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Young at Heart (1954)

Director: Gordon Douglas

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From Time Out Film Guide

Fascinating attempt to bring together a number of disparate elements - whimsical comedy, songs, death - plus big city slum rat Sinatra and wholesome Day in the same frame. Sinatra's character has to pay a terrible price for daring to encroach on Andy Hardy-world, a reminder perhaps that the Fannie Hurst story ('Sister Act'), from which this derives, dates back to 1924, and that consequently there's a collision of eras going on here, as well as one of genres. As usual with Gordon Douglas movies, it's very mixed: Sinatra's rendition of the title song and 'One for My Baby' are certainly classics, even if the film itself scarcely qualifies as a musical.

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Cast & crew

Director: Gordon Douglas

Producer: Henry Blanke

Cast: Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Robert Keith, Dorothy Malone, Ethel Barrymore full cast

Duration: 117 mins


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