[Dan]

Originally Posted by ARIES3032

Dan, we like to refer to Nancy's books as the Sinatra family Bible.

I love these books! They sure look that way, Lee
Better late than never as I always say.

[Lourdes]

NOVEMBER 15, 1956: This Is Sinatra!, a new album released by Capitol, was partly a compilation that featured "(Love Is)The Tender Trap," "The Gal That Got Away," "I've Got the World on a String," "Learnin' the Blues" and "Young at Heart."


This is one of the best original albums I have. Love all the songs!

[Stnwy18]

Originally Posted by Lourdes

NOVEMBER 15, 1956: This Is Sinatra!, a new album released by Capitol, was partly a compilation that featured "(Love Is)The Tender Trap," "The Gal That Got Away," "I've Got the World on a String," "Learnin' the Blues" and "Young at Heart."


This is one of the best original albums I have. Love all the songs!

Me too, Lourdie, this is a winner of an album! All done by Nelson, I think. Bob, can you confirm?

Originally Posted by Stnwy18

All done by Nelson, I think. Bob, can you confirm?

Yes, although "South Of The Border" was always advertised as a Billy May chart. (It was Riddle pretending to be May.) Read the post I linked above: Album Release: This Is Sinatra!

[SinatraFan]

NOVEMBER 15, 1956: This Is Sinatra!, a new album released by Capitol, was partly a compilation that featured "(Love Is)The Tender Trap," "The Gal That Got Away," "I've Got the World on a String," "Learnin' the Blues" and "Young at Heart."

A great LP and one of the best compilation albums that Capitol ever released. Even the cover photo is perfect!

(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra )

NOVEMBER 16, 1994: In Toronto, Canada, he did a cameo in Tina's CBS television movie, Young at Heart, starring Olympia Dukakis.

NOVEMBER 16, 1993: Within weeks of its release, Duets sold a million copies and rocketed to the number-one position on the Billboard chart. When Duets reached number one, Dad called me and said, "We're number one! We're number one!" He was so excited. He was like a little kid. By way of recognition, Capitol Records made Dad its first Tower of Achievement laureate. [See also October 1993]

NOVEMBER 9–16, 1986: Abdominal pains forced my father to curtail a performance at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City... [See November 9th]

NOVEMBER 15–16, 1985: At the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.

NOVEMBER 14–18, 1984: Five nights at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles.

OCTOBER 21–NOVEMBER 16, 1977: Another week at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe... [See October 21st]

NOVEMBER 13–20, 1975: The London Palladium... [See November 13th]

NOVEMBER 16, 1970: Princess Grace of Monaco introduced Dad in the second of two one-man shows in London, which were taped for television by the BBC. That same day, on tape, FS was a guest on The Bob Hope Show. Dirty Dingus Magee also opened nationally, flopping with both critics and the public. Though it ranked as one of the worst pictures my father ever made, Magee at least provided Dad with a wealth of material for self-deprecating jokes.

NOVEMBER 16, 1965: Frank Sinatra was the subject of an hour-long CBS documentary, Sinatra: An American Original, hosted by Walter Cronkite.

NOVEMBER 13–DECEMBER 3, 1947: Dad played up to eight shows a day in a 17-day engagement at New York's Capitol Theater.

NOVEMBER 7–DECEMBER 17, 1945: Back in New York, Dad ran the gamut of audiences... [See November 7th]

[Dates of new entries highlighted in blue]

[Lourdes]

NOVEMBER 16, 1994: In Toronto, Canada, he did a cameo in Tina's CBS television movie, Young at Heart, starring Olympia Dukakis.


Any chance of this television movie Young at Heart be release in DVD?

Originally Posted by Lourdes

Any chance of this television movie Young at Heart be release in DVD?

Nancy left this comment several years ago, in a thread linked from the Frank on TV thread for Young At Heart:

Originally Posted by Nancy

I'm sorry, but when we don't own the project, we don't control it. I wish we could help.

[Lourdes]

What a pity!
Thanks, Bob.

Lourdie, from the same thread, I thought the following post was worth repeating here:

Originally Posted by Nancy

You may have heard about "Young At Heart" (the second one.) Tina produced it for television and it ran a couple of times.

The story was about a senior lady with very serious problems. Frank appears holding a rose in the last scene. Olympia Dukakis played the lady. A very sweet film, it's never been released.

A little bit of trivia for you: This film was originally called, "Hoboken."

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[Nancy]

Since I haven't addressed this with my sister in quite a while I will ask her if the property has reverted back yet. It would be wonderful if it has.

[Dan]

That's a fantastic picture of Frank!!
Frank was never in a bad picture.

(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra )

NOVEMBER 17–21, 1993: My father appeared at the Foxwoods Hotel and Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, which is owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Indian tribe. Dad inaugurated the 1,480-seat showroom with five shows that also marked the opening of the casino's luxury hotel, shopping arcade, ethnic restaurant and entertainment complex. "It says about Foxwoods," commented a journalist who covered the gambling industry, "that it's a real player in the American gambling industry." Foxwoods was already the largest casino in the Western Hemisphere.

NOVEMBER 14–18, 1984: Five nights at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles.

NOVEMBER 13–20, 1975: The London Palladium... [See November 13th]

NOVEMBER 17–18, 1966: At two sessions in Hollywood, Dad recorded eight new songs produced by Jimmy Bowen and arranged by Ernie Freeman. They were destined for the album That's Life. "What Now My Love?," "I Will Wait for You" and "The Impossible Dream" help illustrate the subtitle: "An Assemblage of Songs Which Say Much and to Many..." The album and the title song were Top 10.

NOVEMBER 17, 1958: In a time of nothing but brilliance, how does one album outshine the others? I don't know. It seems to be a personal thing, like knowing exactly where you were and who you were with when you first heard a particular song. But many Sinatra fans feel Only the Lonely was his greatest album or ballads. This album is the one people remember today. Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, who composed the title song, wrote about Frank and loneliness: "The Frank Sinatra we know and have known (and hardly know) is an artist with as many forms and patterns as can be found in a child's kaleidoscope. A Sinatra singing a hymn of loneliness could very well be the real Sinatra." This album remained at number one for an amazing 120 weeks and prompted the New York Post to name Frank Sinatra "Love Voice of the Century ." The cover won a Grammy.

FRANK JR. ON ONLY THE LONELY: For my money, this is the greatest blues album ever made. This album should be available in drugstores by prescription only—because this is death, this record. Photographer John Engstead, who shot our family portraits, used to have records playing in the background when he was photographing people. When we went to his studio one year, he had Only the Lonely sitting on the pile. I said, "Do you use that?" "No," he said, "I can’t play that record anymore. I’d tell people to smile and nobody wanted to smile when this record was on."

NOVEMBER 17, 1955: Dad starred opposite Debbie Reynolds as a ladies' man in The Tender Trap. In my opinion they should have made more movies together because they made a good team. They were funny and romantic, and it's too bad nobody saw the potential. They never did another movie together. They are still friends.

DEBBIE REYNOLDS ON FRANK'S FATHERLY ADVICE: Frank took me under his wing. I was only 23. It was during the filming that Eddie Fisher and I announced our engagement. Frank took me to lunch. He said, "You know, Debbie, your life may be very difficult if you marry a singer. It's not the individual necessarily, it's the singer's way of life. You have to think very hard about this, Debbie. Please give this very deep and serious thought" I didn't. I should have!

NOVEMBER 13–DECEMBER 3, 1947: Dad played up to eight shows a day in a 17-day engagement at New York's Capitol Theater.

NOVEMBER 7–DECEMBER 17, 1945: Back in New York, Dad ran the gamut of audiences... [See November 7th]

[Dates of new entries highlighted in blue]

(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra )

NOVEMBER 17–21, 1993: My father appeared at the Foxwoods Hotel and Casino... [See November 17th]

NOVEMBER 14–18, 1984: Five nights at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles.

NOVEMBER 18, 1984: Before the closing show at the Universal Amphitheater, FS taped Variety Clubs International's "All-Star Party for Lucille Ball" at NBC studios.

NOVEMBER 13–20, 1975: The London Palladium... [See November 13th]

NOVEMBER 18, 1973: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back aired on NBC. Kay Gardella of the New York Daily News wrote: "We thought we were through writing love letters to Frank Sinatra. Here we go again!" Said Dad: "I didn't realize how much I'd miss the business—the records, the movies, the saloons. So here I am for all the young people who wanted to know what I used to work like."

[ See also September 20th ]

NOVEMBER 18, 1970: Frank guested with Danny Thomas on Make Room for Granddaddy.

NOVEMBER 17–18, 1966: At two sessions in Hollywood... [See November 17th]

NOVEMBER 13–DECEMBER 3, 1947: Dad played up to eight shows a day in a 17-day engagement at New York's Capitol Theater.

NOVEMBER 7–DECEMBER 17, 1945: Back in New York, Dad ran the gamut of audiences... [See November 7th]

[Dates of new entries highlighted in blue]

[Nancy]

NOVEMBER 18, 1973: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back aired on NBC.

Kay Gardella of the New York Daily News wrote: "We thought we were through writing love letters to Frank Sinatra. Here we go again!"

Said Dad: "I didn't realize how much I'd miss the business—the records, the movies, the saloons. So here I am for all the young people who wanted to know what I used to work like."

And he meant that too.

[S V PELUZIO JR]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Since I haven't addressed this with my sister in quite a while I will ask her if the property has reverted back yet. It would be wonderful if it has.

It would be wonderful.
Id like to see this video too.

(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra )

NOVEMBER 17–21, 1993: My father appeared at the Foxwoods Hotel and Casino... [See November 17th]

NOVEMBER 19–25, 1979: He was back at Resorts International in Atlantic City. During this engagement he had a reunion with some of the guys from the Rustic Cabin days.

NOVEMBER 19, 1977: Contract on Cherry Street aired on NBC. Critic Leonard Maltin wrote: "Sinatra's first TV movie has him well cast as an NYC police officer who takes on organized crime in his own fashion after his partner is gunned down. Aces to this fine thriller."

NOVEMBER 13–20, 1975: The London Palladium... [See November 13th]

NOVEMBER 19, 1955: Dad guested on the Milton Berle television show.

NOVEMBER 19, 1948: Back at MGM, my father was miscast—opposite Kathryn Grayson—in The Kissing Bandit, which opened to dismal reviews that roasted his performance in the starring role. The songs, though, were wonderful.

I remember visiting my father on the set of The Kissing Bandit. He wore the most beautiful costume, beaded and embroidered. I thought he was the handsomest man in the whole world. He may make jokes about this movie and equate sitting through it to a sadistic form of torture, but I think it's adorable.

NOVEMBER 13–DECEMBER 3, 1947: Dad played up to eight shows a day in a 17-day engagement at New York's Capitol Theater.

NOVEMBER 7–DECEMBER 17, 1945: Back in New York, Dad ran the gamut of audiences... [See November 7th]

[Dates of new entries highlighted in blue]

[George Lyons]

Love that picture!!!

[santa]

I loved the show and still listen to the album. It brings back so many memories and so much love. One of Frank's best!!!!!!!

[voice1]

NOVEMBER 19–25, 1979: He was back at Resorts International in Atlantic City. During this engagement he had a reunion with some of the guys from the Rustic Cabin days.

And I was there!