---
title: 'A Song Is Born (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-song-is-born-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040820/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Song Is Born (1948)

1948 · 113 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

A Song Is Born is a 1948 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. It is a musical remake of Hawks' 1941 screwball comedy film Ball of Fire, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is based on the short story "From A to Z" by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe, adapted by Harry Tugend (uncredited), produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and released by RKO Radio Pictures.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gregg Toland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-toland)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [Oothout Zabriskie Whitehead](https://cinepixo.com/people/oothout-zabriskie-whitehead)
- [Steve Cochran](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-cochran)
- [Howland Chamberlain](https://cinepixo.com/people/howland-chamberlain)
- [Mel Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-powell)
- [Benny Goodman](https://cinepixo.com/people/benny-goodman)
- [Esther Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-dale)
- [Hugh Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-herbert)
- [Louis Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-armstrong)
- [Sidney Blackmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-blackmer)
- [J. Edward Bromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-edward-bromberg)
- [Mary Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-field)
- [Virginia Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-mayo)
- [Ludwig Stössel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-stossel)
- [Charlie Barnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-barnet)
- [Lionel Hampton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-hampton)

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