NEW YORK TIMES OCTOBER 18, 1956
Fred Finklette, writer-producer,said today that Frank Sinatra hasagreed to
star as Sammy Glick in"What Makes Sammy Run." Sinatra's independent
company,Kent Productions, will become apartnership in the production. Mr.
Finklette will write theadaptation of the Hollywood novelby Budd Schulberg.
note: Frank landed the role of JoeyEvans in "Pal Joey" and droppedout of the
project. Budd Schulberg, in a 2005interview, discussed Sinatra in
therole. " He would have been great. He really would have."There was a
1959 TV productionand a 1964 musical adaptation forBroadway. Music and lyrics
by ErvinDrake ( It Was A Very Good Year ).Ed
