This article is about the 1948 film. For the song, see A Song Is Born (song).
A Song Is Born
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Screenplay by
Harry Tugend (adaptation, uncredited)
Story by
Billy Wilder Thomas Monroe
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn
Starring
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Benny Goodman Tommy Dorsey Louis Armstrong Lionel Hampton Charlie Barnet Mel Powell Steve Cochran
Cinematography
Gregg Toland
Edited by
Daniel Mandell
Production company
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
October 19, 1948 (1948-10-19) (Premiere-New York City)[1]
November 6, 1948 (1948-11-06) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
113 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$2.3 million[2]
Box office
$2.4 million (US rentals)[3]
A Song Is Born (also known as That's Life),[4] starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, is a 1948 Technicolor musical film remake of Howard Hawks' 1941 movie Ball of Fire with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. This version was also directed by Hawks, based on the story "From A to Z" by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe, adapted by Harry Tugend (uncredited) and produced by Samuel Goldwyn and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
Filmed in Technicolor, it featured a stellar supporting cast of musical legends, including Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman (with Al Hendrickson as cameo), Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, and Benny Carter. Other notable musicians playing themselves in the cast include Charlie Barnet (with Harry Babasin as cameo), Mel Powell, Louis Bellson, The Golden Gate Quartet, Russo and the Samba Kings, The Page Cavanaugh Trio, and Buck and Bubbles. Other actors include Steve Cochran and Hugh Herbert.
^ ab"A Song is Born: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
^Variety (4 February 2018). "Variety (February 1948)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.
^"Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
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