A Song Is Born (That's Life) (1948)

7.4	Rating (18 ratings)
7.1	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Howard Hawks

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Danny Kaye
Professor Hobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson

Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell
Mel Powell

Written by

Billy Wilder

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A Song Is Born

4 years, 11 months ago at Apr 11 18:17

JxSxPx

A musical-comedy remake of Ball of Fire from Howard Hawks, A Song Is Born is a film that I probably enjoyed more than the average viewer. By no stretch of the imagination is it an improvement on the original, or even a worthy successor, but it is harmlessly entertaining. And it is fascinating to watch Hawks literally try to transform his actors into the original performers. Unlike Alfred Hitc... read more

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Release date: 19 October 1948

Tags: 1948 (2), Comedy (1), Musical (1), Musicians (1), Benny Goodman (1), RKO (1), Danny Kaye (1), Howard Hawks (1), Virginia Mayo (1), Louis Armstrong (1), Tommy Dorsey (1), Non-fictional Musicians (1), Real Musicians (1)

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A Song Is Born

“A musical-comedy remake of Ball of Fire from Howard Hawks, A Song Is Born is a film that I probably enjoyed more than the average viewer. By no stretch of the imagination is it an improvement on the original, or even a worthy successor, but it is harmlessly entertaining. And it is fascinating to watch Hawks literally try to transform his actors into the original performers. Unlike Alfred Hitchcock who proclaimed his 1956 remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much the superior film, Hawks dogged A Song Is Born until the very end. To be entirely honest, Hawks admitted to only taking the work for the paycheck and had essentially checked out of the proceedings. “I never thought anything in that picture was funny. It was an altogether horrible experience.” Hawks’ consensus opinion on the fi” read more