A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
Fred Aldrich
- Doorman
- (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
- Derelict
- (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
- Derelict
- (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
John Breen
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
- Stage Manager
- (uncredited)
Bridget Brown
- Dancing Girl
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe film contains a reference to homosexuality, although the Hays Office--the industry's censor--required any mention of it be subtle. The character of Amy (Lauren Bacall) is lesbian, which is why Rick (Kirk Douglas) walks out on her, telling her that she is "a very sick girl." The exchange between Amy North and Miss Carson (Katharine Kurasch) after Amy's party, and their facial expressions, indicate this: Amy North: "I'm dying to see the rest of your sketches."
Miss Carson: "We'll have dinner out and then go back to my place."
Many decades later, Bacall told a Turner Classic Movies interviewer that the reference was so subtle (and she was then so young and naive) that she didn't understand until years later that the character she played was supposed to be lesbian. This is one of three mainstream movies from 1950 to reference lesbianism, the others being "All About Eve" and "Caged," according to "The Celluloid Closet" by Vito Russo.
- GoofsWhen a young Rick Martin is looking out the rear window of the car as it drives away from the cemetery, a light or reflector and its articulated stand is clearly reflected on the glass.
- Quotes
Amy North: People try to find security in a lot of strange ways. You seem to have solved your problems - at least while you're playing that trumpet.
Rick Martin: I don't understand a word you're saying, but I love the sound of your voice. It's got a wonderful rough spot in it.
- SoundtracksIn the Sweet By and By
(uncredited)
Music by J.P. Webster (1868)
Lyrics by S. Fillmore Bennett
Sung by a chorus
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Michael Curtiz was a genius director, don't you agree? Masterpieces like "Casablanca" "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" "Mildred Pierce" and over 150 other titles including the musical "Romance on the High Seas" which introduced Doris Day to the world. In "Young Man with a Horn" Doris Day is the luminous center, the ideal. She is photographed and framed like a reachable dream. Kirk Douglas plays the trumpet player in love with the wrong woman and Lauren Bacall here is the personification of the wrong woman, she knows it, she tells him but he goes for it like a lamb to the slaughter. "Young Man with a Horn" has some extra pluses, Hoagy Carmichel for instance and Juano Hernandez but what the film reminded me of was, Michael Curtiz's brilliance and that Doris Day was, is and always will be one of the great film actresses of all time. Regardless of the film she appeared in, she displayed an extraordinary talent to be, to be totally and if you think I'm just waxing lyrical, "Young Man with a Horn" presents indisputable evidence of her extraordinary talent.
- yocarlosvarelapr
- Apr 27, 2018
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- Also known as
- Música en el alma
- Filming locations
- Aragon Ballroom - Lick Pier, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA(Martin's first gig site)
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- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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