Young Man With A Horn on DVD (1950)

Awful, What a let down!

x playgirl x from Margate , 07/08/2006

This was not what I expected at all. I wonder why Doris Day decided to take this job? I even fell asleep half way through! But I stayed devoted and rewound it to watch it from where i fell asleep. This has a tiny beginning, a HUGE middle and a very abrupt end!! Would have been more interesting to see how he overcome the alcoholism and the battle would have made an interesting storyline. Don't get my wrong im not falting the marvelous music and singing but overall being the huge Doris Day fan I am, she could have done without this film. My 2 star rating is being very generous!

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Nice film, Decent actors,

Martin Freye from Bristol, England , 05/08/2006

Good old film, that was when Actors and Actresses didn't need to use foul mouthed language in every other sentenec in order to get noticed, and if they had done so there would have been a riot in the Cinemas, unlike today when the acting profession resort to this type of 'Entertainment' because they can't actually act !!

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Entertaining story, but an abrupt ending.

A customer from Warwickshire , 13/11/2006

Enjoyed the early part of the film which shows how the young Rick develops his passion for music and the trumpet, and especially good are the scenes showing his interaction with his hero and mentor, the trumpet legend Art Hazzard. Lauren Bacall is not at her best in this movie, and is miscast as Amy, the mixed-up psychiatrist. Kirk Douglas is very believable as the tormented jazz musician Rick, whose only real love is playing the trumpet. Doris Day doesn’t feature as much as her star billing would suggest, but her singing is superb.The narrator of the story, Hoagy Carmichael, leads the supporting cast, and turns in a good and entertaining performance. The music is great, with some famous jazz and big band standards. The ending is very abrupt, and we do not see how Rick battles to overcome his personal problems and rise again. Overall this is an entertaining movie, if a bit melodramatic at times. However, the three stars, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Doris Day, all went on to do better work. Director Michael Curtiz is also better remembered for such classics as Casablanca and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

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50`s winner

A customer from Wallasey. Wirral , 20/11/2006

To anyone with a liking for Jazz and the fifties type of film this is a must. This was Adult Black and White at its best and Hoagy (smokey) was a revelation as a support role, it must have cost a mint keeping him in matches.

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Entertaining story, but an abrupt ending.

A customer from Warwickshire , 13/11/2006

Enjoyed the early part of the film which shows how the young Rick develops his passion for music and the trumpet, and especially good are the scenes showing his interaction with his hero and mentor, the trumpet legend Art Hazzard. Lauren Bacall is not at her best in this movie, and is miscast as Amy, the mixed-up psychiatrist. Kirk Douglas is very believable as the tormented jazz musician Rick, whose only real love is playing the trumpet. Doris Day doesn’t feature as much as her star billing would suggest, but her singing is superb.The narrator of the story, Hoagy Carmichael, leads the supporting cast, and turns in a good and entertaining performance. The music is great, with some famous jazz and big band standards. The ending is very abrupt, and we do not see how Rick battles to overcome his personal problems and rise again. Overall this is an entertaining movie, if a bit melodramatic at times. However, the three stars, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Doris Day, all went on to do better work. Director Michael Curtiz is also better remembered for such classics as Casablanca and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

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50`s winner

A customer from Wallasey. Wirral , 20/11/2006

To anyone with a liking for Jazz and the fifties type of film this is a must. This was Adult Black and White at its best and Hoagy (smokey) was a revelation as a support role, it must have cost a mint keeping him in matches.

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