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1965 … Frank watching Frank Jr. (by x-ray delta one)
Olivia de Havilland & Frank Sinatra (Not As a Stranger) (by Greenman 2008)
Frank Sinatra Johnny Concho (by Greenman 2008)
Sammy Davis Jr. | Hollywood Icons & Legend Series
Sammy Davis Jr. reading the latest copy of Photography Magazine in between publicity photo shoots in downtown Manhattan, New York City, NY. 1963.
Primary a dancer and singer, Samuel George “Sammy” Davis Jr. ( 1925 – 1990) started as a child vaudevillian who became known for his performances on Broadway. Davis later went on to become a world famous recording artist, television and film star. Film credits include Ocean’s 11, co-staring with Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Joey Bishop; Mr Wonderful (1956), and Golden Boy (1964). In 1966, he was even given his own TV variety show, The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. Davis was also a member of Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack”.
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Anita Ekberg, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Ursula Andress snuggle up in ‘4 for Texas’, 1963.
Frank baby - It Was a Very Good Year
Retro Cocks-of-the-Walk: Swooner Crooner, a Looney Tunes short by Frank Tashlin (1944)
A very cute WWII cartoon starring Porky Pig, who is running a very industrialized egg operation (“Flockheed”). When a Frank Sinatra inspired rooster’s singing causes his hens to swoon, Porky holds auditions to find a crooner who will goose production. Feathered caricatures of Nelson Eddy (or possibly Vaughn Monroe), Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante, Cab Calloway and Bing Crosby appear.
The Bing Crosby rooster (“The Old Groaner”) was voiced by animator Dick Bickenbach, who also imitated the singer in the shorts Hollywood Canine Canteen, The Mouse-Merized Cat, Catch as Cats Can and What’s Up Doc? The Frank Sinatra rooster was most likely voiced by a member of The Kings Men.
Swooner Crooner is the only Porky Pig cartoon to have been nominated for an Academy Award—it lost out to Mouse Trouble (MGM, Fred Quimby).
