Young Man with a Horn (1950)


Young Man with a Horn
Release Date09 February 1950
GenreBiography, Drama, Music, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsLos Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Drama, Film a Clef
MoodIn a Minor Key
ThemesMusician's Life
TonesEarnest, Somber, Moody
TagsAlcoholism, Bandleader, Behind The Scenes, Entertainer, Jazz, Marriage, Music, Romance, Tragic Love, Trumpeter

Young Man with a Horn is a 1950 drama film. It is based on a biographical novel of the same name by Dorothy Baker about the life of Bix Beiderbecke. The film is considered to be the first contemporary big-budget jazz film, a genre that became common not soon after the release of the movie, as well as one of the first major Hollywood productions to deal with lesbianism.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Rick Martin

Amy North

Jo Jordan

Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby

Art Hazzard

Phil Morrison

Marge Martin

Louis Galba

Orley Lindgren
Rick as a boy

Walter Reed
Jack Chandler

Himself

Stage manager

Bridget Brown
Dancing girl

Paul E. Burns
First Pawnbroker

Hotel clerk

Hugh Charles
Minor Role

Dick Cogan
Interne at Bellevue

Herschel Daugherty
Attendant

Paul Dubov
Maxie

David Dunbar
Alcoholic bum

Ted Eckelberry
Elevator boy

Lewell Enge
Moll

Patron at Galba's

Alex Gerry
Dr. Weaver

Everett Glass
Mission song leader

James Griffith
Walt

Helene Heigh
Tweedy woman

Lou Herbert
Minor Role

Charles Horvath
Bouncer

Ivor James
Boy banjoist

Lorna Jordon
Moll

Sid Kane
Minor Role

Jack Kruschen
Cab Driver

Katharine Kurasch
Miss Carson

Murray Leonard
Bartender

Ramundo, the houseboy

Vivian Mallah
Moll

Hugh Murray
Doctor at Bellevue

Robert A. O'Neil
Bum

Marg Pemberton
Checkroom Girl

Dean Riesner
Joe

Larry Rio
Owner

Dan Seymour
Mike

Jack Shea
Nurse at Bellevue

Zutty Singleton
Musician

Hula Dancer

Burk Symon
Second Pawnbroker

Bill Walker
Black minister

George Washington
Musician

Julius Wechter
Boy drummer

Wilson Wood
Young Man

Director

Writer

Dorothy Baker

Carl Foreman

Edmund H. North

Producer

producer

Original Music

Ray Heindorf
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Cinematographer

Ted D. McCord

Editor

Alan Crosland Jr.
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Art Director

Edward Carrere
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Set Decorator

William Wallace
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Costume Designer

Milo Anderson
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Makeup Department

Perc Westmore
makeup artist

Betty Delmont
hair stylist

John Wallace
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

David C. Gardner
second unit director

Sherry Shourds
assistant director

Sound Department

Everett A. Brown
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Paul Burnett
gaffer

William Classen
grip

Ellsworth Fredericks
camera operator

Mac Julian
still photographer

Editorial Department

David C. Gardner
montage

Music Department

Ray Heindorf
musical director

musical advisor, musician: dubbed Kirk Douglas' trumpet playing

Other Crew

Norman Stuart
dialogue director

Irva Mae Ross
script supervisor

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Home Video
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