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9 “I almost fell off my chair”: Philip Nobile, “Sinatra: Crooner or Canary?” Gallery, Sept. 1978.
10 “like a lost kitten”: Ibid.
11 “Van Heusen was a wild man”: James Kaplan, “The King of Ring-a-Ding-Ding,” Movies Rock (a supplemental publication of Vanity Fair), Dec. 2007.
12 “We have information”: Nobile, “Sinatra.”
13 “He’s not going to admit any”: Ibid.
14 “That’s a heartbreaking”: George Avakian, in discussion with the author, Oct. 2006.
15 “That’s bullshit”: Friedwald, Sinatra! p. 192.
16 “when they played”: Ibid., p. 191.
17 “A love that’s there for others too”: Lyrics from “I’m a Fool to Want You,” words and music by Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, and Frank Sinatra. From Where Are You? (Capitol Records, 1957).
18 “Dolly showed me”: Gardner, Ava, p. 267.
19 “quieter, withdrawn”: Ibid.
20 “[looked] at me very carefully”: Ibid., p. 269.
21 “Stagehands running in and out”: Server, Ava Gardner, p. 225.
22 “Please nobody sit”: Ibid., p. 227.
23 “The only autographs”: Ibid., p. 225.
24 Featured on the stage”: Bosley Crowther, New York Times, April 26, 1951.
25 “I growled and barked”: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 80.
26 “Great stuff, Frank”: O’Brien, discussion.
27 “She had a dark and roving”: Lyrics from “Roving Kind,” words and music by Arnold Stanton, Jessie Cavanaugh, and James Cavanaugh (New York: Hollis Music, 1950).
28 “My heart cries for you”: Lyrics from “My Heart Cries for You,” words and music by Percy Faith and Carl Sigman (New York: Massey Music, 1950).
29 “Frank looks at Miller”: O’Brien, discussion.
30 “You’re a nice guy”: Lawrence Staig, “Obituaries: Guy Mitchell,” Independent, July 5, 1999, www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-guy-mitchell-1104390.html.
31 “the worst thing”: Friedwald, Sinatra! p. 76.
32 “You look so lovely”: Lyrics from “Mama Will Bark,” words and music by Dick Manning (Columbia Records, 1951).
33 Friedwald points out: Friedwald, Sinatra! p. 187.
CHAPTER 28
1. Pevney, a journeyman who would go on to direct Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in 3 Ring Circus, was known for being organized, precise, and relaxed on set—qualities that both Sinatra and the feuding Martin and Lewis tested to the full.
2. Fortunately, Sinatra would get over his distaste for the great song, recording memorable versions of it with Nelson Riddle in 1953 and Neal Hefti in 1962.
SOURCE NOTES
3 “If I can’t get a divorce”: Kelley, His Way, p. 182.
4 “This is what Frank wants”: Ibid.
5 “I don’t think a woman”: Ibid.
6 “Frank Sinatra was the happiest”: Shaw, Twentieth-Century Romantic, p. 155.
7 “I too had sat”: Winters, Shelley, p. 319.
8 “His children were”: Kelley, His Way, p. 181.
9 “Frank was losing”: Winters, Shelley, p. 320.
10 “I can’t remember what”: Ibid.
11 “Mr. Sinatra is going”: Kelley, His Way, p. 181.
12 “I’ll have a cup of coffee”: Ibid., p. 182.
13 “Shelley, if Frank”: Ibid.
14 “pleasantly tune-filled”: New York Times, March 27, 1952.
15 “GET THE FUCK”: Server, Ava Gardner, p. 229.
16 “Crooner Frankie Sinatra”: United Press, Aug. 3, 1951.
17 “The two movie queens”: United Press, “Ava, Back Out of Seclusion, Gets Snub from Hedy Lamarr,” Aug. 5, 1951.
18 “If you don’t give”: Shaw, Twentieth-Century Romantic, p. 148.
19 “It was dark”: Gardner, Ava, p. 271.
20 “Kill the light”: Shaw, Twentieth-Century Romantic, p. 148.
21 “Next time I’ll kill you”: Ibid.
22 “I hope I’m going”: Ibid., p. 149.
23 “I’m sorry to”: Ibid.
24 “Grossly exaggerated”: Ibid.
25 “I honestly don’t know”: Ibid.
26 “It doesn’t really”: Gardner, Ava, p. 274.
27 “I suppose you wish”: Ibid.
28 “It was about”: Ibid., p. 275.
29 “Just a few”: Ibid.
30 “Oh my God”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 99.
31 “I did not try”: Shaw, Twentieth-Century Romantic, p. 150.
32 “Tuesday night”: Ibid.
33 “Ava was chatting”: Server, Ava Gardner, p. 232.
34 “Every time I”: Ibid.
35 “I like the way”: Bill Miller, in discussion with the author,