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Sinatra was an extremely pleasant surprise

posted 12 years ago by TheAntiJohn
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Frank Sinatra is one of my favorite actors but I've only seen him playing really cool, suave, debonair type characters, and it was such a pleasant delight to see him play the shy, insecure, dorky Clarence, and he did it so perfectly. I was actually shocked at how convincing he was. I think if someone's first movie with Frank was this, and then they saw Pal Joey, it would totally blow their minds. Because Joey is such the polar opposite of Clarence. It just shows how awesome Frank really is. God bless you sir, god bless you.

[–] practicepiano 12 years ago

AntiJohen, if you haven't done so since you posted, you might want to check out
Take Me Out to the Ballgame and On the Town.

In those films, Sinatra was cast as the shy, inexperienced guy, in contrast to Kelly's "smooth operator" character, as well.

[–] TheAntiJohn 12 years ago

I actually did see those films since posting and I did love them and Frank's performance immensely. thanks anyway though, haha

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[–] GinaRenee 11 years ago

I've always wondered about that. Sinatra was ANYTHING but inexperienced, as we all know -- it's so funny they kept casting him in that kind of part again and again! Just once, in one of their films together, it would have been interesting to see him play the "wolf" and Kelly play the lamb. :-)

[–] practicepiano 11 years ago

I forgot -- he's cast that way in It Happened in Brooklyn, as well. It seemed to be an MGM thing to cast him as that shy guy over and over.

[–] ziggystar86 9 years ago

It was interesting to see him look so young in this, he was rather pretty. He must have been 29 in this.

[–] RobbieCalifornia 8 years ago

He was just getting his start in films.