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Sinatra's costumes were an embarassment

posted 15 years ago by oldsenior
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Sinatra did'nt have a song until 34 minutes into the movie. Luckily Grayson had two songs up to that point. Herb Nacio Brown was the composer, with a great track record for great songs, but in this movie had only one song that was memberable (Love is where you Find It), maybe it was because of the unknown (at least to me) lyricists.

They should have at least designed dark colored pants for Sinatra, Those whites and greys just stood out and caused a distraction from the scenes. The best I can say is that he resembled a "scare crow", all he needed was straw coming out of the bottom of his pants and his sleeves.

Also a distraction was the added nose for J. Carrol Naish, I did'nt even know it was him.

Just as well I guess, because the story was "lousy". Also, not enough musical numbers.

[–] lnoft97 14 years ago

More musical numbers would have helped. But even if the story was 'lousy', you have to appreciate this movie for what it is, not one of the all-time greats, but a curiosity in Frank Sinatra's career. Embarrassing costumes are a major part of the attraction! It would have been a LOT more boring with good costumes.

[–] oldsenior-1 14 years ago

Inoft97: What a great response. You make perfect sense to me. Thanks.