Frank Sinatra
Actor
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly
- Wartime tale of two sailors on leave in Hollywood. A milestone due to the combination of gene Kelly's live–action choreography coupled with…
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley, Henry Koster
Feat. Robert Walker, June Allyson, Lucille Bremer…
- A technicolor MGM musical, which was the first in a series of biopics by MGM about Broadway composers: this one is a fictionalised account of the…
On the Town (1949)
- Dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
- Exuberant musical about three sailors enjoying a day's leave in New York is about as good as this stuff gets. The cast almost bounce off the screen.
Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Everybody's Cheering) (1949)
- Dir. Busby Berkeley
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly
- An excellent warm–up for ON THE TOWN with Sinatra and Kelly playing vaudeville buddies in the early–1900s who yuck it up in variety…
From Here to Eternity (1953)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr…
- Frank Sinatra established himself an actor alongside Burt Lancaster in this account of life at a Honolulu barracks at the time of Pearl Harbour.…
Young at Heart (1954)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Doris Day
- Slick musical with Frank Sinatra wooing Doris Day, while trying to make it as a singer.
Suddenly (1954)
- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden
- Frank Sinatra impresses in an unsympathetic role: a sneering, cynical war–veteran out to practice his marksmanship on the President of the…
Guys and Dolls (1955)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Vivien Leigh
- Snappy popular musical in spite of its length. Marlon Brando appears in an atypically upbeat performance.
Man with the Golden Arm, The (1955)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak
- Cardsharp Frank Sinatra, is fresh out of 'the joint' with dreams of being a jazz drummer. Heroin though, is keeping him down, trapped in a…
Not As A Stranger (1955)
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra…
- Undemanding medical drama notable for being Kramer's directorial debut and for its abundance of big stars in small roles.
Mitchum plays against…