stuart.uk wrote:Hi Miss G
Sammy IMO made more of an effort to acheive success in the UK, touring here constantly. He worked with many of our entertainers Bruce Forsyth, Roy Castle and Lionel Blair. I don't think I can get any you tubes on this forum anymore, but I'll try to put on a great routine between Sammy and Lionel.
Hi Stuart! I can believe it about Sammy. Europeans would have been more open and appreciative.
It's funny, though part Italian, Dean wasn't suspected of Mafai conenctions that Frank was and Tony Bennet, a close pal of Frank's wasn't in the rat pack
Yes those stories abound, and do bore me considerable. I saw enough of Hollywood to know that the whole
town, just like Wall Street, is in bed with the lowest elements in every conceivable racket known to man. But
it's easier to hit the tallest targets while the real guilty parties hide in plain sight.
If this dosen't work I'll send it privately. It didn't work, but it's on your own private system now. I just remembered Lionel saying he thought Sinatra mean on the occassion Sammy had to give up the best room in a hotel so Frank could move in to it. Lionel in global terms will be known for doing a dance routine of A Hard Days Night, as The Beatles walked across a televison stage
I'm afriad I don't know of Lionel Blair.
I believe to be as successful as Dean was, he couldn't be an overly heavy drinker. On saying that other actors like William Holden and John Thaw kept it well hidden, as it didn't appear to effect their wo
And John Barrymore and Spencer Tracy and a host of others. It eventually catches up to you. It's probably
what killed Clark Gable.