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
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

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.

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, earning $6 million in domestic rentals.

Awards

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

External links

• Come Blow Your Horn at IMDb
• Come Blow Your Horn at AllMovie
• 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