Come Blow Your Horn (film)

Come Blow Your Horn
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bud Yorkin
Screenplay by	Norman Lear
Based on	Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon
Produced by	Norman Lear Bud Yorkin
Starring	Frank Sinatra Lee J. Cobb Molly Picon Barbara Rush Jill St. John
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Frank P. Keller
Music by	Nelson Riddle Song: "Come Blow Your Horn" Sung by Frank Sinatra, written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen.
Production companies	Tandem Productions Essex Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 5, 1963 (1963-06-05)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$12.7 million [1]

Come Blow Your Horn is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin from a screenplay by Norman Lear, based on the 1961 play of the same name by Neil Simon. The film stars Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, and Jill St. John.

Frank Sinatra sang the title song at the opening credits of the film, written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen.

Plot

Buddy Baker is bored living with his parents. He goes to the big-city apartment of older brother Alan, who works for their father's artificial-fruit company but never lets business interfere with a good time.

A confirmed bachelor, Alan is all too willing to teach his younger brother a few tricks, improve his wardrobe, even introduce him to Peggy, a girl with an apartment upstairs. Alan's steadiest companion is Connie, but even she's running out of patience with his lack of interest in settling down.

A jealous husband accuses Alan of running around with his wife and beats him up. Alan begins rethinking his life. He proposes marriage to Connie and then intervenes when he hears that his own parents are contemplating a divorce. Giving up his own ways for good, Alan even turns over his swinging bachelor pad to Buddy.

Cast

• Frank Sinatra as Alan Baker
• Lee J. Cobb as Harry R. Baker
• Molly Picon as Mrs. Sophie Baker
• Barbara Rush as Connie
• Jill St. John as Peggy John
• Dan Blocker as Mr. Eckman
• Phyllis McGuire as Mrs. Eckman (buyer for Neiman-Marcus)
• Tony Bill as Buddy Baker

Norman Lear and Dean Martin both make cameo appearances in this film.

Reception

Box office performance

Come Blow Your Horn was the 15th highest-grossing film of 1963, grossing $12,705,882 in the United States, ^[1] earning $6 million in domestic rentals. ^[2]

Awards

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, James W. Payne). ^[3] Sinatra, St. John, Picon and Cobb each earned Golden Globe nominations for their performances. ^[4]

References

1. Box Office Information for Come Blow Your Horn. Archived September 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Numbers. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
2. "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety , January 8, 1964 p 69
3. Crowther, Bosley (June 7, 1963). "The Screen: 'Come Blow Your Horn':Sinatra Film Arrives at the Music Hall". The New York Times . Archived from the original on August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
4. "Come Blow Your Horn". Archived from the original on April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

External links

• Come Blow Your Horn at IMDb
• Come Blow Your Horn at Rotten Tomatoes
• Come Blow Your Horn at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Come Blow Your Horn at the TCM Movie Database