The Man With The Golden Arm

[xplodinggrrrl]

how cool to find the opening credits to The Man with the Golden Arm on here! Amazing music in that film- and the fil,m itself was very ahead of its time. it's one of my faves - have it in my expansive film collection. very cool. thanks so much for posting it. 

[candylandstarranch]

My husband had the logo shown at the end of "The Man With The Golden Arm".

[CrooningFebbre]

Just made it my new ringtone :]

[cyberlarry7]

What a great great great driving score by Elmer Bernstein. There's just NO ONE like him working today. God, what a talent.

[Sam93Brown]

didnt saul bass make this?

[gunnrunn762]

I bet he could have used a pill of suboxone rite about now huh?

[redstarboy93]

COOOLLL just like the movie !

[jslasher1]

Let's hear it for Elmer Bernstein's great score, too.

[nancyfloressantos]

From the 1956 movie The Man with the Golden Arm. Wonderful to have it posted here.

[cosycleaner]

Perhaps if the Beavis and Butthead types who seem to populate YouTube got to know a little film history they would learn that The Man wWith the Golden Arm was aclassic 50s thriller with an outstanding Sinatra performance whereas the Bond fim in question was The Man with The Golden Gun, one of the poorest 007 films ever!

[flowage5]

great tune

[papo4me]

great movie frank trying to get on the road to be a drummer in a band but the ways of the world aren't easy on him

[mule412]

very gay!

[tumsabai1]

@mule412

Does that mean they are "happy"???

[MrUxus]

Swastika +1

[SteevDragon67]

very cool! I am taking a graphic design class talking about this credit sequence, and how when the movie was released, film canisters would say on them, for the sake of the projectionist, "please open curtains before film starts'. the sequence was seen as so vital to the film, that the studio felt it ought to alert projectionist of this. a very enigmatic, often copied film opening sequence! Thanks for posting!

[ant1ph0n]

@SteevDragon67 seems long winded and contrived. as for graphic design, and this is obviously in the context of a year ago, i hope to god you change degrees considering your profile background. also, whatever the instructor says, dada is still the shittiest and stupidest art movement ever.

[DareToDream3]

@SteevDragon67 I totally just read about that in my Graphic Design  text book lol. I'm doing an essay based around Saul Bass in my GD course

[TournesolMaster]

It's not Bond, it's about a drug adict... this was the first important movie intro.

[OldRoyalAscotRaces]

such a cool tune

[avatarnarutochuck]

Cool jazz music by the one and only Elmer Bernstein.

[TerryCraig23]

0:16 - Swastika o.o

Anyway, gotta love Saul Bass!

[52766]

Urm... no. I don't think so.

[el6caballo6oscuro6]

hehe I never thought of Frank Sinatra as a smack head untill I saw this - now everytime I hear one of his tunes it's all I can think about

[secretbint]

My favourite Bond movie.

[heyyybrian]

what

[secretbint]

Roger Moore. The Man With The Golden Arm. You know the one.

[heyyybrian]

isnt that the man with the golden gun.

[secretbint]

Where?!!!

[simonrobots]

I think I saw him once

[DawnCaster]

Lol this isn't a bond movie you tool!

It's about drug addiction and dealing with freedom on the outside after prison. It stars Frank Sinatra!

[secretbint]

On the contrary, I know a bond film when I see one. This is definitely the Man With The Golden Bond starring Roger Connery.

[samknight666]

Its not the Bond film lol. sorry but you have got a bit confused. Easily done I suppose.

[secretbint]

I am certain Roger Moore is in this. Christopher Lee as Scaramanga.

[samknight666]

haha are you joking around?

If not, then simply look at the credits. You will not see Roger Moore or Christopher Lee in them.

You are confused with the man with the golden gun lol

[greedo1973]

That would be "the man with the golden gun"

[samknight666]

Roger Connery?

this guy is definatly winding us all up lol.

I think its best we just ignore him haha

[secretbint]

Forgive me, I am confusings.

Sean Dalton, perhaps?

[Bigstu92]

lol

[twarkmain]

Roger Connery is the best bond ever.

Period!

[multiph]

@secretbint ... what the F*** ... Sean Moore, you idiot ;) ... the James Bond is Sir David Niven (1967, Casino Royale)

[secretbint]

@multiph Excusings, you are correct of course. I was thinking of Timothy Brosnan.

[vittoriostoraro]

@secretbint

Are you a complete moron ?

[secretbint]

@vittoriostoraro Not fully qualified yet.

[vittoriostoraro]

@secretbint

Good to know.

[JubalCalif]

@secretbint

Man with the Golden Bond? Sorry but it's actually The Man with the Awesome Anus. The theme during the closing credits is "The Whoopee Cushion Serenade" by none other than Freddie Flatulence and his Five Hot Toots! They're a GAS, man! In the words of the immortal Bard, "Hey dude...who cut da cheese?" But even this classic flick fails to give us the answer to the most perplexing mystery in the universe: are there really rings around Uranus ???

[madcow123500]

@secretbint actually its not a bond film. your thinking of 'the man with the golden gun' this film was made in 1955 by Otto Preminger, it stars Frank SInatra and not Roger Connery. This film is about a man (played by Frank Sinatra) with a drug addiction who is in and out of prison but tries to make a better life for himself but is held back by the people around him.

just though i should correct you there :D

[secretbint]

@madcow123500 So no Sean Moore, then?

[madcow123500]

@secretbint no. no Sean Moore. sorry :(

[brynbron]

@madcow123500 Are you serious? i literally cant tell if you are trying to be funny, or that you are a full on window licker.

[madcow123500]

@brynbron i am a full on window licker. jeeeeeez. I am not trying to be funny, I just thought I would correct an innocent mistake. Is this OK with you? And yes. I am deadly serious (especially about the part of me being a Window Licker.... mmmm windows are tasty to lick :P)

[secretbint]

It certainly is not Frank Bond! It is Sean Moore as 006.

[310245535]

I absolutely love this movie! Actually, it could possibly be one of my favourite movies of all time. It's dark - deffinately a Film Noir, but by all accounts, an amazing film!

[justwatchthedamvideo]

official first movie with interesting intro credits

[mifrikiloro]

a perfect tune, a perfect movie, a perfect animation.

[Justdiespawn]

Amazing.

[ritacea]

Wonderful!

[puck30]

The Billy May version of 'The Man With The Golden Arm' can be found on 'Ultra Lounge Vol.7- The Crime Scene' (CD)

[beriflor]

mr sinatra deserved best actor award for this role, as he also did for manchurian candidate, but hollywood screwed him both times, that's why he's the greatest singer of all time, his feelings and phrasing will never be duplicated in history

[TurnOffTard]

It's amazing and so haunting

[shellismyhero]

I've never seen the movie. Although I want to.

But I played the music in band a few years ago. Amazing.

[puck30]

Search B&N's site. 'St. Clair' has a cheap version. And 'Warner Home' has a more expensive version. I have the 'Hard Hitting Heros' version from 'Vintage'(came with a Bogart, and a Cagney film). Not too shabby of a print. Picked it up in a Dollar General for $3 Bucks.

[galatispit]

The great Saul Bass !!!!! a graphic designer, art director, animator, a legend...

[bogartiano]

Jazz de lo más duro de la época. Magistral Elmer Bernstein.

[TurnOffTard]

i love the movie and the music is superb

[fotofobik29]

so simple but soooo effective!

[KevinCarey]

Excellent movie! I just watched it tonight

[mickflaire]

The actual name of the song is "Clark Street", the first track on Side 1 of the LP 9Decca DL 78257), which is divided up into 3 sections, "The Top", which is what you hear in this video, followed by "Homecoming", and then it cocludes with "Antek's".

The reason i know thissi because I'm actually playing the record right now as I'm posting this!

I found it for 99 cents in a thrift store in San Jose 2 weekends ago!

Cheers!

Mick

[clemente109]

what's the name of this song?,please, Does anyone know?, I will really apreciate it if some kind soul answered.

it's hounting me for days.

[rktcityrebel]

"Delilah's Theme"

[naughtydreadz]

i o it on vinyl as the man with the golden gun

[sampepkestudios]

The Man With the Golden Arm is the title of the song.

[robe1712]

The name of this song is Molly-O composed

by Sylvia Fine Kaye. Wife of Danny Kaye.

was used in this film, The man with the golden arm. You can check in the album from this film.

[gremlin6875]

I wqas hoping to hear the song Molly-O song when I came to this site.

I find references to the song Molly-O by Sylvia Fine Kaye using Google, but I can't find the actual song anywhere.

I still remember the words in the single that was released, although I don't remember who the artist was.

Does anyone know if this song is available anwhere?

[robe1712]

Try Delilah Jones instead of Molly-O

[mickflaire]

The name of the song in the opening credits sequence in the video is "Frankie Machine", featuring Shelley Manne on drums & Shorty Rogers on Fleugel Horn, who also arranged the jazz sequences, with his group, the Giants.

It is also played briefly as "The Top", in the first of 3 sections entitled "Clark Street" at the beginning of the record (Decca DL 78257).

This I know cuz I'm reading it off of the liner notes as I'm listening to the record while posting this reply, LOL!

[dominojack69]

They Should Remake this film

[MrNice222111]

The director of this film was in the movie 'Stalag 17' as the German Commendant!

[mcrchild]

I gotta write an essay on this too, wish i had the intelligence to point out points like the above comments :(

[ritacea]

THANKS!

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

Saul BASS !

[BaronDixon]

Elmer Bernstein composed the score, and I believe it was one of the first, if not in fact THE first, jazz score for a movie.  Elmer Bernstein and Saul Bass popped up in many films together.

[enriqueazpeitia]

cool song yeah!

[cine64]

A combination of music and graphic imagery foreshadow the whole movie. Symbolic needles in with booming up and down bass in the theme like the surge of drugs and shooting up.

[Lukewilcoxson]

I'm writing my dissertation on film credits. I'm trying to think of an intellectual comment to make about this sequence, any help?

[MancoStee]

I did my dissertation on Saul Bass (this movie title maker)... it was a couple of years back but I may be of some help is you still need it.

[xRobbedx]

Same here lol