YOUNG AT HEART 1954

Young at Heart


Arwin / Warner Bros., 1954, Color, 120 minutes, ***

Released December, 1954



Great musical/drama, based on the 1938 film "Four Daughters," with Frank Sinatra as a musician who comes to a small town to work with composer Gig Young and winds up stealing fiancee Doris Day from him. Top-notch score includes "Someone to Watch Over Me" and the title tune. With Dorothy Malone, Ethel Barrymore.



Produced by: Henry Blanke

Directed by: Gordon Douglas

Assistant Director: Al Alleborn

Screen Play by: Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Coffee

Adaptation by: Liam O'Brien

From a Story by: Fannie Hurst

Music Director: Ray Heindorf

Song Score: various

Art Director: John Beckman

Set Decorator: William Wallace

Wardrobe by: Howard Shoup

Makeup Artist: Gordon Bau

Sound by: Leslie G. Hewitt, David Forrest

Director of Photography: Ted McCord

Special Effects by: H. F. Koenekamp

In WarnerColor, Print by Technicolor

Color Consultant: Philip Jefferies

Film Editor: William Ziegler



Cast: Doris Day [Laurie Tuttle], Frank Sinatra [Barney Sloan], Gig Young [Alex Burke], Ethel Barrymore [Aunt Jessie], Dorothy Malone [Fran Tuttle], Robert Keith [Gregory Tuttle], Elisabeth Fraser [Amy Tuttle], Alan Hale, Jr. [Robert Neary], Lonny Chapman [Ernest Nichols], Frank Ferguson [Bartell], Additional Cast: Marjorie Bennett [Mrs. Ridgefield], John Maxwell [Doctor], William McLean [Husband], Barbara Pepper [Wife], Robin Raymond [Girl], Tito Vuolo [Fat Man in Car], Grazia Narciso [Fat Man's Wife], Ivan Browning [Porter], Joe Forte [Minister], Cliff Ferre [Bartender], Harte Wayne [Conductor], Celeste Bryant [Little Girl]



Musical Program: [0:00] Young at Heart (sung by Frank Sinatra behind titles; also recurring theme in background score); [0:11] Till My Love Comes Back to Me (sung by Doris Day); [0:26] Ready, Willing and Able (sung by Doris Day); [0:31] Hold Me in Your Arms (sung by Doris Day and Chorus); [0:51] Someone to Watch Over Me (sung by Frank Sinatra); [1:10] Just One of Those Things (sung by Frank Sinatra); [1:29] One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (sung by Frank Sinatra); [1:36] There's a Rising Moon for Every Falling Star (sung by Doris Day); [1:53] You, My Love (sung by Frank Sinatra and Doris Day); [1:56] Young at Heart (sung by Frank Sinatra at end of film)