Word: sinatras
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have taken shape enough for publication. The adventures of Bob Weekes' party, rumored to have included even Lt. Towne, are some of the more interesting off-shoots from the Parker House dance. The spirit here almost matched that displayed by Jim Rafferty, collecting tickets and doing a Frankie Sinatra at the same time...
Bing suffers in this film Bob Hope did in "The princess and The Pirate." Together, the two are comedians separately, Bob is a comic without a foil and Bing a straight man struggling to be funny. Except for his painful parody of Frank Sinatra, Bing's singing is regular Crosby stuff and good if you like...
Gentleman Joe Neal admits that he has recently been converted to the Frank Sinatra fan club. Did his new "study buddy" Cecil Rhodes have anything to do with this conversion? We are conducting a survey of the sale of tobacco at ships service since the last Sources case. Word has reached us that the members of Companies 1 and 2 are immediately sickened at the mention of that word...
...Frank Sinatra, having just switched from vitamins to cosmetics (TIME, Jan. 1), quit the Lucky Strike Hit Parade (CBS, Sat., 9-9:45 p.m., E.W.T.). Reason : piping himself into the Manhattan program from Hollywood had cost him $2,000 more than his $2,800 weekly stipend...
...decided to walk out on his contract, and his nervous employers decided he might as well. George Burns readily agreed. Then Bill Goodwin played his ace: this week he becomes the featured comedian on the Frank Sinatra program-with the Swoonmaster as straight man. Salary: $1,000 a week...