[sinatraphiles] Re: September 26 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 21:27:20 +0200

https://youtu.be/x62LoS_OIlc

The Joker is wild on you tube!

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Film

1957 "The Joker Is Wild" (New York Premiere September 26, 1957)
Starring:  Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Beverly
Garland, Jackie Coogan
Cameo by Sophie Tucker
Produced by:  Samuel J. Briskin
Directed by:  Charles Vidor
  Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When
the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies.
When he bolts one job for another, the mob boss who owns the first speakeasy
has his thugs try to kill Lewis. Lewis survives, but his vocal cords are cut
and he cannot sing. Several years later, his buddy Austin Mack (Eddie Albert)
tracks him down and tries to help him with little success. That attempt,
though, leads to Lewis meeting Letty Page (Jeanne Crain). They fall in love and
she inspires him to follow up on an offer to become a comedian (a result of his
buddy's failed attempt to rejuvenate his singing career). Lewis has problems,
though. The assault that nearly cost him his life also helped turn him into an
alcoholic and an inveterate gambler. These two character defects become the
basis for his act and help to make him a smash success. Unfortunately, they
also work to wreak havoc in his personal life with Letty and then with his wife
Martha (Mitzi Gaynor).
--Only DVD release has been in Italy as "il Jolly E Impazzito

[sinatraphiles] Re: September 26 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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