Essential Frank Sinatra Films

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As he did through his extraordinary singing career, Frank Sinatra on screen disproved the adage about second acts in American lives. The same 1950s midlife gauntlet of career disappointments, romantic tragedy, and a terrifying (if temporary) vocal hemorrhage that transformed his musical identity pushed the slight but ultimately steely Hoboken native to reinvent himself in darker, more adult terms than the teen idol and crooner of a decade earlier. In lieu of the breezy musicals of his '40s Hollywood output, Sinatra successfully plunged into drama: his notorious campaign to land the tragic role of Maggio in From Here to Eternity mirrored both determination and desperation, with Sinatra's subsequent Oscar for Best Supporting Actor the satisfying denouement.

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