A Song Is Born is a 1948 American English-language Comedy Musical motion picture starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton and Don Wilmot. With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her. Samuel Goldwyn Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Samuel Goldwyn. A Song Is Born is written by Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe, Harry Tugend and Helen Mcsweeney and it is directed by Howard Hawks. RKO Radio Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The motion picture has a running time of 113 minutes. A Song Is Born was made on a budget of $2 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $2 million. Cinematography was done by Gregg Toland and editing by Daniel Mandell
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uninspired
Jini Score 7.9/10
Critics Score 44%
Rating 6.9/10
Jini Score 7.9%
Critics Score 44
Rating 6.9
negative
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Release
Date19 OCT 1948
Budget$ 36 MILLION
Language
English
Genre
Comedy
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Music
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Musical
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Romance
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A Song Is Born Reviews and Ratings
Average Review Rating : positive
Positive Review Rating : 44%
Dennis Schwartz
The Technicolor film is basically ruined by the uninspired direction, the insipid comedy, the miscast actors and the pics second half when it gets too involved with gangsters to keep its story cohesive. ( Read More )
Michael E. Grost
It remains a comedy throughout, even if it is one full of off trail characters. ( Read More )
Bosley Crowther
Danny Kayes admirers, than whom there are none more intense, are likely to strain their eyes looking for their boy in A Song Is Born For the Danny who ambles through this picture, which came to the Astor yesterday, is but a shade of the scintillant comedian whom the screen fans have come to love.View Full Article in Timesmachine ( Read More )