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    Sinatra: Dark Star

    BBC documentary from 2005, Sinatra: Dark Star. Talks about his ties to the mob and other juicy stuff...



    Thanks to this thread, I checked out Kitty Kelley's book from the library today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny62 View Post

    Frank was a true case of bi-polar I think. The stories I have read on the guy...

    One strange dude!!!!
    sorry to go so far back in the thread for this post. From all I have read I would have to disagree that he was Bipolar. He was badly behaved...arrogant, selfish, and cruel but not Bipolar. He ran with a "rough" crowd and behaved accordingly. That doesn't make him mentally ill although a case could be made for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
    I mean, they say you die twice.
    One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

    Banksy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gladiolus View Post

    Thanks to this thread, I checked out Kitty Kelley's book from the library today.

    Great book, I've read it a few times. Check out Tina Sinatra's book as well, very good read. I'm sure the truth about Sinatra is somewhere between those two books, very complex person.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cleanskull View Post
    He has the voice, but he will have to take asshole and jagoff lessons.
    This is true. He's played psychotic but I don't believe he's ever played your garden variety asshole.

    Quote Originally Posted by Danny62 View Post
    I think Harry Connick Jr would do a wonderful Job! NOT Johnny Depp or DiCaprio!! I think Jim Carrey might do a good job....Yeah I am being serious! He is a hell of an actor!!
    I will respectfully disagree here. I think Carrey is a good comedic actor but I didn't like any of his dramatic roles.

    Quote Originally Posted by STsFirstmate View Post
    It is reputed to be quite haunted. Dean Martin, Frank and Sammy Davis as well as Marilyn Monroe have all been seen or heard by guests.
    There is an elaborate tunnel system under it that the mob use to use that is supposed to be haunted as well.
    It was featured on Dead Famous, a ghost hunting show. Sad to see it closing.
    Regards,
    Mary
    That link to the yahoo story is dead. I forget the name of the casino. Was it the Sahara? My boyfriend has been there. I saw a short film about it on Youtube when they decided to close it. I thought it was terrible. It's a piece of history. Now I really wish I could have gone there knowing it was reputed as haunted. I would have loved to have seen Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew investigate it. I would love to see Zak provoking the ghost of Frank Sinatra and getting bitch slapped by him. LOL!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kashmir1012 View Post
    sorry to go so far back in the thread for this post. From all I have read I would have to disagree that he was Bipolar. He was badly behaved...arrogant, selfish, and cruel but not Bipolar. He ran with a "rough" crowd and behaved accordingly. That doesn't make him mentally ill although a case could be made for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
    Personality disorders aren't necessarily mental illness. I'm reading the Kitty Kelley book now. The way Frank is described, I would guess Narcissistic Personality Disorder. And yes, probably OCD too.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan33185 View Post
    Great book, I've read it a few times. Check out Tina Sinatra's book as well, very good read. I'm sure the truth about Sinatra is somewhere between those two books, very complex person.
    Thanks, I will!
    Last edited by Gladiolus; 08-27-2013 at 12:13 AM.

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    100 today.

    If there was anything Frank Sinatra enjoyed more than a stiff glass of Jack Daniels, it was blowing out the candles on his birthday cake each and every year.

    http://www.people.com/article/frank-...100th-birthday
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    HB Frank! I just watched "From Here to Eternity" last nite. love that movie. I love hearing his Christmas songs and I like his version of New York New York

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    Never cared for the Rat Pack, but they could sing.
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    dead 20 years ago today - his music seems passe today

    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-a8350386.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by cash View Post
    dead 20 years ago today - his music seems passe today

    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-a8350386.html
    Passé? Compared to the lyricists of the Great American Songbook, the songwriters of the last 40 years are (with some exceptions) largely illiterate. The old Tin Pan Alley guys had Shakespeare pounded into their heads whether they liked it or not, and we can all be thankful when we hear compositions like this one from Irving Berlin

    Behold the way our fine feathered-friend
    His virtue doth parade.
    Thou knowest not, my dim-witted friend,
    The picture thou hast made.
    Thy vacant brow and thy tousled hair
    Conceal thy good intent.
    Thou noble, upright, truthful, sincere,
    And slightly dopey gent,

    You are:

    (Chorus)

    My funny valentine
    Sweet, comic valentine
    You make me smile with my heart.

    Your looks are laughable, unphotographable,
    Yet you're my favorite work of art.


    Is your figure less than Greek?
    Is your mouth a little weak?
    When you open it to speak, are you smart?


    Don't change a hair for me,
    Not if you care for me,
    Stay, little valentine, stay!

    Each day is Valentine's Day.

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