A fascinating and colourful screen biography of Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). It starts with the opening night of his smash hit ""Showboat"" and flashes back to his beginnings as an almost penniless songwriter. The film follows his friendship with James I. Hessler and journeys to England where the best songwriters are reputed to be and where he finds his early successes - and the future Mrs Kern (Dorothy Patrick). After some difficult times in the USA he collaborates with Oscar Hammerst
A fascinating and colourful screen biography of Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). It starts with the opening night of his smash hit Showboat and flashes back to his beginnings as an almost penniless songwriter. The film follows his friendship with James I. Hessler and journeys to England where the best songwriters are reputed to be and where he finds his early successes - and the future Mrs Kern (Dorothy Patrick). After some difficult times in the USA he collaborates with Oscar Hammerstein; the result being the classic adaptation of Edna Ferber's Showboat. The picture's grand finale features Frank Sinatra singing Ol' Man River. This is one huge and lavish theatrical feast; great entertainment!
Features a compilation of performances from those swingin' cats the 'Rat Pack'.
Part of a new collection of DVDs charting the outstanding range of Frank Sinatra's live performances. A man who put a unique stamp on the music of the 20th Century. Featuring many classic songs. Tracklist: Hello Young Lovers Baubles Bangles and Beads Cycles (It's The) Music That Makes Me Dance (Diahann Caroll) Where Am I Going? (Diahann Caroll) Medley With Diahann Caroll It's A Great Life (The 5th Dimension) Stoned Soul Picnic (The 5th Dimension) Sweet Blindness (due
You Were Never Lovelier (1942) In this lavish Hollywood musical, the headstrong daughter (Hayworth) of a powerful Argentine hotelier has to contend with her father's attempts to get her to marry...; ; Cover Girl (1944) Rusty Parker (Hayworth), a red-headed leggy dancer at Danny McGuire's Night Club in Brooklyn, wants to be a successful Broadway star. She enters a contest to be a 'Cover Girl' as a stepping-stone in her career...; ; Gilda (1946) In the story of Gilda, Johnn...
Recorded in 1977. Includes duets with Natalie Cole Dean Martin Tony Bennet and John Denver. Tracks included are: 1. Where Or When... Sinatra & Friends 2. I've Got You Under My Skin 3. I Get A Kick Out Of You..Duet With Nataile Cole 4. I've Got Love On My mind... Natalie Cole 5. If I Were A Rich Man... Robert Merril 6. Oldest Established Floating Crap Game Duet With Dean Martin & Robert Merril 7.She's Got You... Loretta Lynn 8. All Or Nothing At All Duet With Loretta L
Recorded in 1979. A tribute concert for Frank to celebrate 40 years in entertainment. Includes appearanced by Lucille Ball Nancy Sinatra Gene Kelly Tony Bennett Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.
Part of a new collection of DVDs charting the outstanding range of Frank Sinatra's live performances. A man who put a unique stamp on the music of the 20th Century. Featuring many classic songs. Tracklist: Fly Me To The Moon The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Moonlight In Vermont You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra Yes Sir That's My Baby - duet with Nancy Sinatra Medley with Nancy Sinatra Medley Luck Be A Lady Tha
Nothing ever happens in Suddenly. It's a just small town with small concerns. That is until the President decides to show up... In this intelligent 1954 film noir thriller Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying lead performance as psychotic undercover assassin John Baron. Alleged to have been viewed by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963 only days prior to the shooting of President Kennedy 'Suddenly' was subsequently withdrawn from circulation by United Artists at Sinatra's personal request. Chillingly prophetic in it's subject matter 'Suddenly' is a killer addition to any noir collection.
Stanley Kramer's film is based on the novel by C.S. Forester which is set in Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. British military officer Captain Anthony Trumbull (Cary Grant) is ordered to retrieve a large cannon and transport it to the British lines. In order to do this he enlists the help of guerilla leader Miguel (Frank Sinatra) and together - along with Miguel's mistress Juana (Sophia Loren) who takes a shine to Trumball - they track through the mountains of Spain to the British frontline.
Track List: Memories Are Made Of This - Dean MartinI Don't Care If The Sun DOn't Shine - Dean MartinSend Me The Pillow That You Dream On - Dean MartinWrap Up Your Troubles In Dreams - Dean MartinCarolina In The Morning - Dean MartinFor Somebody Else - Dean MArtin & Frank SinatraOne For My Baby One For The Road - Sammy Davis Jr.There's A Boat Leaving Soon For New York - Sammy Davis Jr.Put On A Happy Face - Sammy Davis Jr.Shall We Dance - Sam
17 Tracks including: The Birth Of The Blues Rat Pack Rap One For My Baby Fly Me To The Moon L-O-V-E Witchcraft It Had To Be You
The Frank Sinatra series traces the career of this century's most versatile entertainer. Placing special emphasis on Frank Sinatra's film and television work this remarkable 5 part series chronicles the ups and downs and overs and outs of a career that has spanned more than half a century. Included are classic film clips from his fifty-seven theatrical films as well as Sinatra's two forays into series television and his numerous guest appearances on television shows over the years
Part of a series of Sinatra releases, Ol' Blue Eyes is Back is a fairly perfunctory television run-through that does little to diminish his reputation. Sadly, nor does it offer much to enhance it, or at least provide a degree of greater insight into the man. Although by this period he was firmly ensconced in his Las Vegas cabaret period, there is still great delight to be had from listening to that effortless voice and watching his stage craft--can there ever have been a performer who knew more about singing alongside a large orchestra?--as he glides effortlessly through a selection of the hits and less well known numbers. Gene Kelly pops up as a special guest for a couple of duets but this is very much Sinatra's show; it's just a shame that it comes across as just a glorified TV special. On the DVD: With the sound taken from the original mono recording and the picture bearing all the hallmarks of a 1970s US television show, this is certainly not the most staggering attempt at bringing Frank Sinatra to DVD. The lush orchestration and honeyed voice do, however, sound suitably impressive. There are no extras beyond a catalogue and trailer for the other releases in the series and a choice of subtitled lyrics in five different languages. With his estate guarding the singer's legacy and oft-battered image so closely, fans may well have to wait a lot longer before gaining an opportunity to see beyond this sort of performance footage. --Phil Udell
All The Kings Men (Dir. Robert Rossen): Broderick Crawford stands out in this fine drama about the rise and fall of a corrupt southern governor who promises his way to power. Crawford portrays Willie Stark who once he is elected finds that his vanity and power lust prove to be his downfall. The film is based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren which in turn was based largely on the story of Louisiana legend Huey Long. From Here To Eternity (Dir. Fred Zinnemann): Director Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Oscar-winning best picture 'From Here To Eternity' is a powerful portrait of a peacetime military camp stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour. Montgomery Clift is superlative in the major role of Robert Prewitt while Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying Academy Award-winning (1953 Best Supporting Actor) performance as Clift's buddy. Deborah Kerr's love scene in the Hawaiian surf with Burt Lancaster is enshrined as one of the most famous moments in cinema history. To Kill A Mockingbird: Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his brilliant performance as the Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel. The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him - except Peck the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children. Harvey (Dir. Henry Koster): James Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd a wealthy alcoholic whose sunny disposition and drunken antics are tolerated by most of the citizens of his community. That is until Elwood begins to claim that he has a friend named Harvey who is an invisible six foot rabbit. Elwood's snooty socialite sister Veta determined to marry off her daughter Myrtle to a respectable man begins to plot to keep Elwood's lunacy from interfering.
Recorded in 1982 in the Dominican Republic. Set in beautiful outdoor torch lit venue. This special tribute to the Americas includes the tracks 'My Kind of Town' 'Send In the Clowns' and 'New York New York'.
Frank Sinatra stars with Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker in this riveting drama about a poker dealer/jazz musician who descends to skid row after becoming addicted to heroin. Will he make it back into the spotlight -- or even survive? Based upon the classic American novel by Nelson Algren The Man With The Golden Arm was far ahead of its time with its depiction of what drugs can do to even an ambitious person. Its cautionary tale still holds up today as heroin has come back to haunt not
Frank Sinatra stars with Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker in this riveting drama about a poker dealer/jazz musician who descends to skid row after becoming addicted to heroin. Will he make it back into the spotlight -- or even survive? Based upon the classic American novel by Nelson Algren The Man With The Golden Arm was far ahead of its time with its depiction of what drugs can do to even an ambitious person. Its cautionary tale still holds up today as heroin has come back to haunt not only the inner city but middle America as well. It contains what Frank Sinatra himself considered his best performance a role which gained him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor of 1955. Directed by the notorious Otto Preminger this hard-edged expressionistic view of the normally-depicted-as-glorious 1950s will comes as a fascinating surprise to those who have yet to discover this classic melodrama. Co-starring a young Darren McGavin in his debut film performance it also contains one of the movie score legend Elmer Bernstein's best compositions which earned one of the film's two other Oscar nominations along with one for art direction.
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