Original television script for The Frank Sinatra Show.

Published by New York: CBS, 1951

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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.

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A rare survival from the years when Sinatra had fallen from grace and embarked on the affair with Ava Gardner that led to the dissolution of his first marriage. The couple were to marry on 7 November 1951. The show - also known as Bulova Watch Time - aired on NBC on Saturday evenings and ran for two seasons between 1950 and 1952. Sinatra performed songs and sketches with guests; this episode, starring Phil Silvers and June Hutton, closed with the great Victor Young song, the noirish "Stella by Starlight". This copy signed "Ross" at top fore-corner of the cover sheet, perhaps a floor manager on the show, with pencilled annotations in his hand. The group of ephemera includes photographs of The Voice with disc jockey Bob McLaughlin, a favourite host on Los Angeles radio station KLAC. Viewing these shows now, Sinatra, sporting a pencil moustache - a rare stylistic faux pas - looks haunted. This is a fascinating memento from the lowest point in his career, before From Here to Eternity (1953) and the Capitol years changed everything. Quarto (280 x 225 mm), 79 pp. script (numbered 1-50 but with double-numberings and unnumbered inserts), titled on front page "The Frank Sinatra Show - Routine - Show of June 2, 1951"; [with:] group of four photographs (90 x 140 mm, one a little smaller): two publicity shots of Sinatra and disc jockey Bob McLaughlin (with facsimile autographs), two of Sinatraphile Florence Briggs and her collection of ephemera and albums (one dated June 1952 on verso); card put out by the Sinatra publicity department printed with the name of Florence Briggs. Script showing minor signs of handling, a few splash marks, light creasing, overall in very good condition.…

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Title
Original television script for The Frank Sinatra Show.
Author
SINATRA, Frank.
Publisher
New York: CBS, 1951
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Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.

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