Young Man with a Horn

directed by Michael Curtiz
Category: "Musical"
Year of Release:1950
Date Added:09/19/2024
Date Watched:09/19/2024
Description:Orphan Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) comes alive when he hears music. He buys a trumpet, learns how to play it from a jazz musician, and becomes famous. He makes to friends in the business, Smoke (Hoagy Carmichael), a pianist, and Jo (Doris Day), a singer. He meets and marries Amy (Lauren Bacall), an elegant, unhappy woman who is jealous of Rick's love for music. They soon split up. Rick becomes an alcoholic and almost dies. The experience teaches him how to be a human first and a musician second. He gets back together with Smoke and Jo, and together they make music.
My Rating:6

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Review - Young Man with a Horn

Supposed, I think, to be deeply meaningful — something about a man with an obsession who needs to learn to balance his love and desire for his passion with other things in life, like people and perspective. It dragged for me — I kept pausing it an doing other things.

Reviewed by Roger on 2024-09-19 13:26:24

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