A Frank Sinatra Finding Aid

I’m pretty sure I’ll never undertake a single comprehensive post about Francis Albert Sinatra (1915-1998). The idea of writing a piece that includes all of his hit songs and all of his movies and all of his love affairs and so forth makes my head spin. To date, I’ve snuck up on the topic piecemeal, and links to those posts are here. Going forward I’ll undoubtedly add to it, but at present this is what I got:

Young Sinatra

The Frank Sinatra Show(s)

When Old Blue Eyes Got Older

RAT PACK MEMBERS

Frankly, I find the topic of the Rat Pack tiresome, and more than amply covered by others. The closest I’ll probably get is this largely disapproving one about a certain type of man, which includes a section on the RP. But here are posts on the various members:

Dean Martin

Sammy Davis Jr

Joey Bishop

Peter Lawford

Shirley MacLaine

ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS

Ava Gardner

Lauren Bacall

Juliet Prowse

Mia Farrow

Barbara Marx

MOVIES

Haha, I admit this is very probably the worst list of Frank Sinatra films possible. But I have no intention of making a comprehensive or representative one. These are just some of his movies I happen to have written about over the course of dealing with topics in my prevailing content streams. Most of his other movies are mentioned on the blog, of course, but these are the posts that devote a paragraph or more to particular Sinatra movies.

Double Dynamite (1951)

The Joker is Wild (1957)

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

Late Career Detective Movies

For more about show business historyconsult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, And please stay tuned for my upcomingElectric Vaudeville: A Century of Radio and TV Variety.