:Draft for '''[[Frank Sinatra]]''', for Today's Featured Article on December 12, 2015, Sinatra's centenary.

[[File:Frank Sinatra '57.jpg|thumb|220px|Frank Sinatra in 1957]]

'''Francis Albert''' "'''Frank'''" '''Sinatra''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ɨ|ˈ|n|ɑː|t|r|ə}}; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, director, and producer. Beginning his musical career in the [[swing era]] as a boy singer with [[Harry James]] and [[Tommy Dorsey]], Sinatra found success as a solo artist from the early to mid-1940s after being signed by [[Columbia Records]] in 1943. Being the idol of the "[[bobby soxer]]s", he released his first album, ''[[The Voice of Frank Sinatra]]'', in 1946. His professional career had stalled by the early 1950s, but it was reborn in 1953 after he won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance in ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. He signed with [[Capitol Records]] in 1953 and released several critically lauded albums, such as ''[[In the Wee Small Hours]]'' (1955), ''[[Songs for Swingin' Lovers!]]'' (1956), ''[[Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra album)|Come Fly with Me]]'' (1958), ''[[Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely|Only the Lonely]]'' (1958) and ''[[Nice 'n' Easy]]'' (1960). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, [[Reprise Records]], in 1961, finding success with albums such as ''[[Ring-a-Ding-Ding!]]'' (1961), and the live album ''[[Sinatra at the Sands]]'' (1966), recorded at the [[Sands Hotel and Casino]] in Las Vegas, where Sinatra regularly performed between 1953 and 1967. He toured internationally, and was a founding member of the [[Rat Pack]] and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including [[John F. Kennedy]].

Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective ''[[September of My Years]]'', starred in the [[Emmy]]-winning television special ''[[Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music]]'', and scored hits with "[[Strangers in the Night]]" and "[[My Way]]". In 1967, he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with [[Tom Jobim]], the album ''[[Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim]]'', which was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]. It was followed by 1968's collaboration with [[Duke Ellington]]. With sales of his music dwindling and after appearing in several poorly received films, Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971. Two years later, however, he came out of retirement and from 1973 recorded several albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with "[[Theme from New York, New York|(Theme From) New York, New York]]" in 1980. Using his [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally, until a short time before his death in 1998. Sinatra also forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning Best Supporting Actor in 1953, he also garnered a nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for ''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]'' (1955), and critical acclaim for his performance in ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (1962). He also starred in such musical films such as ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'' (1949), ''[[Guys and Dolls (film)|Guys and Dolls]]'' (1955), ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'' (1956), and ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'' (1957).

Sinatra is one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling music artists of all time]], having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2015/jun/08/steve-wynn-celebrate-100th-birthday-late-frank-sin/|title=Steve Wynn to celebrate 100th birthday of the late Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas|last=Leach|first=Robin|date=June 8, 2015|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref> He was honored at the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 1983 and was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1985 and the [[Congressional Gold Medal]] in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven [[Grammy Awards]], including the [[Grammy Trustees Award]], [[Grammy Legend Award]] and the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. One of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century, Sinatra's popularity was later matched only by [[Elvis Presley]], [[the Beatles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1212.html|title= Obituary: Frank Sinatra Dies at 82; Matchless Stylist of Pop|publisher=''The New York Times''|date=May 16, 1998|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref> and [[Michael Jackson]]. American music critic [[Robert Christgau]] called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1998|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/sinatra-det.php|title=Frank Sinatra 1915-1998|journal=[[Details (magazine)|Details]]|location=New York|accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref>

==Career==

===Singing career===

===1935–40: Start of career, work with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey===

[[File:The Hoboken Four on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour.jpg|thumb|left|The Hoboken Four on Major Bowes' Amateur Hour. Sinatra is at right]]

Sinatra got his first break in 1935 when his mother persuaded a local singing group, [[Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes|the Three Flashes]], to let him join. With Sinatra, the group became known as the Hoboken Four,{{sfn|Santopietro|2009|p=39}} and they sufficiently impressed [[Edward Bowes]]. After appearing on his show, ''[[Major Bowes Amateur Hour]]'',<ref name=pc22>{{cite web |url=http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19775/m1/|last=Gilliland|first=John|work=[[Pop Chronicles]]|title=Show 22 – Smack Dab in the Middle on Route 66: A skinny dip in the easy listening mainstream |publisher=UNT Digital Library|date=June 8, 1969}}</ref> they attracted 40,000 votes and won first prize: a six-month contract to perform on stage and radio across the United States.{{sfn|Rojek|2004|p=40}} Sinatra left the Hoboken Four and returned home in late 1935. His mother secured him a job as a singing waiter and [[master of ceremonies|MC]] at the Rustic Cabin in [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]], New Jersey,<ref name=pc22/> for which he was paid $15 a week.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nelson|first=Michael|url=http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1999/autumn/nelson-frank-sinatra/|title=Frank Sinatra: the Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer|date=Autumn 1999|publisher=VQR online}}</ref>

Bandleader [[Harry James]] had an engagement at the [[Paramount Theatre (New York City)|Paramount Theatre]] in New York in June 1939. One evening after his show, James was listing to a program on [[WBBR|WNEW]] radio called "Dance Band Parade" which consisted of a series of remote broadcasts. James heard a voice on the program which was of much interest to him; the announcer did not identify the male singer and the vocalist did not sing another song during the program. James was able to find out that the vocalist was with [[Harold Arlen]]'s Band and that they were from the Rustic Cabin in Englewood, New Jersey. When James went to the Rustic Cabin asking about the singer, he was told that the club had no singer, but they did have an emcee who did some singing. After James had heard more of Sinatra's singing, he asked him to meet with him at the Paramount and a deal was made. The only sticking point was that James wanted Sinatra to change his name. Sinatra would not agree to this; he told James that his cousin, Ray Sinatra, was a bandleader in Boston, kept his own name and was doing well with it. James knew of Ray Sinatra, so he did not press any further to get this young man to change his name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/463189-Ray-Sinatra|title=Ray Sinatra|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=September 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT66&lpg=PT66&dq=frank+sinatra&source=bl&ots=MGVvT-zviB&sig=8f-AquE4Fp0ZCmHQNHzzH5N2Dq4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LHwhUKCDKonmqgHa-4CABw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=frank%20sinatra&f=false|title=The Sinatra Report|date=November 20, 1965|author=Simon, George T.|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=1 September 2015}}</ref>{{efn|In March of 1939, Sinatra made his first recording of a song called "Our Love". Saxophone player Frank Mane knew Sinatra from Jersey City radio station [[WNYM|WAAT]] where both performed on live broadcasts. Hoping for a job with [[Clyde Lucas]], Mane had arranged to make an audition record with a 10 piece band at a New York recording studio. When Mane mentioned this to Sinatra, he asked Mane if he could go along and sing with the band. After recording four songs with the band to showcase his talents on the saxophone. Mane found there was time left on the session and let Sinatra record the song, "Our Love"; it was Sinatra's first solo in a recording studio. Mane wrote "Frank Sinatra" on the record label and kept the recording in a drawer through the years. Mane died in 1998, only months after Sinatra's death; in 2006, Mane's widow offered the recording for sale through Gurnsey's auction house in New York.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E4D71F30F931A15753C1A9609C8B63|author=Coyne, Kevin|date=October 22, 2006|title= Sinatra's First, Freed at Last|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=September 1, 2015}}</ref>}}

====1950s====

In September 1951, Sinatra made his Las Vegas debut at the [[Desert Inn]], and he became a prominent figure on the Las Vegas scene [[Las Vegas in the 1950s|throughout the 1950s]] and 1960s. He made his first performance at the [[Sands Hotel and Casino]] on 4 October 1953,{{sfn|Clarke|2004|p=189}} after an invitation by the manager [[Jack Entratter]]. Sinatra typically performed there three times a year, and later acquired a share in the hotel.{{sfn|Consiglio|Douskey|2011|p=135}} Sinatra was ordered to sell his interest in the Sands in 1963, due to his association with [[Sam Giancana]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2881720/sinatra_drives_golf_cart_through_sands/|title=Sinatra Hit in Mouth in Vegas Melee|publisher=The Times ([[San Mateo, California]])|date=September 12, 1967|page=8|accessdate=July 29, 2015| via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

====1960s====

[[File:Sands_Hotel_and_Casino_in_the_early_1960s.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Sands Hotel and Casino]] in the 1960s]]

Sinatra's first live album, ''[[Sinatra at the Sands]]'', was recorded during January and February 1966 at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Sinatra was backed by the Count Basie Orchestra, with Quincy Jones conducting.{{Sfn|Lonstein|Marino|1970|p=324}} Sinatra pulled out from the Sands the following year, when he was driven out by its new owner [[Howard Hughes]], who still resented Sinatra for marrying [[Ava Gardner]].{{sfn|Jones|1995|p=25}} Hughes plotted to rid of Sinatra from the Sands for good,{{sfn|Hernandez|2010|pp=287-288}}{{efn|Hughes planned to rid the Sands of all those he despised. He also intended that [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] and [[Joey Bishop]] would no longer be welcome at the Sands now that he was the owner. Hughes' reasons for this were his own racial and religious biases. Sinatra despised Hughes because he believed Ava Gardner had bedded the billionaire even though she said she had not. Hughes, who was the owner of [[RKO Pictures]], incurred Sinatra's wrath when he was working on the 1951 film ''[[Double Dynamite]]''. Hughes demoted Sinatra's billing in the film to third and eventually barred him from the RKO lot. {{sfn|Hernandez|2010|pp=287-288}}}} and asked [[Robert Maheu]] to draw up a plan shortly after the new hotel opened in 1967. The hotel imposed restrictions on what Sinatra could gamble in the casino, to just $3000 a night.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2881690/san_antonio_express/|title=Jimmy Despises Casino Gambling|author=Snyder, Jimmy "the Greek"|date=July 3, 1975|publisher=San Antonio Express|page=8|accessdate=July 29, 2015| via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>{{efn|Sinatra came to his September 1967 engagement at the Sands with the expectation that new owner Howard Hughes would relieve him of his ownership in the [[Cal Neva Lodge & Casino]] in Lake Tahoe. Sinatra had long wanted to sell his interest in the property and reasoned that since he was an asset to the Sands' business, Hughes would buy his Cal-Neva shares in the interest of keeping the star happy. Hughes declined to buy Sinatra's shares and would not acknowledge Sinatra's phone calls. An angry Sinatra left the hotel for his Palm Springs home and the Sands had no headlining star for its [[Labor Day]] weekend. Jack Entratter was able to get Sammy Davis, Jr., [[Della Reese]], [[Nancy Ames]] and other entertainers to fill in for the missing Sinatra. Sinatra returned to the Sands after the Labor Day weekend and promptly asked for US$1,000 credit, which was denied on orders of Hughes. At the time of the golf cart incident, Sinatra was aware that the practice of the Sands extending him credit had ended.<ref name=happy>{{cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2881915/keeping_stars_happy_part_3/|title=How to Keep Stars Happy|author=Shearer. Lloyd|publisher=Parade Magazine|page=9|date=October 15, 1967|accessdate=July 29, 2015| via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> After Sinatra signed a contract with Caesar's Palace, it was announced that Caesar's Palace had purchased the Sinatra Cal-Neva shares.<ref name=enraged>{{cite news|title=Sinatra Enraged|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2908824/sinatra_enraged_2/|page=5|date=September 12, 1967|publisher=Ukiah Daily Journal|accessdate=July 29, 2015|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}{{Open access}}</ref>}} Fuming, Sinatra began what ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' describes as a "weekend-long tirade" against the "hotel's management, employees and security forces".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-30/local/me-1117_1_carl-cohen|title=Ex-Casino Executive Carl Cohen; Noted for Punching Frank Sinatra|publisher=''The Los Angeles Times''|date=December 30, 1986|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref> It culminated when Sinatra reportedly drove a golf cart through the window of the coffee shop where casino manager Carl Cohen was seated and began "screaming obscenities and anti-Semitic remarks" at Cohen.{{sfn|Sheridan|2011|p=54}} Sinatra reportedly punched Cohen, a heavily built man, who responded with a smack in the mouth, bloodying Sinatra's nose and knocking two of his teeth out.<!--The only copy of the Anka book viewable at Google is an eBook with no page numbers. The page numbers have been derived from a comparison of a viewable print book at Amazon.com. -->{{sfn|Anka|Dalton|2013|pp=168–171}}{{efn|Entertainer [[Paul Anka]], who is also the author of Sinatra's "signature song", [[My Way]], was at the Sands at the time and witnessed the incident. His account describes Sinatra as having had too much to drink when he drove the golf cart into the plate glass window of the Sands; Sinatra's wife, [[Mia Farrow]], was his passenger. Sinatra then tried to set fire to sofas and curtains in the hotel's lobby, but was not successful at starting a fire. When he was denied credit to continue gambling, Sinatra climbed onto a gaming table and declared that he would tear the hotel down to sand when he was done. Since this was taking place at around 1:30 am local time, casino manager Carl Cohen was awakened. Cohen went to the hotel's coffee shop where he hoped to reason with Sinatra. Sinatra became angry during Cohen's explanation and upset the table where Cohen was seated. Cohen was scalded with hot coffee and it was then that he punched Sinatra in the mouth.{{sfn|

Anka|Dalton|2013|pp=168–171}} Sinatra also destroyed the Sands penthouse apartment he was staying in during his engagement there.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2881735/sinatra_vows_to_tear_down_sands_after/|title=Enraged Sinatra Dumped|page=1|date=September 12, 1967|publisher=Ukiah Daily Journal|accessdate=July 29, 2015|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>}} As a result, Sinatra never performed at the Sands again while Hughes owned it, and began performing at [[Caesar's Palace]].{{sfn|Sheridan|2011|p=54}} A number of the staff were not disappointed to see Sinatra leave the Sands. Numerous employees had been humiliated or intimidated by the Rat Pack over the years, including a busboy that Sinatra tripped up while he was carrying a tray with dishes.{{sfn|Sheridan|2011|p=55}} After Sinatra left, the mobsters pulled out of Sands and gradually left Vegas in the 1970s.{{Sfn|Bakken|2010|p=364}}

===Film career===

====1940s====

Sinatra made his film debut in 1941, performing in an uncredited sequence in ''[[Las Vegas Nights]]'', singing "[[I'll Never Smile Again]]" with [[Tommy Dorsey]]'s [[The Pied Pipers]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EwkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44|date= November 24, 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=44|id={{ISSN|00062510}}}}</ref> He received his first credit for singing "The Last Call for Love", "Poor You" and "[[Moonlight Bay]]" in [[Edward Buzzell]]'s ''[[Ship Ahoy]]'' the following year, which starred [[Red Skelton]] and [[Eleanor Powell]].{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=79}} In 1943 he had a cameo role along with the likes of [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Count Basie]] in [[Charles Barton (director)|Charles Barton]]'s ''[[Reveille with Beverly]]'', making a brief appearance singing "[[Night and Day (song)|Night and Day]]".{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=80}} The following year he was given his first leading role opposite [[Michèle Morgan]] and [[Jack Haley]] in 1944 in [[Tim Whelan]]'s musical film ''[[Higher and Higher (film)|Higher and Higher]]'' for [[RKO Pictures]], playing himself.{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=16}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9900E6DC1030E53BBC4A51DFB766838F659EDE|title=Higher and Higher |work=The New York Times|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|date=January 22, 1944|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref>

He again worked with Whelan in another musical of that year, ''[[Step Lively (1944 film)|Step Lively]]'', co-starring [[George Murphy]] and [[Adolphe Menjou]]. Biographer Tim Knight wrote that that this was the film that Hollywood "fully unleashed 'The Voice' on the movies", giving Sinatra a role as a "sweetly naive playwright who is swept into scheming Broadway director's Gordon Miller's chaotic universe".{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=20}}

[[File:Frank_Sinatra_in_Till_the_Clouds_Roll_By.jpg|thumb|left|Sinatra in ''[[Till the Clouds Roll By]]'' (1946)]]

In 1945, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] cast Sinatra opposite [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Kathryn Grayson]] in the [[Technicolor]] musical ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'', in which he played a sailor on leave in Hollywood for four days. A major success, it garnered several Academy Award wins and nominations, and the song "[[I Fall in Love Too Easily]]", sung by Sinatra in the film, was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]. Knight notes that while the film "drew Sinatra's young, excitable fans", it also "attracted an older audience who never would have stood in line all night just to hear him sing", making him into a "truly cross generational star".{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=35}} That same year, he was loaned out to RKO to star in a short film titled ''[[The House I Live In (1945 film)|The House I Live In]]''. Directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], this film on tolerance and [[racial equality]] earned a special [[Academy Award]] shared among Sinatra and those who brought the film to the screen, along with a special [[Golden Globe]] for "Promoting Good Will".<ref>{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT105|date=20 November 1965|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=105|id={{ISSN|00062510}}}}</ref>{{sfn|Dietz|2015|p=135}}

[[File:Frank_Sinatra_in_Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game_trailer.jpg|thumb|Sinatra in ''[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)|Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]'' (1949)]]

[[File:Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin and Gene Kelly in On The Town trailer.jpg|thumb|right|Sinatra with Gene Kelly and Jules Munshin in ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'' (1949)]]

In 1946, Sinatra returned to MGM to make ''[[Till the Clouds Roll By]]'', a Technicolor musical biopic of [[Jerome Kern]], directed [[Richard Whorf]], with an ensemble cast which included [[Robert Walker (actor)|Robert Walker]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Lena Horne]], [[June Allyson]] and [[Van Heflin]].{{Sfn|Green|1999|p=141}} Santopietro considered the film to be the "dodo bird of MGM musicals—it moves but never flies", but noted that Sinatra had a cameo in the climax of the film, singing "[[Ol' Man River]]".{{sfn|Santopietro|pp=121-2}} The following year, he featured in another musical directed by Whorf of MGM, ''[[It Happened in Brooklyn]]'', co-starring [[Peter Lawford]], Kathryn Grayson and [[Jimmy Durante]]. The film contains six songs written by [[Sammy Cahn]] and [[Jule Styne]], including "The Song's Gotta Come From the Heart", in which Sinatra performed a duet with Durante.{{Sfn|Bakish|1995|p=89}} ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' noted: "Much of the lure will result from Frank Sinatra's presence in the cast. Guy's acquired the Bing Crosby knack of nonchalance, throwing away his gag lines with fine aplomb. He kids himself in a couple of hilarious sequences and does a takeoff on Jimmy Durante, with Durante aiding him, that's sockeroo."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/1946/film/reviews/it-happened-in-brooklyn-1200415075/|title=It Happened in Brooklyn|publisher=''Variety''|date=December 31, 1946|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref>

In 1948 Sinatra appeared with Grayson in ''[[The Kissing Bandit (film)|The Kissing Bandit]]'', playing a shy, Boston-bred son of a robber, who falls for the daughter of the Spanish Governor of California. The film was a financial disaster, with the studio losing over $2.5 million, making it one of the least successful musicals in MGM history.{{Fact}} The film was also poorly received critically, and is often cited as the worst film of Sinatra's career.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rapport|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9SkuAQAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Rapport Publishing Company|page=61}}</ref>

Also in 1948, Sinatra played a priest, one of his most unlikely roles according to Knight, opposite [[Fred MacMurray]] and [[Alida Valli]] in [[Irving Pichel]]'s ''[[The Miracle of the Bells]]''. It fared poorly upon release, with ''[[Time Magazine]]'' declaring in their review that "The Archangel Michael, familiarly picture, ought to sue".{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=40}} In 1949, Sinatra co-starred with Gene Kelly in the Technicolor musical ''[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)|Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]'', a film set in 1908, in which Sinatra and Kelly play baseball players who are part-time vaudevillians.{{Sfn|McGuiggan|2009|p=86}} It was well received critically and became a commercial success. That same year, Sinatra teamed up with Kelly for a third time in ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'', playing a sailor on leave in New York City. Today the film is rated very highly by critics, and in 2006 it ranked No. 19 on the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years of Musicals|list of best musicals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/100years/musicals.aspx|title=AFI's 25 Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref>

====1950s====

In 1951, Sinatra featured opposite [[Jane Russell]] and [[Groucho Marx]] in the [[Irving Cummings]] comedy, ''[[Double Dynamite]]'' for RKO. The picture involves an innocent bank teller (Sinatra) suspected of embezzling who turns to a sardonic waiter (Groucho Marx) for advice.{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=66}} Although Sinatra has by far the most screen time, he took third billing behind Jane Russell and Groucho Marx. Both Sinatra and Jane Russell play against type as a shy, timid pair, while Marx portrays a sarcastic waiter who breezily mentors the frightened young couple. Jane Russell and Groucho Marx each sing a duet with Frank Sinatra written by [[Jule Styne]] and [[Sammy Cahn]]. Marx and Sinatra sing "[[It's Only Money (song)|It's Only Money]]", and Russell and Sinatra deliver the romantic "Kisses and Tears.{{sfn|Lynch|1989|p=68}} The following year he appeared in [[Joseph Pevney]]'s ''[[Meet Danny Wilson (film)|Meet Danny Wilson]]'' with [[Shelley Winters]], in a role which Knight thought at times was overacted.{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=77}} For Santopietro, the film marked the end of the first period of Sinatra's film career, at a time when his career had slumped.{{sfn|Santopietro|2009|p=186}}

[[File:Frank_Sinatra_as_Maggio_From_Here_to_Eternity.jpg|thumb|left|Sinatra as Maggio in ''From Here to Eternity'']]

The rebirth of Sinatra's career began in 1953 with [[Fred Zinnemann]]'s drama ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'', and based on the [[From Here to Eternity (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]]. The picture deals with the tribulations of three soldiers, played by [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Montgomery Clift]], and Sinatra, stationed on [[Hawaii]] in the months leading up to the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].{{sfn|Knight|2010|p=86}} Knowing that the film had a good chance of being successful, Sinatra agreed to play the role for a minor fee to "prove his worth".<ref>{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT65|date=20 November 1965|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=65|id={{ISSN|00062510}}}}</ref> It maked a turnaround in Sinatra's career: after several years of critical and commercial decline, his [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] win helped him regain his position as the top recording artist in the world.<ref>{{cite web|author=Schmidt, M.A.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/eternity-ar.html|title=Best Pictures: From Here to Eternity|publisher=''The New York Times''|date=May 9, 1954|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:High Society4.jpg|thumb|Sinatra with [[Grace Kelly]] in ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'']]

In 1954, Sinatra starred opposite [[Doris Day]] in the musical film ''[[Young at Heart (1954 film)|Young at Heart]]''. They released an album together, ''[[Young at Heart (Doris Day/Frank Sinatra album)|of the same name]]'' which peaked at #11 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', while the single reached #2 and was considered as Sinatra's comeback single after several years away from the top of the pop singles chart.<!-- The only edition available at Google is an e-book with no page numbers. This is from the "Fightback" chapter.-->{{sfn|O'Brien|2014}}{{efn|Sinatra was not very enthusiastic about the song initially. His friend, [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], convinced him that the song would be a success.{{sfn|O'Brien}}}} So popular was the song "[[Young at Heart (1953 song)|Young at Heart]]" that the film was also titled ''Young at Heart'', having had no title until the song's success.{{sfn|Santopietro|2009|p=157}}

Later in 1954, Sinatra starred opposite [[Sterling Hayden]] in the [[film noir]] ''[[Suddenly (1954 film)|Suddenly]]'', playing a psychopathic killer posing as an [[FBI]] agent who takes over a familial residence during a stakeout. Sinatra's performance was lauded by critics, with [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''The New York Times'' declaring that "Mr. Sinatra deserves a special chunk of praise for playing the leading gunman with an easy, cold, vicious sort of gleam" and that the film demonstrated a turn in direction in a career in playing such a "repulsive role", in comparison to his earlier career.<ref>{{cite web|author=Crowther, Bosley|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9802E6D8103FE33BBC4053DFB667838F649EDE|title=Suddenly|publisher=''The New York Times''|date=October 8, 1954|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref>

====1960s====

====Final roles====

In 1970, Sinatra starred opposite [[George Kennedy]] in the western ''[[Dirty Dingus Magee]]''. According to biographer Tom Santopietro, Sinatra only agreed to the film, an "abysmal" affair which was clearly the "wrong vehicle" for him as he put, because he needed something to cheer him up following the death of his father in January 1969.{{sfn|Santopietro|2009|p=614}} The film was panned by the critics. In a scathing review, [[Roger Ebert]] referred to the film as "as shabby a piece of goods as has masqueraded as a Western", and stated: "I lean toward blaming Frank Sinatra, who in recent years has become notorious for not really caring about his movies. If a shot doesn't work, he doesn't like to try it again; he might be late getting back to Vegas".<ref>{{cite web|author=Ebert, Roger|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dirty-dingus-magee-1970|title=Dirty Dingus Magee|publisher=Rogerebert.com|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref>

Sinatra's last major role was opposite [[Faye Dunaway]] in [[Brian G. Hutton]]'s ''[[The First Deadly Sin]]'' (1980), in which he plays a troubled New York City homicide cop, Captain Edward X. Delaney. In a small role, Dunaway is the detective's ailing wife, hospitalized during the entire story with a rare kidney affliction. The musical score was by composer and arranger [[Gordon Jenkins]],{{Sfn|Friedwald|1995|p=483}} who had first worked with Sinatra on the 1957 album "Where Are You?".{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=133}} ''The First Deadly Sin'' failed to make much of an impression at the box office, but was well-received by a number of critics. Santopietro noted that Sinatra gave an "extraordinarily rich", heavily layered characterization, one which "made for one terrific farewell" to his film career,{{sfn|Santopietro|2009|p=648}} and Ebert was pleasantly surprised by Sinatra's "quiet, poignant, and very effective performance" as the detective, who "looks and acts very touchingly like a tired old cop on the threshold of retirement".<ref>{{cite web|author=Ebert, Roger|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-first-deadly-sin-1980|title=The First Deadly Sin|publisher=Rogerebert.com|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref>

==References==

===Notes===

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===Citations===

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===Sources cited===

*{{cite book|last1=Anka|first1=Paul|last2=Dalton|first2=David|title=My Way: An Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nK3YhlaflSQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:03VDQvbxZ54C&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMI5OH1-5GBxwIVk36SCh05Rgwr#v=onepage&q=carl%20cohen&f=false|publisher=Macmillan|year=2013|isbn=978-1-2500-3520-2|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Bakish|first=David|title=Jimmy Durante: His Show Business Career, with an Annotated Filmography and Discography|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=McVxRCJEbPcC&pg=PA89|year=1995|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-89950-968-6|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Bakken|first=Gordon Morris|title=The World of the American West|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DfYtCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA364|date=October 4, 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-93160-4|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=syQeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT63&dq=young+at+heart+day+sinatra&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAzgKahUKEwjI3MjPjODHAhVQDJIKHbfbDhw#v=onepage&q=young%20at%20heart%20day%20sinatra&f=false|last=Bret|first=David|year=2014|publisher=Aurum Press Limited|title=Doris Day: A Reluctant Star|isbn=978-1-7813-1351-0|ref=harv}} <!--The only edition available at Google Books is the e-book which has no page numbers.-->

*{{cite book|last=Clarke|first=Norm|title=Vegas Confidential: Norm Clarke! Sin City's Ace Insider 1,000 Naked Truths|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fRlF5CLdrcYC&pg=PA189|date=January 8, 2004|publisher=Stephens Press, LLC|isbn=978-1-932173-26-0|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last1=Consiglio|first1=Tony|last2=Douskey|first2=Franz|title=Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-_eM3mqJUMC&pg=PT135|date=October 20, 2011|publisher=Tantor eBooks|isbn=978-1-61803-025-2|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Dietz|first=Dan|title=The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VRiMBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|date=2 February 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4528-0|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Friedwald|first=Will|title=Sinatra! the Song is You: A Singer's Art|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gCBrW4AtY8QC&pg=PA483|year=1995|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-684-19368-7|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Granata|first=Charles L.|title=Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=lXZvTzc-9PwC&pg=PA133|date=1 October 2003|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61374-281-5|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Green|first=Stanley|title=Hollywood Musicals Year by Year|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XD2xNKSN3E8C&pg=PA141|year=1999|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-634-00765-1|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Hernandez|first=David|year=2010|publisher=Red Lead Press|

title=Broken Face in the Mirror|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJ-0nNPAisgC&pg=PA288&dq=sinatra+sands+contract&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAWoVChMIoKuuhODTxwIVjhOSCh1O9gtb#v=onepage&q=sinatra%20sands%20contract&f=false|isbn= 978-1-4349-4723-9|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Delilah|title=Viva Las Vegas: Nightclub Greats|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QkOPuthl0TsC|year=1995|publisher=Friedman/Fairfax Publishers|isbn=978-1-56799-233-5|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Kelley|first=Kitty|title=His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EnbzfyWuuL0C|year=1986|publisher=Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks|isbn=978-0-553-38618-9|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Timothy|title=Sinatra: Hollywood His Way|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Kuw-pBEaJgkC&pg=PA79|date=12 October 2010|publisher=Running Press Book Publishers|isbn=978-0-7624-4174-7|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Lynch|first=Richard Chigley|title=Movie musicals on record: a directory of recordings of motion picture musicals, 1927-1987|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CctHAAAAMAAJ|date=26 June 1989|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-26540-2|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=McGuiggan|first=Amy Whorf|title=Take Me Out to the Ball Game: The Story of the Sensational Baseball Song|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yzOLSnPD2LAC&pg=PA86|year=2009|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0-8032-1891-5|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=O'Brien|first=Daniel|year=2014|publisher=Pavilion Books|title=The Frank Sinatra Film Guide|isbn=978-1-8499-4250-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9k2_CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT6&dq=frank+sinatra+film+guide&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIidX62JDgxwIVQQ6SCh3wpQ3p#v=onepage&q=young%20at%20heart&f=false|ref=harv}}<!-- The only edition of the book available at Google Books is an e-book which has no page numbers.-->

*{{cite book|last=Rojek|first=Chris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4DEdXSMYikC&pg=PA40&dq=sinatra+sands+contract&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgKahUKEwjMhYzIz9PHAhVJA5IKHVvyCf0#v=onepage&q=sinatra%20sands%20contract&f=false|year=2004|publisher=Polity|title=Frank Sinatra|isbn=978-0-7456-3090-8|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Santopietro|first=Tom|title=Sinatra in Hollywood|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=el-U8apn90UC&pg=PT614|date=10 November 2009|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4299-6474-6|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Sheridan|first=John Harris|title=Howard Hughes: The Las Vegas Years: The Women, the Mormons, the Mafia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5YHMr6LRpocC&pg=PA52|date=September 6, 2011|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4634-0693-6|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last=Sinatra|first=Nancy|title=Frank Sinatra, My Father|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9EiE2i6i-PUC&pg=PA24|year=1986|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-62508-5|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book|last1=Sinatra|first1=Tina|last2=Coplon|first2=Jeff|title=My Father's Daughter: A Memoir|year=2000|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|isbn=0-684-87076-2|ref=harv}}

==Gallery==

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File:Frank Sinatra Can-Can.jpg|Can-Can 1959

File:Frank Sinatra Von Ryan's Express.jpg|Von Ryan's Express

File:Frank Sinatra and Horace McMahon the Detective.jpg|The Detective

File:Lady in Cement Raquel Welch Frank Sinatra.jpg|Lady in Cement

File:The Hoboken Four on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour.jpg|Hoboken Four on Major Bowes' Amateur Hour 1935

File:4 for Texas Frank Sinatra.jpg|4 for Texas

File:Robin and the 7 Hoods Frank Sinatra.jpg|Robin and the 7 Hoods

File:Frank Sinatra Jill St. John Tony Rome.jpg|Tony Rome

File:Frank Sinatra the Detective.jpg|The Detective

File:Frank Sinatra as Tony Rome.jpg|Tony Rome

File:Frank Sinatra as Maggio From Here to Eternity.jpg|As Maggio in From Here to Eternity

File:Frank Sinatra in Suddenly.jpg|In Suddenly

</gallery>