Come Blow Your Horn

Come Blow Your Horn - ***1/2

This 1963 classic was filmed at the height of Frank Sinatra's popularity, and is conveniently placed between The Manchurian Candidate and Robbin and the 7 Hoods. The reason it is so well placed is because if you combined the legitimate drama of Manchurian Candidate with the toungue in cheek musical cool of Robbin and the 7 Hoods, this is pretty much exactly what you'd get. Come Blow Your Horn is the big screen adaptation of a Neil Simon Broadway hit, although with only a single musical number and the biggest star in the music industry leading the cast, you'd hardly notice. What's really good here is the comedy, most specifically the stuff that involves Lee J Cobb as the overbearing father, and Molly Picon as the supportive mother. Although not a classic by any means, this is a great vehicle for Sinatra that should be seen by all fans of his. Thumbs up.