Post by dvdjunkie on May 22, 2008 7:37:25 GMT -6
The month of May 2008 has been designated Frank Sinatra month with a salute to the Man and His Music and Movies. They have really gone overboard with some rarely-shown Sinatra films along with his very good television specials. Each Sunday this month they have been showing - Sinatra: A Man and His Music from 1965 with the orchestras of Gordon Jenkins and Nelson Riddle, the they showed Sinatra: A Man and His Music with special guest Nancy Sinatra from 1966, and last week they showed Sinatra: A Man and His Music from 1967 with Carlos Joabim and Ella Fitzgerald as his guests. This coming Sunday, May 25 it will be the 1973 TV Special that Frank Sinatra did with his only guest being Gene Kelly. Should be a great show, it is the only one that I haven't seen before.
For the movies, they have delved into the vaults at Turner Classic Movies for films like Some Came Running, The Tender Trap, Young at Heart, and this past Wednesday, May 21, they showed OCEAN'S 11, the original 'rat pack' movie with Frank, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis,Jr., and friends, followed by the 1962 premiere of SERGEANTS 3, the second of the 'rat pack' films, and this one is basically the story of "Gunga Din" set in the Old West. The third film on the agenda was ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS, and then 4 FOR TEXAS, the tour-de-force for Charles Bronson and Victor Buono along with Frank and Dean Martin, and for the eyes-only there was Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. Four really good movies of four diifferent genres.
Hope all of you have catching this Sunday and Wednesday salute to the golden voice of Frank Sinatra and his friends. It has made television worth watching once again.
;D ;D
For the movies, they have delved into the vaults at Turner Classic Movies for films like Some Came Running, The Tender Trap, Young at Heart, and this past Wednesday, May 21, they showed OCEAN'S 11, the original 'rat pack' movie with Frank, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis,Jr., and friends, followed by the 1962 premiere of SERGEANTS 3, the second of the 'rat pack' films, and this one is basically the story of "Gunga Din" set in the Old West. The third film on the agenda was ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS, and then 4 FOR TEXAS, the tour-de-force for Charles Bronson and Victor Buono along with Frank and Dean Martin, and for the eyes-only there was Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. Four really good movies of four diifferent genres.
Hope all of you have catching this Sunday and Wednesday salute to the golden voice of Frank Sinatra and his friends. It has made television worth watching once again.
;D ;D