A Song Is Born.

Duration: 113 min

Year Published: 1947

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A musical comedy. A group of dignified scholars who are writing a history of music study modern jazz.

Complete Record: 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.