Come Blow Your Horn (1963)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Bud Yorkin

Writers:

Neil Simon (play)
Norman Lear (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 June 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

I tell ya, chum...laughs it is!

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Play

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Frank Sinatra	...	Alan Baker
Lee J. Cobb	...	Harry R. Baker
Molly Picon	...	Mrs. Sophie Baker
Barbara Rush	...	Connie
Jill St. John	...	Peggy John
Dan Blocker	...	Mr. Eckman
Phyllis McGuire	...	Mrs. Eckman (buyer for Neiman-Marcus)
Tony Bill	...	Buddy Baker

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Essex Productions

Trivia:

'Neil Simon' based the character of the womanizing bum on his older brother, Danny.

Goofs:

Continuity: Halfway through the movie, Sinatra is punched on the left side of his face by Dan Blocker. In the next scene when he is holding a raw steak up to his face, he holds it on the right side of his face.

Quotes:

Harry R. Baker: [when his wife complains about his habit of entering and tossing the evening newspaper on the dining room table] It's clean, I had it boiled.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002) (V)

The Type of Movies That The TV adds The "un" to it !

Well, let me see. This is a comedy without any comedy. This is one of the worst movies had (Neil Simon)'s name on it ever. And this is the 1960s' most theatrical cinema I've seen.

Come to think of it, the conversations are too long and not even droll or try to be. (Bud Yorkin)'s direction is anything but cinematic. Moreover, (Lee J. Cobb) was four years older than (Frank Sinatra), and he played his father !. Not to mention that (Sinatra) himself as the bachelor playboy was 48 years old while his brother, Tony Bill, was 23 (Yes, 25 years between them !). I believe that Jill St. John is fiery sexy, though here she was boring !. (Sinatra) does an imitation of President Kennedy, and Dean Martin appears in dull cameo; they seem like inside jokes for Sinatra so his fellows ! And the title? Sorry, but I have to suspect a double meaning where the other one is lewd; as it's harmonizing with the 1960s' free swinging spirit, and the era's boldness's limits. And even if, the movie as a whole fails on the level of being a sex comedy, or sexy, or comic !

This is a memory from what looks now as a far faraway galaxy. It was lovely age, but (Come Blow Your Horn) is not its best, or an example for its entertaining works. Seeing it in the 2000s is a history lesson more than a nostalgic installment. To assure how even at those classic days, there were weak movies and with big names. Yet at least they were making them that polished (the movie had nominated for the Oscar of the Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color). Anyway thanks to the TV that keeps transforming the "forgettable" into "unforgettable".

So what's here to love?

The title's song, it's clever and I loved it, so the music.