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An Arwin Production - Released by Warner Bros.

Producer: Henry Blanke
Director: Gordon Douglas
Adaptation by: Liam O'Brien from the screenplay "Four Daughters" by Julius J. Epstein & Lenore Coffee
Music Supervisor, Arranger, and Conductor: Ray Heindorf
Piano Solos played by: Andre Previn
Director of Photography: Ted McCord

Cast
Frank Sinatra: Barney Sloan
Doris Day: Laurie Tuttle
Gig Young: Alex Burke
Ethel Barrymore: Aunt Jessie
Dorothy Malone: Fran Tuttle

Frank Sinatra sings: "Young at Heart", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Just One of Those Things", "One For My Baby", and "You, My Love"

(Notes transcribed from Nancy Sinatra's "Frank Sinatra: An American Legend")

you would have this posted now. I watched "Young At Heart" yesterday while cleaning. Do so about once a month, just so I can hear "You, My Love" w/Mr. S. and Doris Day. It's the highlight of the movie for me! They both have voices like angels!

I know we've discussed this film previously, time line being off, etc., etc., but it's still a delight to watch, even tho you know every word that's about to be spoken!

Just one of our guys many jewels! (and hidden secrets to many!)

is Sinatra's performance of Barney Sloane -- he is so appealing in this film as someone who has gone through life as a loser. And then he slowly begins to "thaw out" and see what it is like to be a part of a loving family -- and falls in love with the enveloping warmth of the daughter played by a very outgoing Doris Day.

Corny but wonderful.

I love the scenes with Frank and Ethel Barrymore; they are my favorites. I think Frank Sinatra is one of the few actors that the great Ethel Barrymore doesn't steal a movie from.

A sweet, old fashioned movie.

Good movie, ding-dong dumb ending...

Phil

Phil, we all have such sophisticated tastes now days that this sort of movie is just plain (as Cathy stated) corny!

But the ending is where Barney and Laurie sing their only duet so that makes it not so dumb, in my estimation--makes it the highlight of the entire movie! I also love Frank's scene at the piano (Andre Previn playing, ironically!). That's the photo that is used so often depicting Francis, just like the "Pal Joey" pic w/the raincoat over the shoulder!

I simply wish Francis & Doris had recorded an album together. Wouldn't that have been absolutely delightful? Or even just that song!

, Lux

With those songs, how could this movie be anything but a winnner?

Love it!

Dennis

hi, good movie with great songs by sinatra and day, otherwise the film was alittle off the mark. thanks, joe....

'Nuff said.....
hannah

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This movie is another one of Franks that never fails to make me cry my eyes out Frank's character Barney Sloane reminds me of a friend I once knew....he too had the same low opinion of himself and the same "world is out to get me" attitude.
You can describe this movie as corny or sappy alll you want but don't forget there are alot of real Barney Sloanes in the world and it's just too bad there are'nt more happy endings for them. Or for the women who try to love them... To me this touching love story sweeps you away to a simpler time and a better world. And who cares about realism when you're watching a movie like this? I watch my Frank movies to escape!
love hannah

I saw Young at Heart a few years ago on AMC, and I loved it! I now have it on both video and DVD and it's just an all-around great film to watch. Yes, it might be a little corny at times and a little too unrealistic, but I guess that's what movies do best... if you haven't seen this movie with Sinatra and Doris Day, I would say that it is a definite must-see favorite of mine......

Also his renditions of Someone to Watch Over Me, One of Those Things, and One For My Baby (and One More For the Road) and the highlights of the film....


"...it's quarter to three,
there's no one in the place,
'cept you and me...
so set 'em up, Joe,
I've got a little story
you oughta' know...
we're drinking my friend
to the end
of a brief episode.....
so make it one for my baby
and one more for the road.....

Love ya, Frankie!

Hi all! Long time no see, so many of my old friends...!

How could this one have been left off? I have to say, I think -- of the musical ones -- this is my favorite. That scene in the bar with Frank at the piano singing "Just One of Those Things" -- oh, it just kills me every time.

I think that, as long as I had this DVD and my copy of Ken Burns' Baseball Documentary on DVD, I could happily live on a desert island with my just my DVD player for company.

Luli

I love "Young at Heart," I also loved the original "Four Daughters" where John Garfield played the FS role.

I don't understand what Lux is referring to by the "time line being off." Please enlighten me.

...this movie would have been destined for the so-old-it-creaks bin.

I just saw it for the first time today on AMC Morning Movie (came across it accidentally on my way from Barney the Dinosaur to Disney Kids--you can tell who I'M home with in the AM!). I missed about 45 minutes of it here and there but from what I saw, it was great when Frank was on the screen, either acting or singing, but the story line was unbelievable, the sets were unbelievable (was it really so difficult in the 1950s to film outside when it was SUPPOSED to be outside?? How can one possibly get into a movie when you are staring at fake grass and fake horizons?), and the end--oy vey, when Frank was in the hospital "dying" with the bandages on his head and Doris sticks a cigarette in his mouth before she throws herself sobbing into his sheets. I just lost it.

But the songs--the songs! One For My Baby--I cannot do anything when I hear this song except sit back and let it wash over me--love it, love it, love it. And he and Doris Day sound sooooo good together--wonder if they ever sang together during their Big Band days (anybody know??).

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I guess you're not too much of a romantic Leslie .

Originally posted by lesliem2
...was it really so difficult in the 1950s to film outside when it was SUPPOSED to be outside?? How can one possibly get into a movie when you are staring at fake grass...

That's kind of funny, and it is true that the scenery is a little fake looking in older movies sometimes. It doesn't bother me here though - I like the movie. If anything, the look of the scenery here gives this movie a little bit of a "period" charm IMO. To me, that last scene looks the way it does because it's meant to be a visualization of the "American Dream" and to let us know that their dream has become a reality for the future and they went on to live "happily ever after". "Fairy tales can come true..."

As far as the fake grass itself goes, people who like football don't seem to have problems watching games played in stadiums that use astro turf instead of real grass, even if they prefer real grass.

[Lynda L]

I didn't want to start a new thread for this, so I thought I'd post it here. This past weekend, we visited my son at college. I have never seen his dorm before - this was my first visit there. I walked into his room, and he had posters of Jimi Hendryx, Led Zeppellin, Metallica, and on the other wall I was surprised to see a poster of Frank Sinatra. It was Frank as Barney Sloan (from Young At Heart) playing the piano.
Today, he called me and asked me what the name of the song was where Frank is talking to the bartender. I told him it was One For My Baby. He said that was the one, and that he wants to buy it. I think I've got him hooked!

Yep, Lynda,

Even tho' my college days at Cornell are almost 20 years behind me (amazing...), that song did it for me, too, back then. There we were, in the middle of the New Wave/Punk thing on campus, but what song always managed to shut up the trendy kids at the local bar (The Royal Palms off College Ave)??----yep, "One for My Baby (and One for the Road)". All the booths had their own private mini-jukeboxes, and even thho' we barely had enough money to scrape up for our pitchers of some incredibly cheap beer, we always made sure we had a quarter to pop in to hear FAS croon this mournful tune to us. Frank's delivery, timing, and those great lyrics--they might have been Barney Sloan singing, but for us, it was a liittle slice of our lives, what with our feeling like lonely outcasts, at times, away at college, away from our loved ones....I can certainly identify with your son. Now if we can just keep him away from all that booze I went through getting thru those tough times!!

[Lynda L]

I would love to keep him away from the booze, however, he turns 21 this Monday. Not that he hasn't been drinking already.
Sometimes I need a few drinks to get through my kids not being home anymore. I still have one left at home, but she's getting ready to leave too. Thank goodness for Frank and this site.

Kathy, I know how much you (and I as well) admired Ethel Barrymore. This just came across my desk and thought I'd post it for you. We all (at least Sinatra fans) think of her as the delightful gramdnother in "Young at Heart."

The best time to make friends is before you need them. --Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) Actor

And Beth mentioned she didn't understand the timeline statement.

I think what I was referring to was Laurie discovered she was pregnant at Christmas. They came back home in April and the baby was at least 6-8 months old! We weren't supposed to notice that stuff then, so why worry!

It's still one of the best flicks and chemistry between Francis and a leading lady (other than Kim Novak) that I can recall!

Just thought you all might enjoy the above!

TO LYNDA: once it's legal for your son to drink, it's no fun then! I remember that from college days as well! And you're more than right--thank goodness for Francis and our forum friends!

Have a splendid weekend, dear ones. The temp here in the Heartland is finally going to as November is supposed to be - cold!

I'll have to look for that the next time I watch the movie. haha - that is funny.