“Young Man With a Horn” (1950)
“Young Man With a Horn,” starring Kirk Douglas as a passionate jazzman, is an uneven albeit tuneful biopic about a fictional trumpeter.
“Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933)
Directed by Michael Curtiz and featuring early Technicolor imagery, “Mystery of the Wax Museum” is largely overshadowed by the later and much better “House of Wax” adaptation.
“Yankee Doodle Dandy” (1942)
“Yankee Doodle Dandy” starring James Cagney and directed by Michael Curtiz is perhaps the greatest musical biopic ever made.