His way - Home Sinatra built from the ground up

[@jimmyblues59m76]

It's wonderful the way you've preserved the history of Mr. Sinatra's home. It's like going back in time. Thanks!

[@barbaraperry2595]

My daughter had her wedding and reception at Frank's Twin Palm Home......stunning....we had a ball.......Frank sure had TASTE.....ALL THINGS FRANK ARE TASTEFUL AND WELL THOUGHT OUT.....BEST SINGER....BEST ACTOR.....NO ONE COMES CLOSE.....RIP FRANK

[@djangorheinhardt]

Wow, your daughter's wedding right there !!.I bet that is a memory you can treasure for the rest of your life.If l'd have know I would have gatecrashed the party,having flown all the way from here in the UK right to that front door.!

[@gregamerson9172]

U left out biggest ASSHOLE

[@paulmunro9827]

Palm Canyon Drive. Margo Sinner was the 2nd owner?

[@drizzt8965]

@@gregamerson9172 Yeah I'm starting to get a feel of what Frank was really like.

[@johna.4334]

@@gregamerson9172 Be nice.

[@jbrinkley9-t1r]

Sinatra was THE Man.

[@rogerb1031]

No one lived better than Frank from 45 to 75 ! Elvis was close but Mr S was the King !

[@Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr]

@@rogerb1031 He really was.

[@markfrance9924]

Frank was bigger than the sum of his parts because he made it in America 🇺🇸 and that’s what counts.

[@constantdarkfog49]

Frank Sinatra true professional as for his career & his life style. His house here is wonderful, great design for having great views, love it.

[@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon]

I grew up a block away from his home.. My Granfparents still own that house and live there... I miss seeing that house.

[@jbawz358]

Just so you say fuckermo

[@tgwoolshire]

Is the house near vegas?

[@user-ty4ce8ri3i]

I remember Johnny Carson cracking a joke about Sinatra having a swimming pool in the shape of a fist.

[@RedForeman301]

@DDR you knew and hung out with Johnny Carson?

[@ah7910]

@@RedForeman301 I just assumed the user meant he had heard Carson share that as an anecdote on his talk show. Not sure why you have to jump down people’s neck.

[@RedForeman301]

@@ah7910 I apologize...I mustve been drunk when I read that comment and misread it.

[@RedForeman301]

I apologize for my comment....i mustve been drunk and misread the comment. Didnt meant to be a douche.

[@davidxan]

I hope to get back to Palm Springs soon. I miss my morning walks with my golden retriever past Frank’s home and over to Ruth Hardy Park!

[@JkHellas]

You're blessed to have been to that paradise!!😊

[@SignedOff402]

I call Palm Springs the furnace for the crematorium. Empty Desolate landscape. Sun damaged skin. Yesteryear feel.

[@davidxan]

@@SignedOff402 Wow, you sure have a positive attitude. Have a nice day!

[@jonnydanger7181]

@@davidxan lol

[@jonnydanger7181]

I was in Palm Springs back in January, what an awesome experience 👍

[@alexp3752]

Thank you! That tour was simply wonderful. It reminded me of my youth when things were simpler, more straightforward and clear. Mr. Sinatra was a man's man and his taste in architecture matched his elegance. His home was classic 1960's era Palm Springs, with minimalism clearly his preference, as was the trend at the time. Preserving his former home is a tribute to a great man in countless ways. I am certain if he looked down today, there would be a smile on his face when others could come and enjoy what he built. Again, thank you.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

If I lived there I'd have the Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Collection playing on infinite loop

[@ZenJenZ]

ShakespeareCafe 😊

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

ShakespeareCafe I have that.

[@MOGGS1942]

What about the pre Reprise output ? You miss many gems by ignoring his early work.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

moggs I’ve got all of Frank’s recordings. At least all that’s available digitally and I love his early stuff

[@my2cents2u]

There's a cottage on the northern end of the Point Pleasant boardwalk that plays Sinatra music from just about sun-up to sun-down.

[@3myway]

Man, if those walls could talk

[@ednaboyle5415]

3myway q

[@buckbuck9225]

Id tell them to shut the fuck up

[@davidpower1583]

They'd probably have been buried under an underpass long long ago.

[@tombryan1]

Yea, they would tell you short, impotent, drunks that chainsmoked and hacked mucous every morning lived and visited there.

[@Kendell062]

You'd probably hear Ava Gardner and later Lauren Bacall yelling "Oh my God! Oh my God!"

[@glendale6]

Ava was stunning

[@marcello8368]

Yes but a real bedbug......

[@acerothstein4755]

glendale6 She was a whore like all the actresses were back then.

[@davidpower1583]

She was a lush.

[@Dqalex]

She had a BIG bush

[@b.a.brackus6371]

@@acerothstein4755 like now too...

[@arupbhattacharya3679]

My icon's house,thanks KZbin,you brought me to Sinatra house free of charge

[@glenschunk3995]

the crack in the porcelain in the bathroom sink is still there. happened during an argument with Ava. he smashed a glass. read about it in a high end real estate magazine.

[@leighlucas8913]

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[@leighlucas8913]

Kyle McGran PJ'S the first thing I want to say is that you #3

[@itstheburnz]

It you want to believe that......

[@deezynar]

At least that's what the real estate agent wants people to think.

[@b.a.brackus6371]

I heard Frank was doing Ava over the sink and it cracked ....LoL

[@MOGGS1942]

I'm a Sinatraphile, but this house leaves me stone cold. Love the pool area, especially the twin palm trees.

[@lemorab1]

It also leaves me stone cold. The interior looks like a 1960 apartment building or tract house. Two things don't appeal to me: Mid-century modern architecture and the desert. When I look at this promotional video, I am reminded of why.

[@geminiguy2001]

I'm really diggin' the Buddy Rich video playing in the background.

[@theheaterguyryan5052]

I want to live in a house like that such a great energy and style to that house.

[@misterhot9163]

Some voiceover narration would've been a nice touch to fill in the backstory on the history of the house.

[@morena162]

He left this house with a light heart.His compound in Rancho Mirage owned his heart and was his true home.

[@lannyqualls9428]

@Shaken not stirred You are a first rate world class piece of shit. Go fuck yourself you goddamn son of a bitch.

[@alexp3752]

@Shaken not stirred I don't think so...

[@juleswins3]

Shaken not stirred Unkind, Shaken, unkind.

[@liletsky5102]

Shaken not stirred wrong. Is not yet Judgement day. God will judge all human race in just one day.

[@Stillnapie]

@Shaken not stirred And you know that how??

[@jmos96]

I’ve been in this house a few times. It’s very small in the middle of a neighborhood with other diminutive homes. The furnishings aren’t original either. It wasn’t his primary home, just a weekend getaway place. The pool shaped like a piano is unique however.

[@don4476]

I suspected that but did not know. Thanks for the info.

[@djangorheinhardt]

Yes Don ,his main house was the "Compound" which was bigger and roughly in the same area.He left there to go to a house in Malibu at the urging of Barbara,and not agreed by his children or Nancy senior.The compound is also on the rental market I think but for more money.I f I win the lottery here in the UK I am going to rent the Compound for 12 months !! Lol.

[@grantshuster1985]

Hey whats Buddy Rich doing back there. Swinging!

[@michaelprosperity3420]

The greatest trap player of all time.

[@najadea1382]

Beautiful home. If I build my house up from the ground I’m never leaving until I die

[@slicksnewonenow]

It's always amazed me- both wealthy and middle class people had basically the same sort of 'things' in their homes up until about the 1980s... Decent, high quality and serviceable. These days, it amazes me to see what people THINK THEY HAVE TO HAVE in their homes... And if they don't, it seems like they somehow feel "inferior"... Just fascinating to me!

[@rickjones8735]

When people were American and proud of it.

[@theressamurphy2996]

Ava Gardner loved Frank too...She certainly helped start his career back... He never forgot her.

[@paulletchworth8127]

Just an amazing man , wish I had gone to see him in concert back in the 70’s , Frank was and always will be THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD!!!!!!

[@David-jj7dy]

I realize these men who worship these past stars home are incredibly passionate about these beautifully designed houses and their longevity and trademark foundations of whom once lived here. I do appreciate all that theses local men do in preserving these homes of the by gone era in the maintenance and protection of said dwellings . But , it really is kinda a shame to not ever be able to totally renovate

[@3o3brine28]

Who is that walking into the left side of the kitchen window at 4:00 Looks like a ghost to me.

[@Jodyrides]

when people had class! Cars had class, music had class, movies had class, television had class, the media had class and ethics, colleges had class, stars were really stars. Sad for the X and Z and millennial generation. They missed it

[@trishayamada807]

LoL who raised us but “that generation”. Sheesh.

[@alexp3752]

You sure have that one right! Back in the 60's as kid in LA, there were heroes and celebrities everywhere. Elegance, class, dignity. Even as a child I knew it was something special, a time that could never come again. Young people today will never know what they missed, and I am happy I have those memories. Mr. S, was one of those giants of the time.

[@Jodyrides]

Peggy Smulligan I can understand party loyalty. But it is insanity to keep reelecting the people who have a mild society in some cities to completely disintegrate. There are only allowed it to happen, they seem to Encourage it

[@CJ-tj2mm]

You sure it was built from the ground up? Maybe it was built from the sky down!

[@omen828]

Yep, ground up is so obvious and clichéd 😉

[@VitricArt]

I went to a party there during Palm Springs Modernism Week. What an amazing place!

[@af4od02]

Is this the home where Mr Sinatra lived where President Kennedy was going to visit? The event was arranged by Peter Lawford and stopped by Bobby Kennedy? Thanks for sharing the video.

[@mjleger4555]

Kennedys were superficial womanizing snobs, who took after their father!

[@marilynvailati4839]

Frank Sinatra was an icon.

[@lannyqualls9428]

Elvis of the 40's.

[@rayejohn79rj11]

I'm a Sinatra man..I loved Frank..I have his station on Pandora..

[@CaseyKCRichards]

I live in Palm Springs . Wonderful and peaceful .

[@solenekhouri3954]

Elegant, we perceive his nice soft personality through it. Rip sir 🍀🌹

[@djohnson2571]

Well said. My thoughts also.

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

Beats living in the projects.

[@chrave1956]

He did live in the projects earlier...but as a White man he didn’t feel a Victim. He worked hard and made something of himself .

[@noeltheshemale]

“Slap on all the paint you want baby, the house still needs renovations.” - Phil Hartman doing Sinatra.

[@dphotos007]

That style still stands today as great architecture. I am glad he picked the more modern design. Wow how fun could that be to go back in time and be a fly on the wall. Very cool house.

[@steelers6titles]

Did Sinatra choose that vintage hi-fi equipment? (Not familiar with "Valentino"). It looks professional-grade. Frank recorded in the state-of-the-art facilities in the Capitol Tower, and was familiar with audio.

[@swbrand]

If you really want the house to reflect Franks'' style, the interior furnishings should be radiant with shades of ORANGE. That was his favorite color, and the house was filled with stunning shades of orange.

[@mxnfx]

Imagine all the real great talent that visited!..Oh, I'm sure when the Rat Pack showed up, the party raged!!

[@my2cents2u]

Oh, to be a fly on the wall . . . . . . .

[@georgeionescu6425]

imagine the orgies they made there

[@DCFunBud]

The bathrooms look straight out of a Motel 6.

[@amohanjazz]

Lol...I, too, was underwhelmed...

[@i.m.7710]

@@amohanjazz I thought some of it looked like a hotel, but actually, hotels adopted that look from homes like Frank's. We had a flat top roof new home in California 1960 and it was considered very modern, Frank's modern house was built 1947. Motel 6 was a big deal in the 60s. New, novel, latest idea. One night's stay $6. It was all new and nice with a pool. Our family was able to go to Disneyland every year because we stayed at motel 6 on the one day trip.

[@amohanjazz]

I. M. Great to read about your memories of Disneyland and Motel 6...Sad that simpler era is over...

[@jimjonrs3932]

Hey!..... that's where ole blue eyes took a dump and washed his balls......Show respect.

[@DCFunBud]

I can just picture Marilyn Monroe vomiting in the toilet.

[@AlexisG-no6nu]

Be a sin to strip those original features. It's beautiful.

[@acajudi100]

He built a home in Acapulco, along with many stars.

[@madeleine9907]

This is so great ...

[@josephpetrizzojr5340]

PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA IS BEAUTIFUL, THE WEATHER IS AMAZING & THE STREET WHERE FRANK SINATRA LIVED BACK IN THE 1950'S IS ALSO FAMOUS WHERE OTHER STARS LIVED, BOB HOPE LIVED NEAR BY CHUCK CONNERS FROM THE RIFLEMAN LIVED RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, SO IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE BACK IN THE DAY BUT WHEN FRANK & AVA GARDNER BROKE UP FRANK PUT THE HOUSE UP FOR SALE & REALLY DIDN'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE, BUT IT REALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, FRANK WAS MY FATHERS FAVORITE SINGER & STILL WAS TILL THE DAY MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 2019 AT THE AGE OF 92 YRS OLD, FRANK YOUR MISSED ALWAYS MAY YOU R.I.P..

[@AllenManor]

Had the privilege of attending a wedding hosted there awhile back. Had the run of the place. It was surprisingly modest for a home built for, at the time, the most popular entertainer in the world. Very nice though! And I have to agree with the final comment in the video. I am no lover of heat but there is something about Palm Springs that is really special.

[@kaylawalker312]

Love this house... open floor plan .. they did not change a thing. The American Dream!!!

[@kathysharpe7339]

Ok. It's fabulous. Who owns it today. Is this just a informational video?. Is it rented out?. What?. It so Reminds me of my childhood. Beautiful

[@annetteadams7955]

Yes you can rent it out today. The owners keep it pristine. A step back in time

[@keywestjj]

It's usually open several times during Modernism Week every late February.

[@lonnied7709]

Sinatrahous.com you can "rent it for your next Palm Springs vacation" or, any other function. Seems tacky.

[@samuelmarekmracka]

Of course there's a bottle of jack on the piano

[@alainrancourt5799]

Thank you for sharing.

[@mariateresaeppolito3020]

Just looking at the fixtures in the Frank Sinatra’s house would be luxurious in that time, compared to today would be almost basic living.

[@alexp3752]

Minimalism was prevalent in the day, and the architecture reflected the modern, simple style so popular then. Classy, elegant, true to form.

[@W8rrfsdY73]

Well said, personally I find it quite simple. My own house has more garnishing.

[@charlesschirripa]

that modern, Eickleresque style, will be appealing for generations to o come. very tastefully done.

[@pneumatic00]

There weren't 135 different types of sinks and 79 types of bathroom light fixtures back then. There just weren't. There were not 15 different types of bulbs those fixtures would be shaped around. Today, you can go to a Home Depot and there are 50+ types of just Price Pfister lavatory faucets. If you try to get the internal parts to rebuild a faucet, there are probably 50-60 obsolete types in any of the major brands. Most of the time I look at these and think "we really, really need 50 different types of faucets?"

[@1949rangerrick]

I have a plastic door hook for coats that is from the original Queen Mary ocean liner. Bakelite, which was the first plastic, was very expensive back in the 30s, more so then polished brass. Point being that the items in Franks house, which may be common today, were probably quite pricey when he built his place.

[@theresabollman8061]

Yeah, A Georgian would have looked totally out of place in the desert...This was better, especially for the time.

[@thornbird6768]

Wow what a great place , retro modern 👍🏻👍🏻and the fixtures and fittings are fabulous , takes you right back to when our grandparents /parents had a less glamorous version of this dining table and chairs 😁 Ohh I love it ♥️

[@slippery396]

Gotta love the cool radio set up !

[@DagaanGalakticos]

Someone's comment below - 'the bathrooms like just like Motel 6' - the whole house does actually. and no wonde, Sinatra probably lived in hotel rooms for 60 years - he wanted to feel at home - just like in a hotel! Frank is so great there are no words.

[@alexp3752]

That's the way desert homes were built and owned back in the 1950's and 60's.

[@IanP1963]

Absolutely fantastic - I remember seeing it on vid somewhere pre refurbishment, so well done one and all !!!!!

[@stringermedia5875]

The family must have taken the original furniture. Sad that everything wasn't left in place and preserved.

[@123rosebuds]

Thank You! Wonderful.

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

Buddy Rich on the background TV?

[@cynthianoel6220]

Awesome, Thank you for sharing.

[@trackman174]

A great example of the architecture of that time period. Although something's look dated by today's standards, I am glad they preserved them in order to give future visitors a true experience.

[@6thwatergateplumber]

Facinating. Thank you.

[@RICKY760]

who does the window cleaning for that home

[@grahamhill9499]

The window cleaner

[@kirkmarshall7033]

Live 30 minutes away from Palm Springs! So many legends have homes in Palm Springs

[@TheFullmetalj]

I don’t call 120 fahrenheit in the summer as “ paradise.” To me, palm spring is not meant for human habitation at all, wayyyy too hot!!

[@mjleger4555]

I agree! I have friends who are desert rats, I could never do it! I lived by the ocean for years and now I live in the mountains! FOUR SEASONS! The heat and I do not get along!

[@theresastephens6676]

In the shot of the kitchen I noticed a shadow figure walking slowly from left to right near the garden window. It had a female shape. Could that be the ghost of Ava Gardner?

[@JustFunandGames]

No, all ghosts walk slowly from right to left. 👻

[@teddyvincent4833]

Beautiful property.

[@maryhansen4407]

I live here in the desert, and take all first-time visitors past his home, as well as other dead celebrities' houses. I love it here, and they were all so smart for having a home here. What a glamorous place it used to be in PS.

[@gsmith207]

pretty sure that was Buddy Rich 45 seconds in on Tv in background... had to be. Cool vid!

[@nahpoli]

it is truly a beautiful home but the one he had in Rancho Mirage on Frank Sinatra Dr. is really something! Palm Springs is still beautiful but it will never be the same!

[@GG-yn6jw]

It's really beautiful,, the grounds are amazing, love though palm trees! I'm a little surprised though how kind of plain the house is on the inside, because of the outside I thought the decor would be a bit more spectacular. The bathrooms were kinda depressing and void. Though it is a wonderful preservation of time.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

At the time, those bathrooms were the height of everything desirable in a mid-century modern house.. The house was built in 1947, not a lot of flash and show was required in a house.. unlike today.

[@philosopher0076]

Remember it was the 1940's. Those bathrooms WERE posh and big...for that time.

[@arakaramed]

What a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful home.

[@rae0521]

I don't agree... I think it's plain and boring. Name just ONE interesting feature. A pool is a pool. A bedroom is just a bedroom. Etc., etc. I saw nothing that would interest me. It's all yours.

[@alexp3752]

@@rae0521 Boring and simple were classic 60's way of living. You have to understand the people and times back then. Remember WW2 taught many people countless lessons of frugality and function. Simple is and was better.

[@rae0521]

@@alexp3752 Thanks for your views, Alex P. I fully agree that life in the "classic 60s" was more simple. I fully DISagree about the "boring" part. The wave of recovery and expansion that followed WW2 was a boom time that enabled almost anyone who wanted a job to have one, and freedoms to do whatever you wanted beyond the wildest imaginations of those under 50. I'm 81... and I LIVED through it all. It was TERRIFIC and anything but "boring."

[@kaynemccully5266]

I'm surprised the furniture looks kind of like a motel

[@stephenacs]

Where is this home...? It’s not his last home where he lived with Barbara for many years in Rancho Mirage. That home at Tamarisk had been added on to and was a bit of a hodgepodge.

[@hannecatton2179]

From the ground up ! Wow , what a novel way to build a house ! They are usually built from the top down aren´t they ?

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

Sinatra and the Rat Pack great entertainers, will never know how high up the ladder connection went ..but according to my grandfather who was a heart specialist and knew Mr. Sinatra my grandfather once said ..."He was connected and leave it at that ..youngman" ..if your ever in Williams Arizona ( near the Grand Canyon) stop and read the plaque on the hospital wall ..thats my grandfather also stop and eat at Rods Steakhouse 👍

[@kathleensheridan2063]

Very nice place! ❤️

[@YoungoneYoung-lm4xe]

Good Lawd Ava Gardner is beyond striking.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

in the late '40s, she was voted America's most beautiful woman... however, by the late '50s that all change when booze and cigarettes destroyed her beauty.

[@YoungoneYoung-lm4xe]

@@Nunofurdambiznez Sadly, I think that is all too common in Hollyweird.Along with drug use and multiple sex partners.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@YoungoneYoung-lm4xe correct

[@RaceIsOpen]

Wow! a very beautiful house and the location, is tops

[@davidjames666]

@4:17 that looks exactly like a hotel bathroom I stayed at on US95 in South Carolina. I only rented it for 1 hour.

[@kimhardin9747]

Now that's a swimming pool.

[@AJ1990.]

I wonder how many dead bodies can be found in the desert surrounding...

[@donaldperez7981]

You mean on his property

[@AJ1990.]

@@donaldperez7981 right

[@8535eddie]

That's gotta be like going to a museum. If those walls could talk. I can just see JFK wandering out to the pool!

JFK would ask his young intern to give a oral service to somebody as he wanted to watch. He did that in the White House indoor pool.

[@drizzt8965]

@ You kind of ruined the thoughts that Ling's comment created for me. Was JFK really that perverted?

[@johna.4334]

@@drizzt8965 Yes

[@johna.4334]

@ Oh jeez!

[@maryjones8554]

Fascinating! Would love to see it :)

[@Christopher41791]

Is the Residence for sale....?

[@IanP1963]

Whose the dude in a hat with glasses walking in the grounds ?

[@Phenom4ever24]

Saw the picture of this video and immediately thought wow I did an event over there 5 years ago and was delivering things in and out working in that exact driveway in the picture so I immediately recognized it. Crazy

[@sturs100]

That home should be as famous and visited as Graceland.

[@MrMelgibstein]

Great place ,you climb over the mountains and you're in Los Angeles in no time.

[@ethereal1257]

That whole bit about ppl dressing up and having a dinner party in his house just seems creepy.

[@tompetterson6956]

AMEN

[@rj9617]

That Ava Gardner was the cat's meow! 😻

[@icebergbart216]

When I used to visit Frankie, a helicopter ride from LA to Palm Springs cost $60,000. Probably a lot more now. I miss the old days.

[@mjleger4555]

No one called him "Frankie" except outsiders! That was his son, not Francis Albert!

[@frisco21]

Not to quibble over minor details, but aren't _all_ homes built from the ground up? I've never heard of a house that was constructed from the roof down.

[@johnandersen6752]

It's just an old expression. It means he didn't live in a pre-existing house. It was all 100 percent new.

[@mjleger4555]

True! That narrator needs to clean up his act!

[@bruceingram4715]

Aren't all houses built from the ground up, or so they sometimes start with the roof and work their way down?

[@teenherofilms]

I lived in Palm springs and I couldnt stand the weather.

[@nywvblue]

From tough-guy-street-kid in Hoboken to a fully realized artist (his paintings alone are astonishing but I’m referring to the artistic sensibility imbued in everything he did). Sure, money makes that journey easier but all he started with was a handsome face and arresting singing voice. He did it HIS way.

[@jquest43]

Can you recommend a good documentary and book on his story?

[@donnydizzle2781]

Love the 1950s vibe and I was born way after that...

[@archieluxury7959]

Those turntables would never pass muster today with High end audio..Ouch !!! 3:34