A Song Is Born
“...with the hottest men in music - beating out the rhythm with'm!”
1948 · 1 h 53 min
Directed by 
Howard Hawks
Howard HawksCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
Seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music find a band leader and a singer.
Sinekatalog’s take
Howard Hawks's musical comedy, with Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo and cameos by jazz greats, is amiable if slight.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (3,209 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.