Gary Saderup Celebrity Charcoals
Size: 20"W x 24"H
Description:
Name: Frank Sinatra
D.O.B: 12 December 1915
Your favourite stars of yesterday and today dramatically captured with charcoal
on canvas-textured background.
About: Growing up on the streets of Hoboken,
New Jersey, made Frank Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. Starting
out as a saloon singer in musty little dives (he carried his own P.A. system),
he eventually got work as a band singer, first with The Hoboken Four then with
Harry James, then Tommy Dorsey. With the help of George Evans (Sinatra's genius
press agent), his image was shaped into that of a street thug and punk who was
saved by his first wife, Nancy. In 1942 he started his solo career, instantly
finding fame as the king of the bobbysoxers - the young women and girls who were
his fans. About that time his film career was also starting in earnest. Known as
"One-Take Charlie" for his approach to acting that strove for spontaneity and
energy, rather than perfection, he was an instinctive actor who was best at
playing parts that mirrored his own personality. A controversial public affair
with screen siren Ava Gardner broke up his marriage to Nancy Barbato. After a
vocal cord hemorrhage all but ended his career, he fought back and won the
coveted role of Maggio in From Here to Eternity (1953). He won an Oscar for best
supporting actor, yet still didn't have widespread acceptance in Hollywood. He
continued to give strong and memorable performances in such films as The Man
with the Golden Arm (1955), Suddenly (1954) and, especially, The Manchurian
Candidate (1962) - probably his best film. For the rest of the 1960s he
concentrated mainly on lighter roles, playing hard-boiled private eyes and
hamming it up with his Rat Pack buddies Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.. Of
these films, The Detective (1968) and Ocean's Eleven (1960) are the best. His
last lead role was as the aging detective in The First Deadly Sin (1980). He
gave a moving performance that was a fitting finale to a long and rich career.
