"who had also staged the dances for the Broadway production. At Samuel Goldwyn and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's request, Frank Loesser wrote three new songs for the film: ""Pet Me Poppa"", ""(Your Eyes Are the Eyes of) A Woman in Love"", and ""Adelaide"", the last written specifically for Sinatra. Five songs in the stage musical were omitted from the movie: ""A Bushel and a Peck"", ""My Time of Day"", ""I've Never Been in Love Before"" (although portions of these three songs are heard instrumentally as background music), ""More I Cannot Wish You"" and ""Marry the Man Today"". Gambler Nathan Detroit (Frank"
"The Tender Trap (film) The Tender Trap (1955) is a CinemaScope Eastman Color comedy directed by Charles Walters and starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, and Celeste Holm. Based on the 1954 play ""The Tender Trap"" by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith, it marked Sinatra's return to MGM some six years after ""On the Town"". A second film under a new contract with the studio, ""Guys and Dolls"", was actually released ahead of ""The Tender Trap"" by one day on November 3, 1955. The film earned an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Original Song for"
"Runaways"", 1953), ""Omnibus"" (""The Horn Blows at Midnight"", 1953); ""Four Star Theatre"" (""Moorings"", 1953; ""A Study in Panic"", 1954), ""Fireside Theatre"" (""Afraid to Live"", 1954; ""Our Son"", 1954; ""Mr Onion"" 1955), ""Lux Video Theatre"" (""The Hunted"", 1955), ""The Christophers"" (""The World Starts with Jimmy"", 1955), ""General Electric Theatre"" (""The Clown"" with Henry Fonda, 1955) and ""Appointment with Adventure"" (""Mutiny"", 1956). Film roles included ""The Lone Gun"" (1954), a Western with George Montgomery; ""Pushover"" (1954), a thriller with Fred MacMurray and Kim Novak; and ""Private Hell 36"" (1954) from director Don Siegel. Malone was reunited with Sinatra in ""Young at Heart"""
"Niagara (film) Niagara is an American 1953 film noir thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway, produced by Charles Brackett, and written by Brackett, Richard L. Breen and Walter Reisch. The film stars Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters and Max Showalter. It was one of 20th Century Fox's biggest box office hits of the year. Unlike other film noirs of the time that were filmed in black and white, ""Niagara"" was filmed in ""three-strip"" Technicolor (one of the last films to be made at Fox in that format, as a few months later Fox began converting to CinemaScope, which had"
"has had numerous revivals and tours and has become a popular choice for school and community theatre productions. New York City Center mounted short runs of the musical in 1955, 1965 and 1966. A production starring Walter Matthau as Nathan Detroit, Helen Gallagher as Adelaide, Ray Shaw as Sky and Leila Martin as Sarah had 31 performances, running from April 20 to May 1, and May 31 to June 12, 1955. Another presentation at City Center, with Alan King as Nathan Detroit, Sheila MacRae as Adelaide, Jerry Orbach as Sky and Anita Gillette as Sarah, ran for 15 performances from"
"released his debut album, ""The Voice of Frank Sinatra"", in 1946. Sinatra's professional career had stalled by the early 1950s, and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best known residency performers as part of the Rat Pack. His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of ""From Here to Eternity"", with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including ""In the Wee Small Hours"" (1955), ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers!"" (1956), ""Come Fly with Me"" (1958), ""Only the Lonely"" (1958) and"
"1992, it was re-released on a two-disc DVD Warner Home Video on May 13, 2008. Frank Sinatra (Casnoff) emerges from Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of local politician Natalie ""Dolly"" Sinatra (Dukakis) and fireman Anthony ""Marty"" Sinatra (Santos). Beginning his career as a singer for the Harry James (Posey) and Tommy Dorsey (Gunton) big bands, Sinatra struggles to keep his marriage to his teenage sweetheart Nancy Barbato (Gershon). Before long, his talent catapults him to both music and movie fame, but his personal failings place his career and marriage in danger. He endures tumultuous marriages and divorces with starlets Ava"
"take you guys such a long time to give me this award?"""" In December 1980, Sam Levene died of a heart attack in New York City. https://www.bard.org/news/nathan-detroits-through-time Sam Levene Sam Levene (born Scholem Lewin, August 28, 1905 – December 28, 1980) was an American Broadway and film actor, who originated numerous legendary roles in 33 original Broadway productions, many considered a part of American theatrical history, including Nathan Detroit in ""Guys and Dolls"" (1950), Horace Vandergelder in ""The Matchmaker"" (1954), Sidney Black in ""Light Up the Sky"" (1948), Patsy in ""Three Men on a Horse"" (1935), Al Lewis in ""The"
"""You (Sinatra) had more fun playing my life than I had living it."" The Joker Is Wild The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s. Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra), a successful 1920s Chicago night-club entertainer is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era. His eventual decision to work"
"The Joker Is Wild The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s. Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra), a successful 1920s Chicago night-club entertainer is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era. His eventual decision to work elsewhere results in his face being slashed and his throat cut, preventing him"
"for Best Supporting Actor. Not as a Stranger Not as a Stranger is a 1955 American drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, and Frank Sinatra, and based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Morton Thompson. The romantic melodrama novel was widely popular, topping that year's list of bestselling novels in the United States. Lucas Marsh (Robert Mitchum) is a brilliant and dedicated medical student who has aspired to be a doctor since childhood. His mother is dead and he is estranged from his alcoholic father, who has squandered the"
"and ""Alcoa Premiere"". He could be seen in ""It Started in Tokyo"" (1961), ""The George Raft Story"" (1961) (playing Bugsy Siegel), ""X-15"" (1962) with Charles Bronson and ""Johnny Cool"" (1963). Dexter supported Yul Brynner again in ""Taras Bulba"" (1962), ""Kings of the Sun"" (1963) (from the producers of ""Magnificent Seven""), and ""Invitation to a Gunfighter"" (1964). Dexter's friendship with Frank Sinatra began when Dexter saved Sinatra from drowning on May 10, 1964, during production of the World War II film, ""None but the Brave"" (1965), on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Sinatra and Ruth Koch, the wife of producer Howard"
"Young at Heart (1955 film) Young at Heart is a 1955 musical film starring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra, directed by Gordon Douglas, and featuring a supporting cast including Gig Young, Ethel Barrymore, Alan Hale, Jr., and Dorothy Malone. The picture was the first of five films that Douglas directed involving Sinatra and was a remake of the 1938 film ""Four Daughters"". When songwriter Alex Burke (Gig Young) enters the lives of the musical Tuttle family, each of the three daughters falls for him. The family lives in the fictional town of Strafford, Connecticut. Alex's personality is a match for"
"The Man with the Golden Arm The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film with elements of film noir, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a drug addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. Although the addictive drug is never identified in the film, according to the American Film Institute ""most contemporary and modern sources assume that it is heroin"", in contrast to Algren's book which named the drug as morphine. The film stars Frank Sinatra,"
"Not as a Stranger Not as a Stranger is a 1955 American drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, and Frank Sinatra, and based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Morton Thompson. The romantic melodrama novel was widely popular, topping that year's list of bestselling novels in the United States. Lucas Marsh (Robert Mitchum) is a brilliant and dedicated medical student who has aspired to be a doctor since childhood. His mother is dead and he is estranged from his alcoholic father, who has squandered the family's money, leaving Lucas"
"and ""The Tender Trap"", Sinatra was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as hospital orderly in Stanley Kramer's début picture, ""Not as a Stranger"". During production, Sinatra got drunk with Robert Mitchum and Broderick Crawford and trashed Kramer's dressing room. Kramer vowed to never hire Sinatra again at the time, and later regretted casting him as a Spanish guerrilla leader in ""The Pride and the Passion"" (1957). In 1956 Sinatra featured alongside Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in ""High Society"" for MGM, earning a reported $250,000 for the picture. The public"
"Nakatomi Corporation. Fox was contractually obligated to offer Sinatra the lead role, but he promptly turned it down as he would have been more than 70 years old when filming. Coincidentally, Lloyd Bochner's son Hart was also featured in ""Die Hard"". The film launched a film franchise that continues into the 2010s. The Detective (1968 film) The Detective is a 1968 color neo-noir crime film in Panavision directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by Aaron Rosenberg and starring Frank Sinatra, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Roderick Thorp. Co-stars include Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset, Jack Klugman, William"
"Robert Guillaume Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor, known for his role as Isaac Jaffe on ""Sports Night"" and as Benson in the television series ""Soap"" and the spin-off ""Benson"", as well as for voicing the mandrill Rafiki in ""The Lion King"". In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage, television and film. For his efforts he was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Nathan Detroit in ""Guys and Dolls"", and twice won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of"
"and Betty Compson as Malotte; this is the only time that Gary Cooper and John Wayne played the same role in two different films), and 1955 (with Anne Baxter as Malotte, Jeff Chandler as Glennister, and Rory Calhoun as McNamara). Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, and John Wayne also appeared together that same year in a movie called ""Pittsburgh"". Scott was billed above Wayne in both movies, even though Wayne's role was larger and more important in each, not only because Scott had been a star for much longer, but also because he was under contract to Universal, whereas Wayne was"
"Meet Danny Wilson (film) Meet Danny Wilson is a 1952 drama musical film starring Frank Sinatra and Shelley Winters. The movie was directed by Joseph Pevney and written by Don McGuire. Sinatra, during his famous career slump between his bobby-soxer heyday and ""From Here to Eternity"" (1953), plays a small-time singer, who vaults to the top of his profession, only to be threatened by a gangster (Raymond Burr). The circumstances of the making of this film are legendary, as Shelley Winters and Frank Sinatra hated each other. Winters, according to Kitty Kelley's ""His Way,"" at one point in a pique"
"Detroit (film) Detroit is a 2017 American period crime drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Based on The Algiers Motel Incident during Detroit's 1967 12th Street Riot, the film's release commemorated the 50th anniversary of the event. The film stars John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack Reynor, Ben O'Toole, Nathan Davis Jr., Peyton Alex Smith, Malcolm David Kelley, Joseph David-Jones, with John Krasinski and Anthony Mackie. ""Detroit"" premiered at the Fox Theatre, Detroit, on July 26, 2017, and began a limited theatrical release on August 4,"
"and vows never to forgive him. The movie depicts this incident as the beginning of the end of the Rat Pack's influence in both politics and entertainment. The Rat Pack (film) The Rat Pack is a 1998 HBO television film about the Rat Pack. The movie stars Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin, Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis, Jr., and Angus Macfadyen as Peter Lawford. Despite his membership in the Pack, Joey Bishop (played by Bobby Slayton) is given minimal screen time, while John F. Kennedy (played by William L. Petersen), depicted as an on-and-off friend"
"for his work in the television industry. Robert Guillaume Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor, known for his role as Isaac Jaffe on ""Sports Night"" and as Benson in the television series ""Soap"" and the spin-off ""Benson"", as well as for voicing the mandrill Rafiki in ""The Lion King"". In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage, television and film. For his efforts he was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Nathan Detroit in ""Guys and Dolls"", and twice won"
"The Spoilers (1955 film) The Spoilers is a 1955 Technicolor Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Ray Danton, Barbara Britton and John McIntire. Set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, it culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1923 (with Noah Beery, Sr. as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), and 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Betty Compson lookalike Marlene Dietrich as Malotte, and Randolph Scott as McNamara). The 1930 and 1942 versions were"
"Hunchback of Notre Dame"", starring Charles Laughton; the Cary Grant and Jean Arthur vehicle, ""Only Angels Have Wings"", directed by Howard Hawks; another Grant film in 1943, also starring Laraine Day, ""Mr. Lucky""; the classic film noir, ""Lady in the Lake"" (1947), starring Robert Montgomery; the 1947 Bob Hope comedy, also starring Dorothy Lamour, ""My Favorite Brunette"";. The 1950s would see Fine reunite with De Mille, on his epic film, ""Samson and Delilah"" (1950), starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr; he would also appear that year in the musical, ""Annie Get Your Gun"", starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel. He"
"Double Life"", in 1947. She quickly ascended in Hollywood with leading roles in ""The Great Gatsby"" (1949) with Alan Ladd, and in ""Winchester 73"" (1950), opposite James Stewart. Her performance in ""A Place in the Sun"" (1951), a departure from the sexpot image that her studio, Universal Pictures, was grooming her for at the time, brought Winters her first acclaim, earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Throughout the 1950s, Winters continued in films, including ""Meet Danny Wilson"" (1952) as Frank Sinatra's leading lady, notably in Charles Laughton's 1955 ""Night of the Hunter"" with Robert Mitchum"
"to see him in a rare leading role, even rarer as an evil character. Wayne also appeared in four films with Marilyn Monroe (more than any other actor): ""As Young as You Feel"" (1951), ""We're Not Married"" (1952), ""O. Henry's Full House"" (1952) (although he shared no scenes with Monroe), and ""How to Marry a Millionaire"" (1953). He costarred in ""The Tender Trap"" (1955) with Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, and Celeste Holm. In 1955, Wayne starred in the NBC comedy ""Norby"". Wayne appeared in the late 1950s on ABC's ""The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom"" and the Twilight Zone episode ""Escape"
"could finally convince myself that these people really want me because they think that I'm the best person to write the script. In 1967, Mankiewicz joined forces with a friend, Jack Haley Jr. to come up with a musical television special tailored for the then hugely popular Nancy Sinatra: ""Movin' with Nancy"", co-starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Lee Hazlewood. Mankiewicz was the sole writer and Haley won the Emmy for directing. This was followed by ""The Beat of the Brass"", starring Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in 1968. Simultaneously, 20th Century Fox had optioned his"
"their effectiveness as officers-to-be and gentlemen. In the tradition of 1927's ""Wings"", the conflict is resolved ..."" An Annapolis Story An Annapolis Story (alternative titles: The Blue and Gold and Navy Air Patrol) is a 1955 American drama film directed by Don Siegel and starring John Derek, Diana Lynn and Kevin McCarthy.A product of the newly formed Allied Artists company, ""An Annapolis Story"", despite having the ""Siegel Touch"", suffered from its low budget. Brothers Tony (John Derek) and Jim Scott (Kevin McCarthy) enroll as midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Jim, the older one, looks after the"
"Janus took over as Adelaide; and Nigel Lindsay, Neil Morrissey, Patrick Swayze, Alex Ferns and Don Johnson took over as Nathan Detroit. This production added the song ""Adelaide"" that Frank Loesser had written for the 1955 film adaptation. According to a September 2007 article in ""Playbill.com"", this West End production had been scheduled to begin previews for a transfer to Broadway in February 2008, but this plan was dropped. A 2009 Broadway revival of the show opened on March 1, 2009 at the Nederlander Theatre. The cast starred Oliver Platt as Nathan Detroit, Lauren Graham, in her Broadway debut, as"
"The Detective (1968 film) The Detective is a 1968 color neo-noir crime film in Panavision directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by Aaron Rosenberg and starring Frank Sinatra, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Roderick Thorp. Co-stars include Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset, Jack Klugman, William Windom and Robert Duvall, with a script by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Abby Mann. ""The Detective"" marked a move towards — and was billed as — a more ""adult"" approach to depicting the life and work of a police detective while confronting, for one of the first times in mainstream cinema, previously taboo"
"subjects such as homosexuality. Here, the detective in question is Joe Leland, who is trying to juggle marital issues with a murder case that seemed to be open-and-shut at first, but runs much deeper than he could have imagined. ""The Detective"" was Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Douglas, having worked together on ""Young at Heart"" (1954), ""Robin and the 7 Hoods"" (1964), ""Tony Rome"" (1967), and then later ""Lady in Cement"" (1968). New York City police detective Joe Leland (Frank Sinatra) is called to the home of a murder victim who has been beaten to death, head crushed and has"
"The Phenix City Story The Phenix City Story is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson for Allied Artists, written by Daniel Mainwaring and Crane Wilbur and starring John McIntire, Richard Kiley and Kathryn Grant. It had an unusual ""triple premiere"" held on July 19, 1955 in Phenix City, Columbus and Chicago (NB. the AFI incorrectly lists it as July 9). In a corrupt Alabama town, the law can do little to stop the criminal activities of Rhett Tanner, particularly in the wide-open ""red-light district"" area. Most of the police do not even try, being on"