jazz
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swing music ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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jazz film ⓘ musical film ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasNotableSong |
"A Song Is Born"
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"Daddy-O" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Flying Home" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Redskin Rhumba" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Stealin' Apples" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Danny Kaye as Professor Hobart Frisbee
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Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hugo Friedhofer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | contemporary jazz and swing music ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1948-10-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 113 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Billy Wilder
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Thomas Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInEnvironment | college ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| stars |
Benny Goodman
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Charlie Barnet NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Bellson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Hicks NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | A Song Is Born NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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