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Young Man with a Horn (1950)
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9 February 1950 (USA) morePlot:
Aimless youth Rick Martin learns he has a gift for music and falls in love with the trumpet. Legendary... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
The haunting, melodic sounds of jazz music. Smoky clubs. Beautiful women. A musician's tragic life. And lots and lots of pathos. All the makings of a great film! moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Kirk Douglas | ... | Rick Martin | |
| Lauren Bacall | ... | Amy North | |
| Doris Day | ... | Jo Jordan | |
| Hoagy Carmichael | ... | Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby | |
| Juano Hernandez | ... | Art Hazzard | |
| Jerome Cowan | ... | Phil Morrison | |
| Mary Beth Hughes | ... | Marge Martin | |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Louis Galba | |
| Orley Lindgren | ... | Rick as a boy | |
| Walter Reed | ... | Jack Chandler |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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Rick Martin: [to Amy] That trumpet's part of me. It's the best part. You almost made me forget that. moreMovie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Dick Van Dyke Show: Young Man with a Shoehorn (#4.22)" (1965) moreSoundtrack:
AIN'T SHE SWEET moreFAQ
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This is a great film with three great actors; Kirk Douglas as Rick Martin, Lauren Bacall as Amy North, AND Doris Day as Jo Jordan. Even though the movie was loosely based on the short and sad life of jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke, the ending was written in a more positive light than Bix's tragic real life story. Yet the movie still manages to capture the essence of a tormented musician's existence, the dangers of alcoholism, the deceptions of false love, and the effect Rick Martin's choices have on those around him who love...and hate...him. There's Lauren Bacall and Doris Day...bad girl and good girl...who will he choose? Slinky, seductive, and cat-like Lauren? Or loving, beautiful and wholesome Doris? It's a visual feast with two of Hollywood's most alluring women! And it's an acting tour de force from all involved, including Juano Hernandez as young Rick Martin's African American trumpet mentor, Art Hazzard. It's also a great pathos film, only with an added light-at-the end-of-the-tunnel type of ending. Not necessarily a true to life ending, but it makes for a great story...and an even greater movie. This should definitely be on DVD!