Automobile Enthusiast Fact: Ellen Benson (Nancy Gates) drives a 1941 Chevrolet. The State Police drive 1954 Nash Ambassador sedans.
Historical Fact: This is supposedly the film that Lee Harvey Oswald watched just a few days before allegedly assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
Voice Play Fact: Legendary Voice Actor Paul Frees is heard as the voice of the baseball announcer, shortly after his character Benny Conklin is gunned down in the back alleys.
Gun Enthusiast Fact: The rifle the gangsters are using is a German Gewehr 43, also known as a G43 or a Gew 43. It is semi-automatic and fires an 8mm cartridge. It is well-suited for the task they are undertaking.
The Rest Of The Story Fact: After the film was withdrawn from circulation, there was a failure to renew the copyright and it fell into the public domain. As a result, in the early years of home video, the film became widely available from a number of discount/public domain labels. Contrary to popular belief this film was NOT withdrawn from circulation at Frank Sinatra's behest, as he had no say in the matter. His own family has gone to great lengths through the years to dispel this rumor.
I’m inordinately thrilled that you’re reacting to this little gem. Infamously, in the colorized version, Sinatra was given brown eyes. So much for “Ol’ Blue Eyes”!!!
My specialty is westerns, but this is a damn good movie. Not great, but quite entertaining. Sinatra made a number of films. The best Sinatra film, in my opinion, is The Manchurian Candidate, political thriller, but he was also tgood in Von Ryan's Express, a WW II POW escape film. He made a few really good musicals and several no-better-than aveRage westerns. He made several films where he traded successfully on his public image, like Robin and the Seven Hoods (silly, but enjoyable) and Ocean's 11 (spun off from his Rat Pack fam.) I'm a big fan of Sterling Hayden, and its always great to see that fine character actor, James Gleason, do his stuff. Congratulations. Usual great job reacting.
Forgot to mention, this film was off the market for several decades at lest partly because Sinatra, who was at one time a great JFK pal, was very sensitive about his role in this after Kennedy was assassinated. Most consider Sinatra's best dramatic role would be either From Here To Eternity (won supporting actor Academy Award) or The Man With The Golden Arm (about drug addiction.)
An ice cream float and an ice cream soda are two related things (on paper they could be the same but I don’t think so). A float is a glass of soda (most common is root beer or Coke but I prefer orange) and then topped with a scoop of vanilla (usually) ice cream. An ice cream soda is a mix of ice cream, flavored syrup and carbonated water.
In the States in rural areas a familiarity with and ownership of guns is widespread. I'm a city slicker from the east coast but I don't begrudge law abiding people having guns. I knows that's very controversial in Europe.
Sinatra was very uncomfortable with his performance in Suddenly. Even before the Kennedy assassination, he felt he was channeling some inner demons from his own background that bothered him. He had an interesting upbringing in Hoboken New Jersey, where his mother had some pretty unsavory connections with shady criminal and political types. It's also alleged she was involved in the illegal abortion practice.
Sinatra certainly brought out the psycho in this role.
Frank Sinatra starred in dozens of films through in the fifties and sixties, including The Joker Is Wild (1957) and Ocean's Eleven (1960), along with several musicals — Anything Goes (1954), On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), Can-Can (1960) — as well as many films related to WWII in some way or another — From Here to Eternity (1953), Some Came Running (1958), Von Ryan's Express (1965). The dialogue in "Suddenly" explores several themes that were topical for its times that other movies wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. The presidential assassination angle was a decade ahead of its times. Sinatra also starred in the Cold War thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962), a tremendous film with themes that echo to the present which also involves assassination plots. Sinatra's turn in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) playing a drug addicted jazz drummer trying to kick the habit really shows off his acting skills. Plus the soundtrack is cool!
What is your favourite Frank Sinatra film?
"Don't you have any feelings?"
"No, they were taken outta me by experts."
Fun Fact: Shot in four weeks.
Automobile Enthusiast Fact: Ellen Benson (Nancy Gates) drives a 1941 Chevrolet. The State Police drive 1954 Nash Ambassador sedans.
Historical Fact: This is supposedly the film that Lee Harvey Oswald watched just a few days before allegedly assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
Voice Play Fact: Legendary Voice Actor Paul Frees is heard as the voice of the baseball announcer, shortly after his character Benny Conklin is gunned down in the back alleys.
Gun Enthusiast Fact: The rifle the gangsters are using is a German Gewehr 43, also known as a G43 or a Gew 43. It is semi-automatic and fires an 8mm cartridge. It is well-suited for the task they are undertaking.
The Rest Of The Story Fact: After the film was withdrawn from circulation, there was a failure to renew the copyright and it fell into the public domain. As a result, in the early years of home video, the film became widely available from a number of discount/public domain labels. Contrary to popular belief this film was NOT withdrawn from circulation at Frank Sinatra's behest, as he had no say in the matter. His own family has gone to great lengths through the years to dispel this rumor.
I’m inordinately thrilled that you’re reacting to this little gem. Infamously, in the colorized version, Sinatra was given brown eyes. So much for “Ol’ Blue Eyes”!!!
My specialty is westerns, but this is a damn good movie. Not great, but quite entertaining. Sinatra made a number of films. The best Sinatra film, in my opinion, is The Manchurian Candidate, political thriller, but he was also tgood in Von Ryan's Express, a WW II POW escape film. He made a few really good musicals and several no-better-than aveRage westerns. He made several films where he traded successfully on his public image, like Robin and the Seven Hoods (silly, but enjoyable) and Ocean's 11 (spun off from his Rat Pack fam.) I'm a big fan of Sterling Hayden, and its always great to see that fine character actor, James Gleason, do his stuff. Congratulations. Usual great job reacting.
Forgot to mention, this film was off the market for several decades at lest partly because Sinatra, who was at one time a great JFK pal, was very sensitive about his role in this after Kennedy was assassinated. Most consider Sinatra's best dramatic role would be either From Here To Eternity (won supporting actor Academy Award) or The Man With The Golden Arm (about drug addiction.)
Try Double Indemnity 1944
I was vibing Barry and Grosse Point Blank while re-watching.
An ice cream float and an ice cream soda are two related things (on paper they could be the same but I don’t think so). A float is a glass of soda (most common is root beer or Coke but I prefer orange) and then topped with a scoop of vanilla (usually) ice cream. An ice cream soda is a mix of ice cream, flavored syrup and carbonated water.
In the States in rural areas a familiarity with and ownership of guns is widespread. I'm a city slicker from the east coast but I don't begrudge law abiding people having guns. I knows that's very controversial in Europe.
Sinatra was very uncomfortable with his performance in Suddenly. Even before the Kennedy assassination, he felt he was channeling some inner demons from his own background that bothered him. He had an interesting upbringing in Hoboken New Jersey, where his mother had some pretty unsavory connections with shady criminal and political types. It's also alleged she was involved in the illegal abortion practice.
Sinatra certainly brought out the psycho in this role.
Was it a real gun or cap gun?
I would've thought even back then in a rural area even a Sheiff's Deputy would have been able to buy for 8-10 year old.
I've always enjoyed this. It's simple, straightforward, and good entertainment
Frank Sinatra starred in dozens of films through in the fifties and sixties, including The Joker Is Wild (1957) and Ocean's Eleven (1960), along with several musicals — Anything Goes (1954), On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), Can-Can (1960) — as well as many films related to WWII in some way or another — From Here to Eternity (1953), Some Came Running (1958), Von Ryan's Express (1965). The dialogue in "Suddenly" explores several themes that were topical for its times that other movies wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. The presidential assassination angle was a decade ahead of its times. Sinatra also starred in the Cold War thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962), a tremendous film with themes that echo to the present which also involves assassination plots. Sinatra's turn in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) playing a drug addicted jazz drummer trying to kick the habit really shows off his acting skills. Plus the soundtrack is cool!