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It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical:Young Man with a Horn (1950) read more

Why you should be talking about Lauren Bacall in Young Man With a Horn (1950) On June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized At first, Young Man With a Horn (1950, dir. Michael Curtiz) may seem like a less melodramatic Humoresque (1947, dir. Je read more

Crystal is sharing her personal connection to Lauren Bacall on her site In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood with The Second Lauren Bacall Blogathon which you can access by clicking HERE. Lauren Bacall plays Amy North, a wealthy young woman who describes herself as "an intellectual mountain go read more

Crystal is sharing her personal connection to Lauren Bacall on her site In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood with The Second Lauren Bacall Blogathon which you can access by clicking HERE. Lauren Bacall plays Amy North, a wealthy young woman who describes herself as "an intellectual mountain go read more

Young Man with a Horn Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Carl Foreman and Edmund H. North based on a novel by Dorothy Baker 1950/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental Rick Martin: I bet I could. I think I was expecting something along the lines of Champion with a trumpet taking the pla read more

Young Man With a Horn by Dorothy Baker New York Review of Books Paperback, 192 pages Originally Published 1938 ISBN 9781590175774 Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powell's Young Man With a Horn by Dorothy Baker is considered to be the first ever Jazz novel. It was published in 1938 and was a cri read more

Source Young Man With a Horn (1950) airs on TCM Friday August 30th at 8AM EST for the Kirk Douglas Summer Under the Stars day and it's not a film to be missed. This post is my second contribution to this year's Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Jill and Michael. The story is based on th read more

I love jazz. My dad will chalk it up to making me listen to smooth jazz on Sunday afternoons, which is partly true. I love classic trumpet jazz of Miles Davis. 40’s jazz from old movies. So when there’s a great classic movie with a jazz score, I’m over the moon. Young Man with a Horn was one such read more

Young Man with a Horn (1950). Drama. Based on a biographical novel of the same name about the life of Bix Beiderbecke. Cast: Doris Day, Kirk Douglas, and Lauren Bacall. The story begins, Musician Smoke Willoughby thinks back to when he first meet his friend legendary trumpet player Rick Mart read more

So back story into why I sought out Young Man With a Horn to today’s review.  I reviewed a documentary called The Celluloid Closet a few months back that discussed this film in regards to a character (played by Lauren Bacall) being a lesbian.  I adore Ms. Bacall and seeing an iconic actress read more

Life hasn’t been easy for Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas). His parents were killed when he was young, leaving his sister to care for him. He didn’t have any friends, he wasn’t a good student, but one night he finds himself at a church and he discovers that he does have a passion for m read more

Young Man With a Horn by Dorothy Baker New York Review of Books Paperback, 192 pages Originally Published 1938 ISBN 9781590175774 Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powell's Young Man With a Horn by Dorothy Baker is considered to be the first ever Jazz novel. It was published in 1938 and was a cri read more

Source Young Man With a Horn (1950) airs on TCM Friday August 30th at 8AM EST for the Kirk Douglas Summer Under the Stars day and it's not a film to be missed. This post is my second contribution to this year's Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Jill and Michael. The story is based o read more