Just For Fun…”The Frank Sinatra Show”, ABC 1957
Just For Fun…”The Frank Sinatra Show”, ABC 1957
From October of ’57 through June of ’58, ABC broadcast this show, usually live, from the El Captain Theater in Los Angeles, which was also home to “Queen For A Day”.
Notice above, I said “usually live”…actually only a few of the shows were supposed to be live variety shows with the bulk being filmed dramas that either starred Sinatra or had him hosting the drama. As it turned out, Sinatra hated to rehearse and tried to film 11 shows in 15 days. They were so bad, ABC settled for the live variety shows and cut it’s losses with a short season.
Below are a couple of clips with Frank, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Mitzi Gaynor. With this Chesterfield ad, we are reminded of the old red and white ABC camera colors. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGPtwvsh6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQgHV9OFazE
The brand name of cigarettes in this ad was why Sinatra had to change the name of his Kent Productions to York Productions.
A great, great singer but a real pain in the ass.
Loved the old lower-case “abc” logo!