“The Frank Sinatra Film Guide” Daniel O’BrienBatsford Editorial, London. “The Frank Sinatra Film Guide”….. Frank Sinatra’s film career, despite being very interesting and having numerous classic titles, has always remained in the shadow of his musical work.Fortunately there are several…
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE CREDITS THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE Title: “The Manchurian Candidate”An MC production.Distributed by United ArtistsProduced by John Frankenheimer and George AxelrodExecutive Produced by Howard W. KochScreenplay George Axelrod (based on the novel by Richard Condon) Distribution Frank Sinatra-Bennett MarcoLawrence…
AVA GARDNER How to measure the iconographic dimension of Ava Gardner in the history of cinema and physical beauty without falling under Stendhal syndrome? The only thing more unfathomable is capturing his influence in the Art of Frank Sinatra. What…
“THE SINATRA TREASURES”(Charles Pignone. Global Rhythm Press, 2008) “The Sinatra Treasures“. This book is a true marvel that every lover of Sinatra’s art should own. More interesting than the mammoth and regal “SINATRA 100“, it is fed by the abundant…
COLE PORTER Can Cole Porter be the greatest songwriter in the Great American Songbook? It is a rhetorical question, big, presumptuous, almost offensive in light of the names that make up the pantheon of American popular song. His arguments: while…
FRANK SINATRA ARGENTINE STORIES Frank Sinatra Argentine Stories. On August 6, 1981, Frank Sinatra arrived in Argentina to give five fabulous concerts, three of them at the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires and the last two at the legendary Luna…
MAY WE ALL TURN ONE HUNDRED YEARS “I hope that you live a hundred years, and that the last voice you hear is mine“. This is Frank Sinatra’s classic toast to his audience during his concerts. I often look into…
THE BULOVA WATCH TIME On October 7, 1950, the first program of the “Frank Sinatra Show” (also known as “Bulova Watch Time“) was broadcast, the first of the television programs starring Frank Sinatra, which continued until 1952. The director of…
Little Boy Blue: Frank Sinatra Junior The love that Frank Sinatra Junior felt for music was genetic, but while his father approached art in an organic and instinctive way, Junior did so with a more intellectual and technical perspective. Although…
SHINE: SINATRA BEFORE SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz He said that as a child it crossed his mind to be an engineer, to design and build bridges, tunnels and highways, but history has left testimony to young Frankie’s little interest in…
