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Young Man With a Horn
Young Man With a Horn
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez
Director: Michael Curtiz
Genres: Drama, Musicals & Performing Arts
NR     2005     1hr 52min

A SUCCESSFUL JAZZ TRUMPETER'S WORLD CRUMBLES WHEN HE MARRIES ADESTRUCTIVE SOCIETY GIRL.FEATURES HARRY JAMES' MUSIC DUBBED OVER DOUGLAS' PLAYING.

     
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Actors: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez
Director: Michael Curtiz
Creators: Ted D. McCord, Alan Crosland Jr., Jerry Wald, Carl Foreman, Dorothy Baker, Edmund H. North
Genres: Drama, Musicals & Performing Arts
Sub-Genres: Love & Romance, Musicals
Studio: Warner Home Video
Format: DVD - Color - Closed-captioned,Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 04/26/2005
Original Release Date: 02/09/1950
Theatrical Release Date: 02/09/1950
Release Year: 2005
Run Time: 1hr 52min
Screens: Color
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French

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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 2/23/2023...
A real classic with Kirk Douglas and others really making this an interesting plotline. A must especially for music lovers!

Movie Reviews

All that jazz...and all that star power to boot!!
Gregor von Kallahann | 03/26/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The happy ending is clumsily tacked on and reeks "Hollywood" in the worst sense of the word. Otherwise this is another very good Michael Curtiz film with solid acting and great black and white cinematography. Kirk Douglas may surprise you as the obsessed jazzman, Rick Martin. Doris Day and Lauren Bacall are wonderful as the female leads (with Day being so definitively Day, and Bacall so quintessentially Bacall). Hoagy Carmichael is a remarkable screen presence as well. And the music is wonderful. So what's not to like?...well, the cornball ending and the (at times) stilted dialogue. Still well worth watching. And for jazz movie fans, fans of any or all of the stars or admirers of director Curtiz it remains a must have."
Young man with a cliche
Bomojaz | South Central PA, USA | 10/15/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Yeah, it's pretty corny and about as cliche-ridden as they come, but the music is there and that's a very good thing. Kirk Douglas plays a young jazz trumpeter, based very loosly on the life of '20s cornetist and legend Bix Beiderbecke - a man in love with nothing but his horn (and booze) - until Doris Day turns him around. Lauren Bacall plays a vampire-type woman who takes out her own self-loathing on the world (and Douglas), but she does the only credible acting in the movie.

Hollywood has always simplified and cornballed the jazz world, rarely coming close to the reality of it, and this film is no exception. The happy ending is far-fetched and a real drag. Disappointing (but about as to be expected, everything considered). For jazz fans out there, Harry James was dubbed in playing the trumpet parts."
A Must See Movie Classic!
Gregor von Kallahann | 01/21/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This movie is great! For anyone who loves jazz, or enjoys a good film, I would recommend purchasing this movie. The soundtrack to this movie is just phenomenal.(Played by trumpet ace Harry James) This movie will keep your foot tapping while the splendor of Kirk Douglas captures your attention. This movie is said to be based on the life of jazz cornetist Bix Biederbecke. You will find it to be a great performance that you can not turn away from while you are shown the life of a boy who grows up and makes it big as a remarkable trumpeter."