A Song Is Born (1948)

Original title	A Song Is Born
Swedish release title	Vilda toner

Director	Howard Hawks
Screenplay	Harry Tugend (ej krediterad)
Producer	Samuel Goldwyn
Production Manager	Raoul Pagel
Director of Photography	Gregg Toland
Music	Hugo Friedhofer (originalmusik)
Production Designer	George Jenkins Perry Ferguson
Film Editor	Daniel Mandell
Production Mixer	Fred Lau
Assistant Director	Joseph Boyle
Advisor	Natalie Kalmus (färg) William Fritzsche (färg)
Script Supervisor	Anita Speer Sam Freedle
Camera Operator	Bert Shipman
Still Photographer	Hal McAlpin
Special Photographic Effects	John P. Fulton
Key Grip	Ralph Hoge
Musical Arrangement	Sonny Burke Jerome Moross
Orchestra Leader	Emil Newman Hugo Friedhofer
Set Decorator	Julia Heron
Costume Designer	Irene Sharaff
Make-up Supervisor	Robert Stephanoff
Hair Stylist	Marie Clark

Danny Kaye	professor Hobart Frisbee, musikforskare
Virginia Mayo	Honey Swanson, nattklubbssångerska
Benny Goodman	professor Magenbruch
Hugh Herbert	professor Twingle
Steve Cochran	Anthony "Tony" Crow, gangster
J. Edward Bromberg	doktor Elfini
Felix Bressart	professor Gerkikoff
Ludwig Stössel (as Ludwig Stossel)	professor Träumer
O.Z. Whitehead	professor Oddly
Esther Dale	Miss Bragg, professorernas hushållerska
Mary Field	Miss Titten, den ekonomiska garanten för The Totten Foundation of Music
Howland Chamberlain (as Howland Chamberlin)	Mr. Setter, Miss Tottens advokat
Paul Langton	Joe, en av Crows underhuggare
Sidney Blackmer	Adams, en av Crows underhuggare
Ben Welden	Monte, en av Crows underhuggare
Ben Chasen	Ben, en av Crows underhuggare
Peter Virgo	Louis, en av Crows underhuggare
Joseph Crehan	allmänne åklagaren
-	Musiker:
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
Mel Powell and His Orchestra
Louie Bellson	trumslagare
Harry Babasin	basist
Alton Hendrickson	gitarrist
Buck and Bubbles = Ford Washington & John W. Sublett	fönsterputsarna Buck and Bubbles
The Page Cavanaugh Trio
The Golden Gate Quartet
Russo and the Samba Kings
Vic Dickenson
Benny Carter
Phil Moore
Zutty Singleton
Laurindo Almeida
Barney Bigard
-	Ej krediterade:
Norma Gentner	flicka tillsammans med Samba Kings
Muni Seroff	uppassare
Will Lee	uppassare
Patricia Walker	fotograf vid Dorsey Club
Lane Chandler	polisen vid värdshuset
Robert Dudley	fredsdomaren
Joe Devlin	gangster
William Haade	åklagarens ombud
Karen X. Gaylord	cigarettflicka
Jack Chefe	åhörare vid Tommy Dorseys framträdande
John Impolito
Barbara Hamilton
Janie New
Alice Wallace
Irene Vernon
Diana Mumby
Martha Montgomery
Marjorie Jackson
Shirley Ballard
Donald Wilmot
Jeffrey Sayre

Production Company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Wivefilm Distribution AB	1948
Other Company	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.		(amerikansk distributör)

Censorship number	74629
Date	1948-12
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3070 meters

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Technicolor
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24

Original title	From A to Z (Script)
Author	Billy Wilder
	Thomas Monroe

Original title	Ball of Fire (Script)
Author	Billy Wilder
	Charles Brackett

		USA	1947	1947
Samuel Goldwyn Studios	Los Angeles

First showing	1948-11-06			USA	112 min	(US Release)
Release in Sweden	1948-12-17	China	Stockholm	Sweden	112 min
Filmhusetvisning	2009-04-02					För RTPK.
FIAF showing	2010-12-08
Inställd visning	2020-11-08			Italy		FIAF-visning

Original title	A Song Was Born
Composer	Gene de Paul	(1948)
Lyrics	Don Raye	(1948)
Singer	kör	(sjunger här: A Song Is Born)
	Jeri Southern	(repris - dubbar Virginia Mayo)
	The Golden Gate Quartet	(repris)
	Louis Armstrong	(repris)
Instrumentalist	Louis Armstrong	(repris)
	Benny Goodman	(repris)
	Tommy Dorsey	(repris)
	Lionel Hampton	(repris)
	Charlie Barnet	(repris)
	Mel Powell	(repris)
	Louie Bellson	(repris)
	Russo and the Samba Kings	(repris)

Original title	Konsert, klarinett, orkester, K. 622, A-dur. Adagio
Composer	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Instrumentalist	Benny Goodman	(klarinett)

Original title	Bach Boogie
Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach
Instrumentalist	Buck	(piano)

Original title	Peer Gynt. Anitras dans
Composer	Edvard Grieg
Instrumentalist	Buck	(piano)

Original title	Muskrat Ramble
Composer	Kid Ory	(1926)
Lyrics	Eric Sandström	(svensk text 1955)
	Ray Gilbert	(engelsk text 1926)
Instrumentalist	Mel Powell	(piano)
	orkester

Original title	I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Composer	George Bassman	(1932)
Lyrics	Ned Washington	(1932)
Instrumentalist	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Original title	Blind Barnabus
Singer	The Golden Gate Quartet

Original title	Redskin Rhumba
Composer	Dale Bennett	(1941)
Instrumentalist	Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra

Original title	The Goldwyn Stomp
Composer	Louis Armstrong
	Lionel Hampton
Instrumentalist	Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
	Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

Original title	Daddy-O (I'm Gonna Teach You Some Blues)
Composer	Gene de Paul	(1948)
Lyrics	Don Raye	(1948)
Singer	Jeri Southern
Instrumentalist	The Page Cavanaugh Trio

Original title	Stealin' Apples
Composer	Fats Waller	(1936)
Lyrics	Andy Razaf	(1936)
Instrumentalist	Lionel Hampton
	Benny Goodman
	Mel Powell
	Harry Babasin	(kontrabas)
	Alton Hendrickson	(gitarr)

Original title	Mockin' Bird
Singer	The Golden Gate Quartet

Original title	Longhair Jam Session
Singer	Jeri Southern
	Bubbles
	Benny Goodman
	Hugh Herbert
	J. Edward Bromberg
	Felix Bressart
	Ludwig Stossel
	O.Z. Whitehead

Original title	Sweet Genevieve
Composer	Henry Tucker	(1869)
Lyrics	George Cooper	(1869)
Singer	J. Edward Bromberg
	Danny Kaye
	Benny Goodman
	Hugh Herbert
	Felix Bressart
	Ludwig Stossel

Original title	Gaudeamus igitur
Lyrics	Christian Wilhelm Kindleben	(latinsk text 1781)
Singer	J. Edward Bromberg
	Benny Goodman
	Hugh Herbert
	Felix Bressart
	Ludwig Stossel

Original title	Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho
Singer	The Golden Gate Quartet

Original title	Anvil chorus/Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie. Ur Il trovatore
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi	(1853)
Lyrics	Carl Vilhelm August Strandberg	(svensk text 1860)
	Salvadore Cammarano	(italiensk text 1853)

Original title	Flying Home
Composer	Lionel Hampton	(1941)
	Benny Goodman	(1941)
Lyrics	Sid Robin	(1941)
Instrumentalist	Louis Armstrong
	Benny Goodman
	Tommy Dorsey
	Charlie Barnet
	Lionel Hampton
	Mel Powell	(m.fl.)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Synopsis

Script type	Cutting continuity

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Slides	2
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Type	Program folio