January 26 movie: Young at Heart. Frank Sinatra and Doris Day isn't the weirdest romantic pairing I've ever seen, but it's close. This is a strange movie, largely (I think) because it's based on an older movie and the premise -- three adult daughters who live at home and apparently have no jobs, no hobbies, no friends, nothing to do but stand around looking pretty -- seems rooted in an earlier time, nonsensical in Technicolor. As Georg pointed out, the strangest thing about the movie is that not one character is actually young at heart. Everyone seems weary and embittered beyond their years. Except Alan Hale Jr. who plays the boyfriend of one of Doris Day's sisters. He's pretty lighthearted throughout the movie. I'm a huge fan of Alan Hale Sr. so it was fun to see his son (the Skipper) in a movie. Great music too, many good songs by Sinatra.
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