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English. Box office. $1.5 million [1] Young Man with a Horn is a 1950 American musical drama film starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernandez. [2] [3] 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.
- March 1, 1950
- Jerry Wald
Young Man with a Horn: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael. A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Michael Curtiz
- 1950-03-01
Rated: 3.5/5 • Apr 10, 2005. Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) is a young man with no direction in life --until he discovers he has a flare for the trumpet. When jazz icon Art Hazzard (Juano Hernandez ...
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- Kirk Douglas
- Michael Curtiz
- Warner Bros.
The Warner Bros. musical drama Young Man With a Horn (1950), adapted from the novel by Dorothy Baker, was inspired by the life of Bix Beiderbecke, a cornet player who hit jazz-age heights before sinking into alcoholism and dying in 1931 at age 28.
- Michael Curtiz
- Kirk Douglas
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One night, Jo brings her friend Amy North to hear Rick play. Amy, who is studying to be a psychiatrist, blames her physician father for her mother's death by suicide and, as a result, believes that she is incapable of love. Nonetheless, Rick falls in love with her, and they are married. After their marriage, Rick and Amy are driven apart by his ...
Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commercial swing songs cause him problems.
- 112 min
