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Sinatra;Frank Early Years

Michèle Morgan (Actor), Jack Haley (Actor), Irving Cummings (Director), Laslo Benedek (Director) | Rated: NR (Not Rated) | Format: DVD
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The dreamy voice doesn't seem to fit the scrawny young fellow singing-- but this was precisely the early appeal of the young Frank Sinatra. He, and The Voice, are on agreeable display in this low-key MGM musical, with Frankie cast as an ex-GI ecstatic at returning to the greatest place on earth. Where else but Brooklyn? The 1947 movie is on nobody's short list of great MGM efforts, and it feels cobbled together from different projects. Sometimes it's a Jimmy Durante comedy, sometimes it's a showcase for snub-nosed Kathryn Grayson's coloratura (she does bits of Lakmé and Don Giovanni), and toward the end it becomes a fundraiser for a local boy who wants to be a pianist--a bizarre distraction from the romantic triangle of Sinatra, Grayson, and Peter Lawford (whose talent resides in Durante's comment, "He has a very fine command of the English language"). Best tune: Ol' Blue Eyes crooning the lovely "Time After Time." --Robert Horton

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5.0 out of 5 stars greeeeaaaatt Oct 20 1999
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Format:VHS Tape
a must for any new yorker or sinatra fan. ps. great musical # by peter lawford
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sinatra Sings Mozart? Feb 17 2003
By Thomas H. Prindle
Format:VHS Tape
Indeed he does (La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni) with Kathryn Grayson, and quite gracefully too. This unique duet is worth the price of admission, but in addition you get loveable Jimmy Durante, an icon of vaudeville and early television (where ARE those shows?), and charming Peter Lawford, Kennedy in-law and Rat Packer-to-be! The plot is indeed forgettable, but the highlights make it worthwhile.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bronx cheer for "Brooklyn" Sep 25 2001
By Frank Terranella
Format:VHS Tape
This is a movie whose time has past. Unlike its contemporary "This Time for Keeps" (also starring Jimmy Durante) this one is stale. It's a relic from the post-WW II years with a script as pedestrian as they get. If you want to see the best this movie has to offer, see "That's Entertainment." The clip there of Durante and Sinatra is all this tired black and white musical has to offer.
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