Young at Heart (1954)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Julius J. Epstein (screenplay) and
Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

December 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Remake of 1938 film 'Four Daughters'

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Suicide Attempt | Song | Cigarette Smoking | Engagement

Cast

Doris Day	...	Laurie Tuttle
Frank Sinatra	...	Barney Sloan
Gig Young	...	Alex Burke
Ethel Barrymore	...	Aunt Jessie Tuttle
Dorothy Malone	...	Fran Tuttle
Robert Keith	...	Gregory Tuttle
Elisabeth Fraser	...	Amy Tuttle
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Robert Neary
Lonny Chapman	...	Ernest Nichols
Frank Ferguson	...	Bartell

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:6 (f) | UK:U | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #17193)

Filming Locations:

Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Arwin Productions

Trivia:

There was no soundtrack album because Doris Day and Frank Sinatra were under contract to different record labels in 1954. Columbia issued a 10-inch LP featuring six new recordings by Miss Day and reissues of two Sinatra cuts from the previous decade: "Someone to Watch Over Me" (music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin), recorded in 1945, and "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" (music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer), recorded in 1947. The Columbia compilation found its way to number 15 on the "Billboard" pop albums chart. On a Capitol 45 extended-play release, Mr. Sinatra sang renditions of four songs from this movie. Mr. Sinatra's single of the title tune (music by Johnny Richards, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh) already had been a second-place finisher in "Billboard" by the time of the picture's opening, and this Sinatra trademark song became a million seller.

Quotes:

Barney Sloan: What good's a hit song?
Laurie Tuttle: Here we go again.
Barney Sloan: Eh, your picture in life, and maybe get a new suit; a lot of hullabaloo. And one day I'm walkin' down the street and around the corner comes a bolt of lightning. POW! D-E-D. Dead.

Movie Connections:

Version of Four Daughters (1938)

Soundtrack:

Hold Me in Your Arms

Like a lovely memory

This is not a classic film. It won't be on any "Best Of" Lists. It is simply a wonderful film that you can enjoy when you want to see a good movie. I keep returning to this one, because it provides pure, unadulterated enjoyment. It is glossy entertainment, and unabashedly romantic. A perfect rainy afternoon movie.