Sadly Over-hyped

Expected more

Brilliant and touching

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Quite a music fest, with the top male and female crooners of the time on display. Each got 4songs individually, plus a share of the very appropriate "You, my Love". However, I must say that Sinatra's songs, as a whole, were more memorable than Doris's. There has been much discussion on whether Sinatra's character, Barney, should have died in that head on collision, as in the original ending, or lived, without apparent lingering disabilities, as we see in the film. Barney's equivalent character in "Four Daughters", upon which the present film is based, died in a similar crash. Certainly , the playing of the title song in the fade out(as well as the beginning credits)was much more compatible with a hopeful ending. If there was to be a suicide attempt scene(and there needn't be), I believe some other means, more survivable and with less chance of lingering disabilities, should have been chosen. And what about the persons in the other vehicle?They had no desire to die in this manner.The screenplay generally was pleasant enough, if not very imaginative. Lots of pretty women and handsome men to experience. Ethel Barrymore was included as the family matriarch. This was her penultimate role in a Hollywood film. She is said to have been quite frail while participating in this film.The copy at YouTube comes in 5 installments, but otherwise was OK.

In the 1950s, musicals were at their peak. All the studios were dishing out lavish, carefree, Technicolorful musicals loaded with production numbers and talented performers.Maybe "Young at Heart" isn't very lavish or carefree, and it certainly isn't loaded with production numbers. But in the talented performers category it is way ahead. I mean, with Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, how could you go wrong? Based on "Four Daughters", the story starts off with an average, happy family. There are only three daughters this time, one of which is engaged. A second is greatly admired by the plumber. Everything looks perfect when a fun composer (Gig Young) takes a fancy to the youngest sister, Laurie (Doris Day). That is, until Barney Sloane (Frank Sinatra), a troubled bar singer comes along.In a superb cast, Sinatra's performance stands out as spectacular. He and the rest of the cast turned what would have been a mediocre melodrama (rather like "Four Daughters") into a breathtaking, emotional film. The score is great, too: songs include "One for my Baby (and One More for the Road)" and "Someone to Watch over Me".

FRANK SINATRA followed up his "From Here To Eternity" triumph by starring opposite DORIS DAY in a musical remake of "Four Daughters" called YOUNG AT HEART. He gets even better song material than Day, including memorable versions of "Young at Heart" and "One for My Baby", but Day is compensated by a nice dramatic role that gets her brand of warmth and sincerity, as well as a duet with Sinatra on "You, My Love".ETHEL BARRYMORE is the elderly aunt and ROBERT KEITH is the father, while GIG YOUNG plays the young man that Day almost marries until she discovers that her sister is broken-hearted over their upcoming marriage. Instead, she runs off with the loner, Barny (Sinatra), and has a rather tumultuous marriage that she's determined to salvage. This version of the tale has her succeed, avoiding the downbeat ending of the original in which the John Garfield character (played by Sinatra)died.It's pleasant, nostalgic and the kind of musical they never make any more. Particularly sensitive performances from Sinatra, Day and Gig Young under Gordon Douglas' direction. Worth seeing for fans of Day and Sinatra especially.The only big difference between this and the original is that color and music have been added. Otherwise, the script is pretty close to the 1938 version directed by Michael Curtiz.

Although it is only heard sung by Frank Sinatra at the beginning and end credits of Young At Heart, the title song was both a big hit for Frank Sinatra and set the tone for a very warm and wonderful Yuletide picture.Warner Brothers already had this property, this is a remake of Four Daughters, minus a daughter, with Sinatra and Doris Day in the roles originated by John Garfield and Priscilla Lane. Doris's sisters are Dorothy Malone and Elizabeth Fraser who are all the daughters of music professor Robert Keith and all play instruments. The only non-musical member of their household is wise old maiden aunt, Ethel Barrymore.Of course Doris sings as well. But in the passing out of vocal material, Sinatra did a lot better than she did. None of her songs did anything for her vocal career. Sinatra wisely opted for standards by some of the very best. In his role as saloon singer/piano player/music arranger Frank gets to sing Just One of Those Things by Cole Porter, Someone to Watch Over Me by the brothers Gershwin and One For My Baby by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Can't get much more talented in the song department than that group.One For My Baby was introduced by Fred Astaire in The Sky's the Limit, but when Sinatra sang it here it became forever identified with him and a staple item at all of his live performances.Sinatra and Day sang a duet You My Love at the finale. It was the song that Frank was working on through out the film. They sang it so well that you'd never know that tempers flared the entire time the film was made.During the Forties when both were at Columbia Records, Frank and Doris recorded a couple of duets together. In the interim, Sinatra moved on to Capitol records so no original cast album could be made from this soundtrack. It might not have happened anyway because back in the Forties Day spoke highly of Frank. Things cooled considerably between the two of them, among the items of contention was Day's husband Martin Melcher. Suffice it to say it was not a happy set.Still and all Young at Heart is one of the best films either of the stars did and really nice entertainment.