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Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with a Horn is a 1950 American musical drama film starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernandez. Directed by Michael Curtiz, it was based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Dorothy Baker inspired by the life of jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. The film was produced by Jerry Wald, and its screenplay written by Carl Foreman and Edmund H. North.
Plot
Rick Martin is a young Midwestern orphan cared for by an indifferent elder sister, living in his own isolated world. He is first drawn to an inner-city mission for alcoholics and its piano-accompanied hymns. Seeking a more portable instrument, his eye catches a trumpet in the window of a pawn shop. He works as a pin setter in a bowling alley to save up enough money to buy it. Tutored by Black jazzman Art Hazzard (Juano Hernandez) Rick grows into an outstanding, intuitive jazz musician (played by Kirk Douglas). He lands a job playing for a large dance band, getting to know piano player Willy "Smoke" Willoughby (Hoagy Carmichael) and beautiful featured singer Jo Jordan (Doris Day). In spite of being ordered to stick to the song arrangements, Rick prefers to improvise, and one night during a band break he leads an impromptu jam session, which gets him fired.
More details
| author | Carl Foreman Edmund H. North |
|---|---|
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | Alan Crosland Jr. |
| events | alcoholism |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | bowling alley cab driver cocktail party dance band dance orchestra disturb drink embarrass final exam id isolated jam session jazz musician juano hernandez married new york city old friends one night pin setter recording session torture unemployed wander young woman |
| musicBy | Ray Heindorf |
| producer | Jerry Wald |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | biographical biographical drama films à clef musical drama |