A Song Is Born (1948)

A Song Is Born: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey. 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.

“u0026quot;A Song is Bornu0026quot; was made in 1948. This was a remake of 1941u0026#39;s u0026quot;Ball of Fireu0026quot; with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA group of dull music professors are studying the history of music. Two window cleaners urge Danny Kaye, a music professor, to go out and hear music around him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn Damon Runyan-like atmosphere, he accidentally gets involved with gangsters and their moll-Virginia Mayo.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eShe hides out by Kaye and his other professors as she is wanted for questioning regarding a murder that her guy-Steve Cochran-may have committed. Remember Cochran and Mayo two years earlier in the Oscar-winning u0026quot;The Best Years of Our Lives?u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen she hides out, she brings an assortment of musicians with her to join the professors and all belt out music. Thanks to Louis Armstrong and Tommy Dorsey, the music shines. Benny Goodman is unrecognizable as one of the corny music professors.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe hostage situation at filmu0026#39;s end is hilarious at best. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA musical treat; funny and memorable when Kaye pops the question. Lots of good fun.”