The life of tragic jazz great Bix Beiderbecke is given the "a clef" treatment in Warner Bros. Young Man With a Horn. Kirk Douglas plays the Beiderbecke character, here named Rick Martin. An ace trumpter player, Martin is one of the few white musicians to flourish in the black-dominated jazz scene of the 1920s. Chafing against the dullness of the "respectable" orchestras for whom he works, Martin finds at least two kindred spirits in the forms of torch singer Jo Jordan (Doris Day) and piano player Smoke Willoughby (Hoagy ...
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The life of tragic jazz great Bix Beiderbecke is given the "a clef" treatment in Warner Bros. Young Man With a Horn. Kirk Douglas plays the Beiderbecke character, here named Rick Martin. An ace trumpter player, Martin is one of the few white musicians to flourish in the black-dominated jazz scene of the 1920s. Chafing against the dullness of the "respectable" orchestras for whom he works, Martin finds at least two kindred spirits in the forms of torch singer Jo Jordan (Doris Day) and piano player Smoke Willoughby (Hoagy Carmichael). He rises to popularity with his own group, and along the way falls under the spell of wealthy jazz patroness Lauren Bacall. After marrying Bacall, Martin begins neglecting his music and turns more and more to alcohol. When he skips one of her fancy parties to attend the funeral of his mentor Juano Hernandez, Bacall angrily smashes all his jazz records, effectively ending what was never a very solid relationship. Crawling into a bottle, Martin loses his touch with the trumpet-a heartbreaking sequence, in which he goes to pieces in the middle of the pop standard "With a Song in My Heart". Unlike the real Beiderbecke, who died of alcoholism at the age of 28, Rick Martin is rescued by his faithful friends Day and Carmichael. Kirk Douglas' trumpeteering in Young Man with a Horn was effectively dubbed by Harry James, while jazz pianists Buddy Cole and Jimmy Zito make uncredited soundtrack contributions. The film was adapted by Carl Foreman and Edmund H. North from a novel by Dorothy Baker. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez. Good in good packaging. Language: English. Run time: 112 mins. Aspect ratio: 1.33: 1. Originally released: 1950. ex-library, plays fine.
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Walter Reed, Orley Lindgren, Nestor Paiva, Mary Beth Hughes, Jerome Cowan, Juano Hernandez, Hoagy Carmichael, Doris Day,... Very good. 1950 Run time: 112. Providing great media since 1972. All used discs are inspected and guaranteed. Digital copy/codes may be expired or not included. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez. Very good in good packaging. Language: English. Run time: 112 mins. Aspect ratio: 1.33: 1. Originally released: 1950. ex-library copy.
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Walter Reed, Orley Lindgren, Nestor Paiva, Mary Beth Hughes, Jerome Cowan, Juano Hernandez, Hoagy Carmichael, Doris Day,... Very good. 1950 Run time: 112. Providing great media since 1972. All used discs are inspected and guaranteed. Digital copy/codes may be expired or not included. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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