When Frankie Went to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra and American Male Identity

ISBN-13: 9780252075421 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 248 str.

Karen McNally

Opis

This first in-depth study of Frank Sinatra s film career explores his iconic status in relation to his many performances in postwar Hollywood cinema. When Frankie Went to Hollywood considers how Sinatra s musical acts, television appearances, and public commentary impacted his screen performances in Pal Joey, The Tender Trap, Some Came Running, The Man with the Golden Arm, and other hits. A lively discussion of sexuality, class, race, ethnicity, and male vulnerability in postwar American culture illuminates Karen McNally s investigation into Sinatra s cinematic roles and public persona. This entertainment luminary, she finds, was central in shaping debates surrounding definitions of American male identity in the 1940s and 50s."