How was A Song Is Born connected to Howard Hawks's earlier film Ball of Fire?

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Howard Hawks stands at right, speaking with actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in cowboy costumes on the set of the western film Rio Bravo. — Howard Hawks Howard Hawks (right) directing (from left to right) John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in *Rio Bravo* (1959).

A Song Is Born (1948) was a musical remake of Howard Hawks's earlier film Ball of Fire (1941). While the original romantic comedy starred Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, Hawks's 1948 version featured Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo in those respective roles.1