Montmartre, 1896: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Read More »
Tag Archives: Frank Sinatra
Pal Joey (1957) George Sidney, Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak
Joey Evans is charming, handsome, funny, talented, and a first class, A-number-one heel. Read More »
None But the Brave (1965) Frank Sinatra, Clint Walker
American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II Read More »
Not As a Stranger (1955) Stanley Kramer, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. Read More »
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) Melville Shavelson
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. Read More »
Von Ryan’s Express (1965) Mark Robson, Frank Sinatra
Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the Germans in Italy. Having seemingly made errors of judgement Read More »
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) Otto Preminger, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker
Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. Read More »
High Society (1956) Charles Walters, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra
C.K. Dexter-Haven, a successful popular jazz musician, lives in a mansion near his ex-wife’s Tracy Lord’s family estate. Read More »
A Hole in the Head (1959) Frank Capra, Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker
Tony Manetta runs an unsuccessful Miami hotel, on which he can’t meet the payments. Read More »
4 for Texas (1963) Robert Aldrich, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg
Sharpshooters Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett are in a Texan stage-coach and manage to fight off Matson’s robber gang Read More »