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| Frank Sinatra - They Were Very Good Years | 
 enlarge | Actor: Frank Sinatra
Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 37830
Format: Box Set, Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 300 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.9
MPN: 5500
UPC: 025493550092
EAN: 0025493550092
ASIN: B00009W0W5
Release Date: July 22, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: May 16, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
The Frank Sinatra series traces the career of this century's most versatile entertainer. Placing special emphasis on Frank Sinatra's film and television work, this remarkable 5 part series chronicles the ups and downs, and over and outs of a career that has spanned more than half a century. Included are classic film clips from his fifty-seven theatrical films as well as Mr. Sinatra's two forays into series television, and his numerous guest appearances on television shows over the years, plus interviews with the people who know him best: friends and coworkers such as Eddie Alber, Sammy Davis, Jr., Shirley Jones, Juliet Prowse, and many others. The Bobby Sox Years (Part 1) Chronicles Frank Sinatra's early life as a struggling band singer from Hoboken, New Jersey. Dynamic rare archival footage and insightful interviews illuminate the world that shaped Sinatra's early life, from his birth in 1915 to the early 1940's when he had teenage girls in bobby sox swooning at his concerts with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras. The Hollywood Years (Part 2) Frank Sinatra's appearances with Tommy Dorsey led to a few appearances in film. A contract with MGM then brought him star status with such luminaries as Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, and Esther Williams. He was no longer a mere celebrity, he was becoming a legend, and the legend would continue to grown until Frank Sinatra became synonymous with music itself. The legend next went on to tackle television with a weekly series of his own. Hollywood, The Second Time Around (Part 3) After leaving movies for television he returned to the motion picture screen at a time when may thought his career was over. But Sinatra proved that he could bounce back and bounce back he did, going on to win a Oscar for his acting in From Here to Eternity. He followed that film with a series of hit films (and a few misses) over the next two decades. The Swinging Years (Part 4) As the leader of the Rat pack, Sinatra epitomized the high life of the late 1950's. Among his cohorts were Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, and Sammy David, Jr. They worked together and they played together. When they weren't in front of the cameras or in a recording studio, Las Vegas was their home. The Vintage Years (Part 5) Finally, even Frank Sinatra thought that it was time to step down form the stage, and so he announced his retirement. But a short time later he was back in the recording studio. If anything, his retirement seemed to step up his pace. He not only returned to making records, he began appearing in films again, and toured the worked giving live concerts. For the last six decades, Frank Sinatra has entertained people in all walks of like all over the world. He has indeed become a legend.
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 Not enough voice from The Voice August 12, 2007
I was disappointed by this production but perhaps that was because I was expecting something different. Sinatra's life and growth was outlined from the early years but I found it repetitive and a little tedious. There is not much Sinatra fans don't know about his life. What I really wanted was the hear him sing! Why couldn't the producers have played the songs in the sequence they were recorded and weave the story around them.
One scene showed him sitting on a stool saying how wonderful the song he was about sing was ... unfortunately, we never heard it! The same thing happened more than once and was extremely frustrating.
If you want to hear The Man sing then this is not the collection for you. Stick to the CDs.
Good info...bad narrator February 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is probably as definitive a set of "extended bio" as you will be seeing in a while. Since the original set comprised of 6 VHS tapes (which I also still own), the video quality on the newer interviews (Jeanne Carmen, Joey Bishop and others) are pretty standard to a late 80s set. However, due to questionable (read: poor condition) source material, the video quality for the "Colgate" "Frank Sinatra Show" and the promotional footage for Sinatra's movies are substandard. Very soft, almost kinescope video footage for a nearly 60 year old TV ad or stage footage is acceptable to a certain extent.
The narrator seems to be reading from a script that doesn't offer many revalations, I'm afraid. The way he phrases sentences together, one sometimes thinks he's summarizing (a la E! THS) an event and allow the video and/or audio finish the rest of the thought.
All in all, it's a good comprehensive collection of video footage, though I would certainly like to have seen more of the Frank/Ava video footage and pictures as opposed to "Their marriage was one of turbulence" and then move onto an affair he had with Juliet Prowse. Certainly Frank and Ava were the Bradgelina of the 50s, weren't they? Why no more attention to that than there was for the Kennedy afillation?
Frank Sinatra, the very good years January 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good images. Very interested in early years of Frankie.
 GOOD BUY FOR THIS PRICE April 3, 2004
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
A nice package of three discs which is an extended version of a 2 DVD set with the same title which lacks of last part Sinatra Memorial. One of the most important advantages of this DVD is it has more than 5 hours running time. So the price is very cheap for such a DVD with long playing time. The set includes 6 parts ("The Bobby Sox Years", "The Hollywood Years", "Hollywood: The Second Time Around", "The Swinging Years", "The Vintage Years" and "Sinatra Memorial". This DVD is replete with many old footages from his early years. Particularly, if you are looking for Sinatra's historic movie career, this DVD will satisfy you. DVD includes some interviews with his friends and co-stars such as Sammy Davis, Jr., Shirley Jones and Juliet Prowse. It is disappointing that within these different parts, some scenes and footages are used couple of times. It is not good to see the same things over and over again. From time to time, picture and sound quality decreases due to the age and rarity of the footages used. Unfortunately, at the fifth part, some scenes freezes very frequently. I am not sure if this defect is on my copy only or not. However, considering its long playing time and cheap price, it is still worthwhile to add this one to your Sinatra Collection even with all these disadvantages.
nice overview of Sinatra December 13, 2003
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
There are very few DVDs or Videos covering Frank Sinatras life. This set is the closest I ve found. If you are looking for a lot of his music this isn't the set,but it covers Sinatras life very well. You'll find clips from many of his movies and TV shows as well as important milestones in his life. If you get a couple of his TV shows such as "A Man and his Music",the Rat Pack Dismas house DVDand the excellent A@E Rat Pack Biography along with this set you would have a nice DVD collection of Sinatra..his music and his life.
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