Youngblood Hawke

1964
Unrated
2h 17min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueArthur Hawke, a coal truck driver, sells his first novel, moves to NYC, and faces fame, publishing, and a secret affair. Unaware of his feelings for his editor, he soon learns his success de... Tout lireArthur Hawke, a coal truck driver, sells his first novel, moves to NYC, and faces fame, publishing, and a secret affair. Unaware of his feelings for his editor, he soon learns his success depends on his latest book.Arthur Hawke, a coal truck driver, sells his first novel, moves to NYC, and faces fame, publishing, and a secret affair. Unaware of his feelings for his editor, he soon learns his success depends on his latest book.

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Anecdotes
Although fictionalized, the novel and movie are based on the life story of author Thomas Wolfe. Wolfe's fictionalized autobiographic first novel, "Look Homeward, Angel" is mentioned in Quentin Judd speech in "Youngblood Hawke" as an example of great work that did not win a Pulitzer Prize.

Gaffes
Hawke arrive at a New York City adjacent airport on the day before Christmas - traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year - yet appears to be only traveler in entire terminal. Hawke also takes leave of Frieda on the deck of an ocean liner taking her to England and there is nobody else there either.

Citations
Frieda Winter: Don't tell me it's because you're jealous of my new beau.
Youngblood Hawke: It was obvious you preferred his company.
Frieda Winter: [smiles] Come, come, come now. We had the loveliest farewell. Remember?
Youngblood Hawke: You like him?
Frieda Winter: Well, he's young and he needs help. He talks big and brave, but he's stumbling and very scared. He can't get his new book started and he's afraid of being a one book sensation. Frankly, he makes me feel kind of motherly. Something you never did.

Connexions
Spoofed in Animaniacs: Message in a Bottle/Back in Style/Bones in the Body (1997)

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6/10

Youngblood Hawke Swoops In and Takes Your Interest Away

Youngblood Hawke is one of those movies that has great promise, just like the movie's namesake. It starts out with the usual story of small-town young man makes good in the big city. He writes The Great American Novel while driving his coal truck in his small hometown in Kentucky, then gets called up to the big leagues in the publishing world of NYC. James Franciscus plays the too-good-looking-to-really-be-a-novelist looking for his next big seller and winds up in the arms of Genevieve Page, who is a married arts benefactor. Meanwhile, his hard-at-work editor, played by Suzanne Pleshette, has feelings for him too. There is a subplot involving his mother and uncles fighting over mineral rights to her land that complicates things but really prove to be inconsequential. It could have been cut out in a twenty-minutes too long movie. Will Youngblood be the same fresh faced writer from a small town, or a philandering hack corrupted by the big city? Watch and see. If you've seen a fair amount of 60's TV shows, you'll definitely be playing the "I know who that is!" game that will keep you going during the drawn out dialogue. The attractive leads all deserved to be shot in color in this movie. But instead we get a black and white movie where especially Pleshette's gorgeous blue eyes don't get the love they deserve. There is a running line in the movie where Franciscus and Pleshette's characters argue about smoking too much, which is interesting and sad considering in real life both died due to illnesses derived from being chain smokers.