Frank Sinatra - Edward R. Murrow

[@johnferrier2803]

Sinatra should have won the Academy Award for Man With the Golden Arm. I think Sinatra was very highly under appreciated as an actor. He could have been just as successful as an actor as he was as a singer.

[@123Rockchild]

He will always be known for his iconic singing first.

[@user-eo9ie7zn9p]

He wanted On the Waterfront. They delayed the contract signing and gave it to Mr. Brando. His hood. He wanted Sky. They didn't give it to Robert Alda or Gene Kelly. He wanted Private Slovick. JFK...sticky...It went to Mr. Martin Sheen later. 🎉🎉🎉 WGNJMNFAS

[@user-eo9ie7zn9p]

Bogart said if Frank stuck to acting and gave up women he would have been the greatest actor in Hollywood.🎉🎉🎉 WGNJMNFAS

[@mxnfx]

Never...again..will..we..see..class...like..this!!...Never!!....

[@230608grace]

Today June 13/20 and there is chaos and Mayhem in America. The Democrats are MAD

[@akrenwinkle]

Did... you...have...a...stroke?

[@fever_spike]

My two fave ‘Person To Person’ interviews: This one, an’ the one with Dean Martin an’ family (February 7, 1958).

[@yannickleroux3212]

Love Miami vice. Watched the show 6x already haha

[@RONWOLPA]

I am reading James Kaplan´s book , Sinatra The Chairman and on chapter 6 , he mentions this interview. Thank you very much for posting this video.

[@jonnyquatromusic]

I just read that passage and looked this up. Great book!

[@zidanezizu4873]

Ed Murrow was amazing . He’s more interesting than most of his guests . He’s incredibly charismatic

[@mc.fancy.soul.5357]

There hanging fridges now...why did I crack up so hard. 😂👏👏👑

[@judyweeks1480]

Wow, what an interview. You know, say what you want about Sinatra but he shows humble confidence in this interview. He certainly doesn't forget to pay tribute to those who helped him. He shows an eloquence and respect that I didn't think he possessed. And yes, he's proud of his accomplishments and his new house, I don't blame him. He was more rounded than I ever thought he was as shown by his mementos he proudly displays. He doesn't forget he has work to do and hurries out to get to his job. Shows pride for his children too. Tell you what, I would have loved to have a dish of his spaghetti and meatballs.

[@story_by_nila]

theres a video on youtube where he cooks spaghetti maybe you can create his dish

[@splattt8088]

He talks about 2 of my favorite movies of his here, The Man with the Golden Arm and The Joker is Wild

[@markmcintyre1360]

Great interview. I love to see things on here from the original time period.

[@karlhungus5554]

Great piece of history. Thank you for this wonderful upload.

[@mariedicristoforo9057]

love shows like this .too bad you'll never see these programs again .

[@saintcruzin3190]

Prime Frank. Wee Small Hours and Songs for Swingin' Lovers time period; two of his classic LPs. Thanks for the upload...

[@michaelchapman4955]

"Songs for Swingin' Lovers" '56 was recorded around the corner from My grandparents' home @'Capitol Melrose 5515 Melrose Ave Later to become KHJ in LA

[@milkmanchristian9859]

Saw the colorized version on the Smithsonian channel! It was amazing

[@Victoria-xu2nj]

I need to find it!

[@jan-christinejohnson5256]

Love the car honking "It's time to go".

[@im1who84u]

I know, I was thinking the same thing. I am sure his driver honks at Frank. Most likely most of the questions were preapproved including that last one where is career was in the dumps and his future looked bleak to say the least. That "honk" was probably pre planned and a "sound effect". It sounded a little loud to be heard that well in the house if the car truly was outside of that vary large house. Along with Bob Hope helping him out, he asked Ava Gardner (his then wife) who was a very big star at the time and was on location filming a movie called "Mogambo", if she would use her influence to get him a part in the movie called, "From Here to Eternity", and she did. Unknown to Frank, she was also pregnant with his baby. She didn't want "it" and flew to London during one of the breaks and had an abortion. When Frank found out about this he was furious and went through the roof.... but what could he do? He owed his career comeback to her, things like that in Hollywood were strictly kept quite, and if he wanted to continue to have a career he had better keep his mouth shut. When he went in to "apply" for the part, the powers that be intentionally made him wait a long time in the waiting room before they would see him. There way of belittling him. Even with Ava backing him they were reluctant to hire him, so he offered to do the part for free and then they gave the part to him. Further belittling him.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@im1who84u "Apply" for a movie role? Waiting room? You might be confused, thinking Frank was trying to get a cashier's job at Walgreens.

[@im1who84u]

@@akrenwinkle Thank you for your insight. I am not a Hollywood actor or connected to film making in any way, so I may not have my terminology correct but as an outsider I did my best express myself. I think most people that read my comment will get the concept of what I am saying.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@im1who84u With the help of then-wife Ava Gardner, it was already arranged that Frank would test for the film, and Frank offered his services for $1,000/week. He didn't fill out an application form, nor was intentionally kept waiting in a room to belittle him. Sinatra and Cohn were not friends; Cohn didn't have a friend in the world. However, it seems pointless to humiliate Frank before his two test scenes. Why you posted what you did, I don't know.

[@im1who84u]

@@akrenwinkle I pretty sure Frank was paid $8,000 for the movie which was much less than his previous movie where he made over $100,000..... but I don't understand where you are going with this or what point you are trying to make here. I've explained I am not a Hollywood insider and don't know the vernacular. But anyways, thanks for your input.

[@RubberChickenFilms]

That TV is pretty darn big for 1956.

[@ChristopherMarshburn]

High end kitchens have come a long way since then.

[@mikeswanson1466]

Thanks, it was a pleasure to see this cool interview.

[@celiabennett7314]

Best singer ever .

[@kathipapaleo3230]

Thanks for sharing this video.

[@robjones2408]

Reading James Kaplan's magnificent biography "Sinatra - The Chairman", when he mentioned this interview. Fascinating snapshot of a long gone period in American history. Ed Murrow, of course took on the vicious bully Joe McCarthy and won. A great presenter and a very brave man, especially during that dreadful period in the early 1950s.

[@michaelchapman4955]

'Yes, Edward R. Murrow was a Gutsy giant in the World of Journalism & Francis Albert Sinatra was making his way to becoming a giant in the Recording & Entertainment Industry & Yes, a 'Fascinating snapshot here in this Video of American history...

[@mskiara18]

From the information I have read, The program recorded over two hundred episodes. I wish all episodes can be available on DVD or online, as I immensely want to view more of the interviews.

[@e.m.hedderman9178]

❤ed this interview with Edward R. Murrow and "Old Blue Eyes." I remember shortly after he died in 1998, Architectural Digest (my brother subscribed to it), did a a feature on Frankie's house in Hollywood, and the room that really impressed me was the library which had bookcases that literally went from the ceiling to the floor. Legend has it, that Frank was VERY self-conscious about his "blue collar" upbringing, and became "self educated," by reading classical literature, history, etc. Wow! What a life and career. He truly was the best recording artist of all time, who also was a VERY underrated actor, as well.

[@56Packman]

Thanks for posting this!

[@zidanezizu4873]

Great sound quality from over 70 years ago

[@wadebarnett2542]

Your math is off. The show aired in 1956. In a few years, you'll be correct, so no prob.

[@natalee217]

@@wadebarnett2542 😂😂😂😂right

[@CertifiedHuSTLer]

Frankie baby!

[@patsySurry-pn9fm]

He was just great,in’s thing he has done,he was fabulous,I just love him

[@bumbleWeaver]

wow never heard the bob hope connection before!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Edward R. "Ed" Murrow (nacido Egbert Roscoe Murrow), (25 de abril de 1908 - 27 de abril de 1965) fue un periodista estadounidense. Trabajó como locutor de noticias en la CBS para radio y televisión.

[@Wolshanze]

Fascinating

[@kevbieri]

It's funny that this show was remade in the 90s and called "MTV cribs"

[@lilise3965]

Isn't this great?!?

[@123Rockchild]

You can see that Frank is trying to be such a good host here.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Really something here 😊

[@SanBrunoBeacon]

The Chairman of the Board at home....

[@joanienoeldechen4133]

Intetesting...4 u

[@user-wo3ki4ej1b]

The original mtv cribs lol

[@jacquesfinet8508]

1956

[@WokerThanThou]

Is he having a two way conversation by doing a shelter-in-place interview?

[@franksonatra]

no, it's pre-recorded but edited in a way that looks like a two-way conversation. (still cool though)

[@wilburbonzo]

fascinating

[@user-eo9ie7zn9p]

❤❤❤ WGNJMN 😮😮😮

[@user-eo9ie7zn9p]

😂🎉Cool pad.

[@ap-tl8uz]

does anyone know record he played at the end of the video

[@56packmanable]

“Where the blue of the night meets the gold of the day” by Bing Crosby.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Frank Sinatra 12/12/15 14/05/98

[@annwest2889]

We

[@humbertoschumacher]

Who's here by the James Kaplan's book?

[@monkface]

I am! I just read page 122 and came straight here! great stuff.

[@billhancock9875]

I am!

[@humbertoschumacher]

+bill hancock That's Great Bill! I live in the south of Brazil and love Mr. S.! Kaplan really spends all of his book writing down about the 50' and the 60' of Frank, so enjoy the book!

[@billhancock9875]

humberto gama Did you also read "The Voice"? Great book

[@user-eo9ie7zn9p]

Frank helped found the nation of Israel. Look up his Jewish and Palestinian activism.