35mm print courtesy of Warner Bros. Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Edmund North, from the novel by Dorothy Baker. Dorothy Baker’s novel, inspired by the life of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, gets the full-blown Hollywood treatment. Star-crossed jazzman Kirk Douglas (musically dubbed by Harry James) hits the high and low notes with a formidable Lauren Bacall and empathetic Doris Day as the women in his orbit. A daring Carl Foreman script compliments Hoagy Carmichael and Juano Hernandez’s memorable supporting performances with dazzling direction by Michael Curtiz.