Youngblood Hawke
Delmer Daves directed this glossy soap opera about the rise and fall of a truck driver turned best-selling novelist. James Franciscus plays Youngblood Hawke, the country boy spoiled by too much, too soon, and Susanne Pleshette plays his lovestruck book editor. Loosely based on the life of Thomas Wolfe (probably the reason for the extra “e” on Hawke), Daves wrote the screenplay and Max Steiner composed the score.
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About Daniel Kremer
San Francisco filmmaker Daniel Kremer has provided audio commentary tracks for Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, AGFA, and Scorpion disc releases, and essays for Twilight Time special editions. His acclaimed epic-length film Overwhelm the Sky (2019), adapted from a 1799 American Gothic novel, was screened internationally in classic roadshow format, complete with overture, intermission, and printed souvenir programs. These deluxe screenings received many accolades before Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights. Kremer's book Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films was published through Patrick McGilligan's Screen Classics Series in 2015. He is currently under contract at Oxford University Press for the first book about Joan Micklin Silver. His other films include the independent dramas Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015) and Ezer Kenegdo (2017). He enjoys doing commentary tracks with fellow TFH guru Allan Arkush.