I saw this the night it happened. I'm not saying that Sinatra didn't win, but what has always bothered me about this is that Mercedes did not look in the envelope. Makes you wonder....
Guys shut up, this was Sinatra's 1st Comeback. He just worked hard to get that role of Maggio. He's my favorite artist in music along with Dizzy Gillespie. And don't mention Bieber or Lady Gaga close to him, they don't even belong in Frank's world nor Dizzy's.
Guys shut up, this was Sinatra's 1st Comeback. He just worked hard to get that role of Maggio. He's my favorite artist in music along with Dizzy Gillespie. And don't mention Bieber or Lady Gaga close to him, they don't even belong in Frank's world nor Dizzy's.
It's sad that people are slandering such a great man's name instead of talking about this win (which was deserved!) and the video itself. I wish the Oscars channel would delete the offensive comments on their videos.
Frank Sinatra did an excellent job in From Here to Eternity as Maggio. The other actors were good also, but the roles were not of Academy merit. Yelling "Shane, Shane...come back Shane" is not worthy of the Oscar.
I love Sinatra, but you gotta be nuts to think he legitimately earned an Oscar for his average performance in ETERNITY. This is a Godfather dictated award plain and simple. Each of the other four candidates performed better in their respective movies - each of which by the way is also a movie classic. No knock against Frank. He was down and out and did what he had to do: use all the resources at your disposal. Nobody got hurt - except the horse.
Only fool can believe the myth was created by Mario Puzo. It's a shame for Americans don't to know the real facts about it and believe fables. For several years Sinatra was at the lowest point of his career. He was devastated, broken. Why did not the Mob help him before? Do not you want brains to think?
you're a moron. Frankie needed for this award desperately. His career was destroyed by the press led to war against him. He is brilliant actor and singer.
The other four nominees could have been understandably pissed that none of them got applause. Frank's so excited that he kissed that first guy, haha. It really was a good role, too. I recommend From Here to Eternity highly.
mercedes was also rock hudsons sister in Giant, where she took Liz Taylors horse and rode it into the ground till it had to be put down, I never liked her after that. (Yeah I know it was only a film).
mercedes was also rock hudsons sister in Giant, where she took Liz Taylors horse and rode it into the ground till it had to be put down, I never liked her after that. (Yeah I know it was only a film).
@croonlover You have a point. Last week, Natalie Portman won an Oscar for best actress in the movie, "Black Swan." She won an Oscar for what? Doing a lesbian sex act on the set along with doing 5 masturbation scenes? That's low class.
@seppelt - The woman he kisses when he stands was his then 16 year old daughter, Nancy Sinatra. Nancy and Frank, Jr. accompanied him to the ceremonies that night. Little Tina stayed home with Big Nancy. Frank and Ava were on the rocks when this took place - she was in Spain with her bull-fighter boyfriend.
Ol' Mercedes sure got excited. She was a big star as well at that time. It's fun to witness the rejuvenation of a career and the birth of an American legend.
Sinatra wins over Palance. Yeah right, OK. No influence there. To this day nobody has ever beat the performance of Jack Palance as a villian in a Western, he is the devil in black, period. Yet a skinny guido who gets drunk and beat up wins. Yeah, that a real acting stretch for someone like Sinatra. Give me a freakin break.
Holding the OSCAR the firs words he says "THAT'S CLEVER OF ME" This was a BRILLIANT definition of the Core of who he was...he thanked no one...and he made a Point of saying there was a Lot of singing on the show...and no one asked him to sing...so The Studio ...the cast or crew and director and even his parents...NOTHING not a word...not a word...this truly defines the man...NOT his Talent...the talent and the CHARACTER and Virtues of a Man are defined for all time in this kind of moment...
@SIRTONY Sinatra raised more than a billion dollars too charity in his lifetime!! A very generous man, giving to anybody he knew who needed a lending hand because until this movie put him back on top, he too suffered for a couple years and tried committing suicide on more than one occasion. Frank Sinatra is the man no doubt about it, what a life! It is said a man would give twenty years to live the life he lived! I'm glad he was Italian, makes me proud he was the greatest singer in history!!!!
@SIRTONY Not to split hairs here, but I'm pretty sure he says "That's a clever opening". Not quite as annoying as "That's clever of me" would have been.
Youre an idiot. He was one of the most generous people in all of show business. You obviously are basing this on opinion rather than fact and to show how ignorant you are, he does not even say, "That's clever of me." Stop being jealous.
@SIRTONY Slandering a long dead man is pretty ridiculous, especially since he was known to be exactly the opposite of what you claim, i.e., highly charitable and very grateful.
Why would he thank his parents? his father was absolutely opposed to his singing int he beginning years. At this point in his life, nobody was there to back him up. His life and career were crumbling. If it wasnt for Ava, He wouldnt of gotten this award. And at the time, they were going thru a nasty breakup/
don't get me wrong i love frank as much as the next i have....almost every single song of his on my ipod and like 10 of his records but can't people just be good at one thing....i mean sean white(idk how the F**k u spell his first name) he is awsome at snowboarding and then has to try to be the next tony hawk also...and everyone on disney channel(IF U CAN EVEN CALL IT DISNE'YS WORK) has to be able to act and be a singer it doesn't make sense
this has to be the best era in American movies , great material and brilliant actors, burt Lancaster & Montgomery Clift should have got awards also, but such is politics. otherwise one of the true greats in motion movie history I never tire of looking at it.
@gallogotti79 I just did, Brandon should have won it. By saying that"nobody fucks with" and getting 55 thumbs up, well that is a bad sign for democracy, something he was not addicted to.
The fact is, the Mob did not get him the role, franks wife at the time eva gardner was working on a film with columbia and spoke to one of the studio bosses saying they should give frank an audition, they gave him one and they loved him. The Mob had fuck all to do with, that mob stuff is only believed by idiots who have seen the godfather one to many times.
It's easy to see why Ava Gardner claimed Frankie weighed 110 pounds. "100 pounds of cock, and ten pounds of Frank." Frank thanked nobody in particular, which is typical Frank, but he knew whom he had to thank the most- Ava, who made a personal pitch to Harry Cohn's wife, who managed to persuade Harry to test the then washed-up Frank for the part. Frank did a superb test. Notice that the audience didn't applaud for any other nominee? They knew he had hit bottom, and were rooting for him.
A lot of people don't know that the woman presenting Frank with the Oscar is Mercedes McCambridge. Academy Award winner herself and as Linda Blair's demonic voice in 'The Exorcist.' Simply Amazing!
A lot of people don't know that the woman presenting Frank with the Oscar is Mercedes McCambridge: Academy Award winner herself and best known to OUR generation as Linda Blair's demonic voice in 'The Exorcist.' Amazing.
Frank was genuinely stunned in this clip. I don't think it sunk in when he was standing on the podium. It's very clear that he was the strong favorite to win -- these events were much more sober, muted affairs than the bombastic overproductions we have today, though at least the modern Oscars still retain a touch of class. Despite that, the crowd couldn't resist applauding when they heard his name. The rebirth of a legend who would grow to even bigger fame, right here.
You wanna see a GREAT Sinatra acting performance? Check him out in 'The Man With The Golden Arm.' Nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, the role of a drug addict was thought to be too controversial back in the 50's. But watch him handle the cards! He deals cards like a close-up magician! Just great!
@laswilliam Very tru. Sinatra always thought he won for the wrong picture, being "Golden Arm." Bobby Darin was of the same thinking, being nominated for "Captain Newman, M.D." but shoulda been nom & won for "Pressure Point" which I wholey agree. And Matt Monro shoulda won many Grammys including the Lifetime Achv. RIP these wonderful legends & artists
haha, how excited was she when she announced it was Frank Sinatra. Its funny also how when she was reading out the nominations, you can only hear claps when she calls out Frank Sinatra.
That was pretty awesome though. It was amazing to see how EVERYONE was behind him. The woman announcing couldn't contain herself. The audience only clapped for him. And he was never so humble.
And thank god for this, because the best was yet to come for Frank and it wouldn't have if not for this victory.
@redstatesrule LOL- I was thinking the same thing! But when you have the, *ahem*, talent, like FS, you can run like a gurl and get away with it! But knowing Frank, as I do of course, he probably ran like that as not to wrinkle his tux lol
Amazing to see this as it was the pure moment when not only did FS' career turn around, but his legend was on the upswing to immortality. This one moment when he became THE most perfect Hollywood/Show Business Star forever. As it is....
@redstatesrule The woman "announcer" was Oscar winning actress Mercedes McCambridge; but you'd probably only know her as the voice of the child "Regan" in the Exorcist.
I would have jumped up and down when I called his name too...I would be counting the steps it took him to get up there and kiss me hahahaha...No wonder she was so excited...
The horses head?? Wow thats good stuff!! Sinatra played an Italian kid from Hoboken and did a great job...He was perfect for the part and that's why he got it..In fact Eli Wallach turned the part down to do Tennessee Williams on Broadway...Get your facts straight you idiot! Puzo was a fictional writer!
Yes, Ava was up for Best Actress, but she lost to Audrey Hepburn for "Roman Holiday." I think that Ava and Frank were estranged by the time he won his Oscar, which is ironic because she helped to get him the part, re-energizing his career.
He's almost as good looking as this one amazing man who stole my heart. :) Love you too! Now I want to watch that movie with that one amazing man who stole my heart... someday, I hope.
Yeah he is sitting pretty close to the back- i assume the woman he kisses when he gets up is ava. what do they do when 2 nominees attend as a couple? was ava sitting near the back as well? was either of them expected to win anything that year?
Angelo Maggio was a terrific role and somewhat of a comback for Frank, as his music career was on the downturn at the time. Frank really fit the role. From Here to Eternity had some great character roles, such as Frank playing Maggio, or the great actor Ernest Borgnine playing the role of the mean brig guard, "Fatso Judson." Tremendous movie all around, with great performances by some of the best in the business.
The movie was not bad, however the movie was far removed from the book. The censorship back then would not have allowed the book to be duplicated on screen. The part that Donna Reed played was a prostitute in the book and everyone was banging everyone. The film was a must softer version. But still a good film.
I definately believe Frank deserved the oscar but it hardly looked like she looked at then envelope. Either way he did amazing in From Here To Eternity.
She didn't have to. I believe that in most occasions the announcers actually do know whose name is in the envelope. She just forgot to check it "for the public" :)
swallow a little applesauce and egg concoction halfway down the pipe and you got satanic groanings. lol. in all fairness, the competition was weak that year. it was a gratuitous gimme. animal
Sinatra's performance was excellent and the part he played was realistic. The competition was not weak that year and it was not a "gimme" as nobody gave a damn about Sinatra back then, as he had been going down hill for quite some time and no one gave a rip. So please, spare us oh "wise one."
Did she even open the envelope and how come he was the only person to receive a cheer from the audience. I think that for that year it was all about popularity
Yes that is Donald O'Connor hugging Frank Sinatra because he names best actress Audrey Hepurn in Roman Holiday earlier. Those who say Frank won because of politics don't know what they are talking about. Frank's career had gone down hill. He was at risk of being a has been. Nobody was listening to his music anymore, so there was no incentive to name him best supporting actor for From Here to Eternity. He truly deserved it that year. Had he not won it that year his career would have floundered.
Frank accepted this award with such class and humility. Nowadays many actors have to make a political statement, with the exception of Russell Crowe when he won for Gladiator. Crowe has got class just like Sinatra.
I <3 Frank Sinatra!!
relentlesscountrygrl 3 weeks ago
Did you see the way the host skipped when she announced Sinatra's win? Adorable...
Alibbiyax 1 month ago
I saw this the night it happened. I'm not saying that Sinatra didn't win, but what has always bothered me about this is that Mercedes did not look in the envelope. Makes you wonder....
druxy1 1 month ago
Guys shut up, this was Sinatra's 1st Comeback. He just worked hard to get that role of Maggio. He's my favorite artist in music along with Dizzy Gillespie. And don't mention Bieber or Lady Gaga close to him, they don't even belong in Frank's world nor Dizzy's.
jazzalex22 1 month ago
Guys shut up, this was Sinatra's 1st Comeback. He just worked hard to get that role of Maggio. He's my favorite artist in music along with Dizzy Gillespie. And don't mention Bieber or Lady Gaga close to him, they don't even belong in Frank's world nor Dizzy's.
jazzalex22 1 month ago
It's sad that people are slandering such a great man's name instead of talking about this win (which was deserved!) and the video itself. I wish the Oscars channel would delete the offensive comments on their videos.
ashleyg325 2 months ago
Eddie Albert was robbed.
Ivanatis 2 months ago
I love how don and franky have a hug n kiss; the two gene kelly prodigys
dcs93 3 months ago
And somewhere Don Vito Corleone is applauding.
Ready4Freddy 5 months ago 3
i like the way he runs to the stage lol
butternuttt 6 months ago
er ist old blue Eye...
KCMcSify 6 months ago in playlist the oscar winners 1
Epic spank at 00:46 :P
stache500 6 months ago 2
@stache500 geez that guy really went for it
MeYamoMira 5 months ago
Frank Sinatra did an excellent job in From Here to Eternity as Maggio. The other actors were good also, but the roles were not of Academy merit. Yelling "Shane, Shane...come back Shane" is not worthy of the Oscar.
hpylori7 6 months ago
I love Sinatra, but you gotta be nuts to think he legitimately earned an Oscar for his average performance in ETERNITY. This is a Godfather dictated award plain and simple. Each of the other four candidates performed better in their respective movies - each of which by the way is also a movie classic. No knock against Frank. He was down and out and did what he had to do: use all the resources at your disposal. Nobody got hurt - except the horse.
DreamsCumTrue469 7 months ago
@DreamsCumTrue469
Only fool can believe the myth was created by Mario Puzo. It's a shame for Americans don't to know the real facts about it and believe fables. For several years Sinatra was at the lowest point of his career. He was devastated, broken. Why did not the Mob help him before? Do not you want brains to think?
MrsHarryStreet 6 months ago
@DreamsCumTrue469 I think you need a psychiatrist.
endgammer 6 months ago
Even he knew he didn't deserve it.
IamtheBurceDickenson 7 months ago
@IamtheBurceDickenson
you're a moron. Frankie needed for this award desperately. His career was destroyed by the press led to war against him. He is brilliant actor and singer.
MrsHarryStreet 7 months ago
Frank should have also gotten the Oscar for The Man with the Golden Arm.
theMissJackson101 7 months ago
The other four nominees could have been understandably pissed that none of them got applause. Frank's so excited that he kissed that first guy, haha. It really was a good role, too. I recommend From Here to Eternity highly.
okonh0wp 7 months ago
1:47 oh Frank :L such a legend!
bexbeckyxx 8 months ago
Frankie boy is that dude!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
AdrenalineJnkyRB 9 months ago
i love how he literally runs up to get it. wonderful :)
holyunderwear92 9 months ago
Mercedes McCambridge looked like she was happy when Sinatra won. That was his come back year. He deserved it as he was great in the part.
doggsector 9 months ago
That broad almost jumped out of her panties when she read Franks name. Smooth as olive oil..Love ya Frankie baby.
WiseGuy5674 10 months ago
I'm so glad Frank won that year!! It meant so much to him and he was great in From Here To Eternity
It enabled him to make a comeback - so the whole world benefitted in the long run!!
grai 10 months ago
mercedes was also rock hudsons sister in Giant, where she took Liz Taylors horse and rode it into the ground till it had to be put down, I never liked her after that. (Yeah I know it was only a film).
gemini1100
gemini1100 10 months ago
mercedes was also rock hudsons sister in Giant, where she took Liz Taylors horse and rode it into the ground till it had to be put down, I never liked her after that. (Yeah I know it was only a film).
gemini1100 10 months ago
Ah, if only the Oscar ceremony were so simple now...announce nominees, announce winner, winner accepts award, makes speech, THE END.
Glad Frank won, he's one of the greats <3
IsThisLife09 11 months ago
Ah, if only the Oscar ceremony were so simple now...announce nominees, announce winner, winner accepts award, makes speech, THE END.
Glad Frank won, he's one of the greats <3
IsThisLife09 11 months ago
You can tell it was the best day of the presenters life
Optimist117 11 months ago
sinatra was the most talented fella on earth! and he wasn't a sucker like todays entertainers!!!! he was a true marvel and the rest is rubbish:
croonlover 11 months ago
@croonlover You have a point. Last week, Natalie Portman won an Oscar for best actress in the movie, "Black Swan." She won an Oscar for what? Doing a lesbian sex act on the set along with doing 5 masturbation scenes? That's low class.
sheltv100 11 months ago
@seppelt - The woman he kisses when he stands was his then 16 year old daughter, Nancy Sinatra. Nancy and Frank, Jr. accompanied him to the ceremonies that night. Little Tina stayed home with Big Nancy. Frank and Ava were on the rocks when this took place - she was in Spain with her bull-fighter boyfriend.
PBP908 1 year ago
i like frank but why does he run like a girl
yassigole 1 year ago
I like her name.
ThatsMrMoronToYou 1 year ago
I love how nobody clapped when she was reading the names out except for Sinatra :P
Paperbagman555 1 year ago 13
Ol' Mercedes sure got excited. She was a big star as well at that time. It's fun to witness the rejuvenation of a career and the birth of an American legend.
MrCombat1965 1 year ago
That's what I call a MAN!
Sassenach79 1 year ago
so much class...
MrDreamer 1 year ago
That was just adorable.
elvisobsessor 1 year ago
the presenter is just a little obsessed...
cazm94 1 year ago
@cazm94 cant blame her, can we?:)
safehouse123 1 year ago
Absolutely love the little jump at 0:41
:D
SpottyBlueSheep 1 year ago
I love Frank's music, but he did not deserve that award.
Davian67 1 year ago
@Davian67 You will burn in hell for this.
slipnslide20 1 year ago
There's no business like Frankie's business!
ben4nadurata 1 year ago
I love the presenter jumping for joy...love it..she's just excited she's gonna get to kiss him..i would be too!!!
peeteeclark 1 year ago
Sinatra wins over Palance. Yeah right, OK. No influence there. To this day nobody has ever beat the performance of Jack Palance as a villian in a Western, he is the devil in black, period. Yet a skinny guido who gets drunk and beat up wins. Yeah, that a real acting stretch for someone like Sinatra. Give me a freakin break.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
It's Frank's world, we just live in it
bubbagunooch 1 year ago
Holding the OSCAR the firs words he says "THAT'S CLEVER OF ME" This was a BRILLIANT definition of the Core of who he was...he thanked no one...and he made a Point of saying there was a Lot of singing on the show...and no one asked him to sing...so The Studio ...the cast or crew and director and even his parents...NOTHING not a word...not a word...this truly defines the man...NOT his Talent...the talent and the CHARACTER and Virtues of a Man are defined for all time in this kind of moment...
SIRTONY 1 year ago
@SIRTONY Sinatra raised more than a billion dollars too charity in his lifetime!! A very generous man, giving to anybody he knew who needed a lending hand because until this movie put him back on top, he too suffered for a couple years and tried committing suicide on more than one occasion. Frank Sinatra is the man no doubt about it, what a life! It is said a man would give twenty years to live the life he lived! I'm glad he was Italian, makes me proud he was the greatest singer in history!!!!
gallogotti79 1 year ago
@SIRTONY Not to split hairs here, but I'm pretty sure he says "That's a clever opening". Not quite as annoying as "That's clever of me" would have been.
burf69 1 year ago
@burf69 , you're right. That's exactly what he said.
lf1234 1 year ago
@SIRTONY
Youre an idiot. He was one of the most generous people in all of show business. You obviously are basing this on opinion rather than fact and to show how ignorant you are, he does not even say, "That's clever of me." Stop being jealous.
oceanse11 1 year ago
@SIRTONY Slandering a long dead man is pretty ridiculous, especially since he was known to be exactly the opposite of what you claim, i.e., highly charitable and very grateful.
ratchetfp 11 months ago
@SIRTONY
Why would he thank his parents? his father was absolutely opposed to his singing int he beginning years. At this point in his life, nobody was there to back him up. His life and career were crumbling. If it wasnt for Ava, He wouldnt of gotten this award. And at the time, they were going thru a nasty breakup/
jasong145 10 months ago
don't get me wrong i love frank as much as the next i have....almost every single song of his on my ipod and like 10 of his records but can't people just be good at one thing....i mean sean white(idk how the F**k u spell his first name) he is awsome at snowboarding and then has to try to be the next tony hawk also...and everyone on disney channel(IF U CAN EVEN CALL IT DISNE'YS WORK) has to be able to act and be a singer it doesn't make sense
JohnnyDfan911 1 year ago
Bullshit... he didn't deserve it and sold his soul to get it!!!!!
Gaygarious 1 year ago
your are an idiot, frank deserved that award, maybe ur one of those up themselves brando fans.
ofotcnest 1 year ago
Is that joe from little women presenting?
PLUSH4eva 1 year ago
Did you see how the presenter jumped for joy? Awesome!!
1RomanticHeart 1 year ago 3
this has to be the best era in American movies , great material and brilliant actors, burt Lancaster & Montgomery Clift should have got awards also, but such is politics. otherwise one of the true greats in motion movie history I never tire of looking at it.
mickeyh1961 1 year ago
Her excitement stemmed from the fact that he'll kiss her on the cheek. :)
whoareyou342 1 year ago
I thought Frankie's Oscar was for The Oscar, Harlan Ellison's FANtastic bio-epic.
raydog699 1 year ago
Whether it was the mob for his win or not, it doesn't matter because he is Frank Sinatra, and nobody fucks with Frank, nobody!!!
gallogotti79 1 year ago 126
@gallogotti79 I just did, Brandon should have won it. By saying that"nobody fucks with" and getting 55 thumbs up, well that is a bad sign for democracy, something he was not addicted to.
davidoffon 1 year ago
Brando was overrated, frank was a better actor than brando.
ofotcnest 1 year ago
The fact is, the Mob did not get him the role, franks wife at the time eva gardner was working on a film with columbia and spoke to one of the studio bosses saying they should give frank an audition, they gave him one and they loved him. The Mob had fuck all to do with, that mob stuff is only believed by idiots who have seen the godfather one to many times.
ofotcnest 1 year ago
@gallogotti79 He was a wimp - couldn't fight his own battles
MrJackthebiscuit 8 months ago
Imagine all of this and his best work was still ahead of him.
endgammer 1 year ago
He should have thanked organized crime.
smoothsheets 1 year ago
@smoothsheets Yep.
IrthosThuril 1 year ago
im portuguese and hollywood is cool,in portuguse its sad like this-hollywood é fixe.
fixe-cool ,é-is
CarlosMvPtuga 1 year ago
It's easy to see why Ava Gardner claimed Frankie weighed 110 pounds. "100 pounds of cock, and ten pounds of Frank." Frank thanked nobody in particular, which is typical Frank, but he knew whom he had to thank the most- Ava, who made a personal pitch to Harry Cohn's wife, who managed to persuade Harry to test the then washed-up Frank for the part. Frank did a superb test. Notice that the audience didn't applaud for any other nominee? They knew he had hit bottom, and were rooting for him.
defundthewar 1 year ago
Ah yes! Brilliant arrenged victory by the mob!
BlackenedForLife 1 year ago
you cant help but fall in love with Frank Sinatra when you see him like this :)
layDbugsandhuricanes 1 year ago
Howecome people can't talk like that anymore? So classy and sophisticated.
jdubayou12 1 year ago
@jdubayou12 Agreed! Today's performers talk and behave like they left their common sense at home.
johnyzero2000 1 year ago
A lot of people don't know that the woman presenting Frank with the Oscar is Mercedes McCambridge. Academy Award winner herself and as Linda Blair's demonic voice in 'The Exorcist.' Simply Amazing!
JMarc85 1 year ago
A lot of people don't know that the woman presenting Frank with the Oscar is Mercedes McCambridge: Academy Award winner herself and best known to OUR generation as Linda Blair's demonic voice in 'The Exorcist.' Amazing.
JMarc85 1 year ago
I just adore the part where he kisses Donald O'Connor. So cute. He was so happy.
ashleyg325 1 year ago
He deserved it. His career was headed downhill before this and he sure showed them. It was a great performance.
blkchk 1 year ago
Frank was genuinely stunned in this clip. I don't think it sunk in when he was standing on the podium. It's very clear that he was the strong favorite to win -- these events were much more sober, muted affairs than the bombastic overproductions we have today, though at least the modern Oscars still retain a touch of class. Despite that, the crowd couldn't resist applauding when they heard his name. The rebirth of a legend who would grow to even bigger fame, right here.
exmortis 1 year ago
You wanna see a GREAT Sinatra acting performance? Check him out in 'The Man With The Golden Arm.' Nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, the role of a drug addict was thought to be too controversial back in the 50's. But watch him handle the cards! He deals cards like a close-up magician! Just great!
laswilliam 1 year ago
@laswilliam
If Sinatra hadn't gotten the songs...or the parts...that put him in the public eye...
he'd have been...making pizza's.
frickadele 1 year ago
who cares... and how do you know that? some things are just ment to be. Sinatra was one of them
startvideonow 1 year ago
@laswilliam Very tru. Sinatra always thought he won for the wrong picture, being "Golden Arm." Bobby Darin was of the same thinking, being nominated for "Captain Newman, M.D." but shoulda been nom & won for "Pressure Point" which I wholey agree. And Matt Monro shoulda won many Grammys including the Lifetime Achv. RIP these wonderful legends & artists
makthnife 1 year ago
Back when people had real style and talent.
sqweezel 1 year ago
Could you imagin' being there...
THSTitan42 1 year ago
haha, how excited was she when she announced it was Frank Sinatra. Its funny also how when she was reading out the nominations, you can only hear claps when she calls out Frank Sinatra.
screenjunky 1 year ago
at this time, he kinda looked like alan from two and a half men
leogava 1 year ago
He gave a hell of a performance in FHTE, he deserved this.
skylur44 1 year ago 2
He is so cute here.. hehe!
Love him at 1:52
lou1606 1 year ago
He is so cute here.. hehe! :D
Love him at 1:52
lou1606 1 year ago
He was, in my opinion, one of the most underrated acters of his and our time.
Pleblian 1 year ago 10
@Pleblian He is one of the most overrated actors (and singers) of any time!
mad4mtl 1 year ago
@mad4mtl
you need help - that is crazy
jeffreysimmons 1 year ago
@mad4mtl haslfsdhalskdjfhalksdjfhlkasjf
pmb22gma 1 year ago
@Pleblian yeah man, thats totally why hes winning an oscar dawwgg
xXBlinDXx12 6 months ago
Is that me, or she doesn't even open the envelope...?
Querzeo 1 year ago
"If I start thanking everybody, I'll do a one reeler up here, so I better not....."
Wish all winners adopted this strategy!
hobokendago 1 year ago
Why was he running that's what I don't get. Though I'll say this character was my favorite in that movie I'm not sure it was oscar worthy.
cbgflygirl 1 year ago
Greatest entertainer in American history!
ambradfo 1 year ago
guter alter frank !!!
FlipSport1 1 year ago
Effortless class. Wow. It helps to watch Sinatra videos just to learn to be a gentleman.
fc7alibi 1 year ago 4
Love you always.. Frank.. 12/12
Brownee46 1 year ago 2
what a gentleman
nicki446 1 year ago
is mi imagination or frank sinatra everybody was happy about this o he was in the oscar with all friends
girlierichie 1 year ago
They dont make them like that anymore.
tenmilemedia 1 year ago 64
The envelope was all ready open. So much for secrecy!
arbgast641 1 year ago 6
hey! she didnt open the envelope, what happened there?
loombaron 2 years ago 4
the girl that says whos the winner is crazy about frank, look how she look at him.
loombaron 2 years ago 7
too fancy and too polite we lack this attitude and such behave. Sir Sinatra.
diamonddonut 2 years ago 7
She never looks in the envelope. Hmmm.
druxy1 2 years ago 4
we love you too, Frank
theblackparade1039 2 years ago 2
God, that lady seems TOO excited,haha..Frank just adorable,handsome,what a great voice..
He's running is cute :P
dani9714 2 years ago 6
What do you know -- Frank ran like a girl.
That was pretty awesome though. It was amazing to see how EVERYONE was behind him. The woman announcing couldn't contain herself. The audience only clapped for him. And he was never so humble.
And thank god for this, because the best was yet to come for Frank and it wouldn't have if not for this victory.
Pretty cool.
redstatesrule 2 years ago 18
@redstatesrule LOL- I was thinking the same thing! But when you have the, *ahem*, talent, like FS, you can run like a gurl and get away with it! But knowing Frank, as I do of course, he probably ran like that as not to wrinkle his tux lol
Amazing to see this as it was the pure moment when not only did FS' career turn around, but his legend was on the upswing to immortality. This one moment when he became THE most perfect Hollywood/Show Business Star forever. As it is....
makthnife 1 year ago
@redstatesrule The woman "announcer" was Oscar winning actress Mercedes McCambridge; but you'd probably only know her as the voice of the child "Regan" in the Exorcist.
jsbach15 1 year ago
@jsbach15 Holy shit!
SHE was the demonic voice in the Exorcist?
geostillo78 1 year ago
@redstatesrule I think I read that he stopped seeing his Psychiatrist after this win.
endgammer 1 year ago
I think it is so cute how excited she is when she says that it was Sinatra, she practically couldn't finish saying it!
okamilune 2 years ago 6
1953, it was amazing to see how humbled he was. You rarely ever saw him again so speechless.
bman560 2 years ago 6
@okamilune
Yep, Mercedes is excited all right!
Frank, you rock!!
gamesport88 2 years ago 3
What yhear was this? Anybody know?
BC150YEARS 2 years ago
it says in the description 1954
coughfilmsco 2 years ago
Read the description...
FlacoTV 2 years ago
<333 ahh i loove Frank<33 i like how they only clapped for him haha pretty obvious he was going to win
pinkejinx 2 years ago 6
A terrific upload.
bedcrumbsmusic 2 years ago
"Um... that's a clever opening."
nobody is as slick as sinatra.
tragic1Kingdom 2 years ago 4
I would have jumped up and down when I called his name too...I would be counting the steps it took him to get up there and kiss me hahahaha...No wonder she was so excited...
OnyxtheDrummer 2 years ago 3
The horses head?? Wow thats good stuff!! Sinatra played an Italian kid from Hoboken and did a great job...He was perfect for the part and that's why he got it..In fact Eli Wallach turned the part down to do Tennessee Williams on Broadway...Get your facts straight you idiot! Puzo was a fictional writer!
fatcatchet 2 years ago
lol they only clapped for him
mrjekyll09 2 years ago 3
I guess the horse's head thing worked!
jeffreyabigail 2 years ago 2
And i want to thank my friend giancana, for everything.
quiquecongals 2 years ago
Lol!
FrankPalmerWhite 2 years ago
What a marvelous speech he gives - humble, witty and gracious. What an Oscar race that was that year in that category.
Such wonderful stuff - thank you so much!~
virgosun1 2 years ago 5
I get chills every single time I hear his name called.
fashionglindaguru 2 years ago 2
Yes, Ava was up for Best Actress, but she lost to Audrey Hepburn for "Roman Holiday." I think that Ava and Frank were estranged by the time he won his Oscar, which is ironic because she helped to get him the part, re-energizing his career.
JulieFeucht 2 years ago
When did they stop mentioning the movie studios names along with the nominees? I think it's kinda cool.
2nd2nun1 2 years ago
Frank Sinatra's connections to the Kennedys in great new bio (Ted Kennedy: The Early Years) at amazon!
Bestmanme08 2 years ago
He's almost as good looking as this one amazing man who stole my heart. :) Love you too! Now I want to watch that movie with that one amazing man who stole my heart... someday, I hope.
kjb0410 2 years ago
Yeah he is sitting pretty close to the back- i assume the woman he kisses when he gets up is ava. what do they do when 2 nominees attend as a couple? was ava sitting near the back as well? was either of them expected to win anything that year?
seppelt 2 years ago
in the olden days someone would open the envelope for the presenter, take the card out then hand it to the presenter with the envelope!
Jonboi713 2 years ago
sinatra un genio soy cantante de tango soy argentino me llamo hernan frizzera los invito a disfrutar de mis videos gracias
hernancaseros 2 years ago
Does Mercedes McCambridge even read/open the envelope??????
FredNotJorge 2 years ago
your right i never noticed that
maybe they told her before and she was to excited to open it
Kaleido37 2 years ago
That last line about nobody asking him to sing is classic!!
goodfellabeats 2 years ago
I love what he says at the begining and the end, it's just very amusing.
coconutgrove8 2 years ago
Hell goddamn yes!!!!!!
francisswings 2 years ago
Angelo Maggio was a terrific role and somewhat of a comback for Frank, as his music career was on the downturn at the time. Frank really fit the role. From Here to Eternity had some great character roles, such as Frank playing Maggio, or the great actor Ernest Borgnine playing the role of the mean brig guard, "Fatso Judson." Tremendous movie all around, with great performances by some of the best in the business.
McGlasshole 2 years ago
The movie was not bad, however the movie was far removed from the book. The censorship back then would not have allowed the book to be duplicated on screen. The part that Donna Reed played was a prostitute in the book and everyone was banging everyone. The film was a must softer version. But still a good film.
doggysector 2 years ago
if you look, the envelope was opened already for her, so she glances and thats that
MoontideJM 2 years ago
Go on 'Ol Blue Eyes :)
ILuvDepp 2 years ago 2
I definately believe Frank deserved the oscar but it hardly looked like she looked at then envelope. Either way he did amazing in From Here To Eternity.
555000m 2 years ago
She didn't have to. I believe that in most occasions the announcers actually do know whose name is in the envelope. She just forgot to check it "for the public" :)
Sanderus 2 years ago
Mercedes had a nice voice back then, obviously wrecked by smoking, but without this the Exorcist voice would have been a disaster!
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
swallow a little applesauce and egg concoction halfway down the pipe and you got satanic groanings. lol. in all fairness, the competition was weak that year. it was a gratuitous gimme. animal
shoulda won
ultrakool 2 years ago
Sinatra's performance was excellent and the part he played was realistic. The competition was not weak that year and it was not a "gimme" as nobody gave a damn about Sinatra back then, as he had been going down hill for quite some time and no one gave a rip. So please, spare us oh "wise one."
doggysector 2 years ago
Mercedes McCambridge seemed to be rather pleased he won....
chislehurstbat 2 years ago 4
I'll bet they never sat him way in the back after this! Loved the movie and him in it. But Burt Lancaster? Sigh!!!
blkchk 2 years ago
Sinatra was THE MAN!!!
gugkra2 2 years ago 5
did she even open the envelope
jb26508 2 years ago
Did she even open the envelope and how come he was the only person to receive a cheer from the audience. I think that for that year it was all about popularity
jb26508 2 years ago
Did she open the envelope and he was the only one who got a clap. were the Oscar's about popularity back then
jb26508 2 years ago
Dear Oscars, please post Frank presenting Best Supporting actress to Eva Marie Saint the following year. I am dying to see her speech, Thanks!
ashleyg325 2 years ago
Yes that is Donald O'Connor hugging Frank Sinatra because he names best actress Audrey Hepurn in Roman Holiday earlier. Those who say Frank won because of politics don't know what they are talking about. Frank's career had gone down hill. He was at risk of being a has been. Nobody was listening to his music anymore, so there was no incentive to name him best supporting actor for From Here to Eternity. He truly deserved it that year. Had he not won it that year his career would have floundered.
doggysector 2 years ago 4
He won it thanks to the efforts of Don Corleone.
7beers 2 years ago
Frank accepted this award with such class and humility. Nowadays many actors have to make a political statement, with the exception of Russell Crowe when he won for Gladiator. Crowe has got class just like Sinatra.
doggysector 2 years ago 2
sinatra had the best life ever,he out shagged out drank and out lived any of his comrades. the 2nd best singer ever
elvisuk 2 years ago 3
Who may Idare to ask was or is a better singer?
endgammer 2 years ago
bing or elvis are better crooners, imo
ultrakool 2 years ago
ya right ha !
roydon0526 2 years ago
Class.
daweller 2 years ago
he owes his oscar to the chicago crime families
sathyayork 2 years ago
dont judge cause you dont know that.
Matt3740 2 years ago 2
Good one.
HaroldPlatypus 2 years ago