YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN 1950

Young Man with a Horn


Warner Bros., 1950, B/W, 112 minutes, ***

Released February, 1950



Classic melodrama stars Kirk Douglas as a driven trumpet player who devotes his life to music, to the exclusion of almost everything else. Doris Day and Lauren Bacall are the women in his life; Harry James performed Douglas' tunes.





Producer: Jerry Wald

Director: Michael Curtiz

Screenplay: Carl Foreman and Edmund H. North

(based on the novel by Dorothy Baker)

Music Director: Ray Heindorf

Song Score: various

Art Direction: Edward Carrere

Dubbing: Trumpet playing dubbed by Harry James

Set Decoration: William Wallace

Costume Design: Milo Anderson

Sound: Everett A. Brown

Cinematography: Ted McCord

Film Editing: Alan Crosland, Jr.



Cast: Kirk Douglas [Rick Martin], Lauren Bacall [Amy North], Doris Day [Jo Jordan], Hoagy Carmichael [Smoke Willoughby], Juano Hernandez [Art Hazzard], Jerome Cowan [Phil Morrison], Mary Beth Hughes [Margo Martin], Nestor Paiva [Louis Galba], Orley Lindgren [Rick Martin as a Boy], Walter Reed [Jack Chandler], Jack Kruschen [Cab Driver], Alex Gerry [Dr. Weaver], Jack Shea [Male Nurse], James Griffith [Walt], Dean Reisner [Joe], Everett Glass [Man Leading Song], Paul E. Burns, Burk Symon [Pawnbrokers], Julius Wechter [Boy Drummer], Ivor James [Boy Banjoist], Larry Rio [Owner], Dan Seymour [Mike], Paul Dubov [Maxie], Keye Luke [Ramundo], Frank Cady [Hotel Clerk], Murray Leonard [Bartender], Dave Dunbar [Alcoholic Bum], Robert O'Neill [Bum], Hugh Murray [Doctor], Dick Cogan [Intern], Katherine Kurasch [Miss Carson], Bill Walker [Black Minister], Helene Heigh [Tweedy Woman], Ted Eckelberry [Elevator Boy], Hugh Charles, Sid Kane [Men]



Musical Program: Sweet By and By (Chorus); The Very Thought of You (sung by Doris Day accompanied by Harry James dubbing for Kirk Douglas on trumpet); Lovin' am (Shiek of Alabam) (sung by Hoagy Carmichael and Kirk Douglas); Too Marvelous for Words (sung by Doris Day); I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) (sung by Doris Day); With a Song in My Heart (sung by Doris Day); Excerpts of "Ain't She Sweet," "Can't We Be Friends," "Blue Room," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "Tea for Two," "The Man I Love," "What Is This Thing Called Love," "'S Wonderful," "Moanin' Low," "Shadow Waltz," "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Chinatown, My Chinatown," "Baby Face," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "Silent Night, Holy Night," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Limehouse Blues" and "Get Happy" used instrumentally.