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THE CHINA · MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1959.

THE SMILLION-A-YEAR

TN February, 1943, Frank

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Sinatra got his first sponsored show, the Facky Strike filt Parade. in March, he went into the Riobamba, one of New York's biggest cabarets,

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The late show was challenge to any enter. fainer. The audience was tough and unyielding, out for a good time for a high price.

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By the end of 1945, Sinatra's carrings were about one million dollars a year.

People who know Frank Sinatra ut this booming, bur- time of his life y geoning that he was nog in the lightest surprised at his own success.

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"I seemed to him the logical result of his remarkable talent" Broadway columnist, mys

alkh Wore the halo of fame and fortufas like a crown,"

But, he continues, he doesn't

Frank Sinatra, that first nidit, Strolled into the centre of the

sorrounded foor,

by jammed tables.

Young thin well, skinny

he Just stood there in the, potlight and tooked around “think Sinatra was conceited or nd smiled.

arsenred.

"1e Was adways self-con- fident, There was the time when he asked a noted music critic what he thought of

Bome new

in voice thrills me, to put it in simple langunge,"

feel that he is singing to me alone," said the wife of a doctor whom I know well. “And I old enough to know heller."

Sinulta was the Brst in show- business to be dubbed "The ingle cognomen Volce" — a

"The HaL," that gave rise to

The Look," and "The Body."

At one time during the height of the Sinatra craze, you could. get a "Frankfe Cocktail" in any soda-fountain by simply asking for it.

It was a banana on lee-cream, with a bow of tinted whipped cream squeezed on 1,

-Michael Ruddy-

The eveliness and confidener Red to have sublimated into a kind of mngnineeri arroganer,

and he let everyone take Je! Inok at him Francis Albert Sinatra of Hoboken, now Frank Sinatra of Broadway and the airwave

11 began to hot and there

was not

sound from the nadine,

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"He had them right in the pain of his hand," Mr Sacks told me. I was in, and how he sang for them.

"noting that while he was singing That Old Black Magle,' Somewhe coughed loudly. Frank the big, stopped, leaked w tough-linking guy, amlled and

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Command."

*** was great, in complete

Sammy Calin,

the famas sort-writes, says: "Prank and

I went on afterwards to have

supper, and Frank said: 'Sammy", I told you not so long ago whe

at the Palladium i we were Hollywoad that I was going to be the top singer in America. Nove do you believe me?' I sure did and I told him 50,"

For many years Satumy Cahn has been writing SUOMEN Jar Sinatra. That's how much he helloved him.

For the next seven years, no ne in show busineRS could malch the Sinatra success.

Critles tried to analyse the surets and when they couldn' to their critical satisfaction, STIN compared his voice In Fold, worn velvet, frayed around the edges." or "inciled cold

<rum."

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But the records sold, Sinatra's Malary rere, and his fan clubs multiplied,

Says a show-business friend. who has known him since those salad days; "it wasn't just the way Frankle sang that got them, I was the way he looked, kinda frail and tender, sort of alone and defenceless,

"I guess the women wanted to mother him, and the bobby- Boxers saw in his one of their own kind."

The Evans machinery was an the ball night and day. Frank Sinatra boewine a symbol of desirt, an idol to thousands and thousands of girls who moaned about him, swooned about him and sercathed for him.

To many, It was enormously sutlsfying, it appeared, to tear

the clothes of his back,

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Frank Sinatra

records Sinatra had just made. sounded The crile sald they

"Okay?" said Sinatra. okay. Don't you think they are won- derfulg

In 1947, Sinatra was gelling 609 to 700 fan letters a day-

the Twerk he against used to receive In 1842, whale featured vocalist with Tommy Borsey's tond.

Before Sinatra's volee became

such a sales force, it was ul verlised across America as "The Yoire that is Thrilling Millions.

The theory behind American "advertising is that if you reprat the message often enough anel

positively enough, it will be believed,

1 have heard charming, kin telligent Women 533. "When Sinatra singes, I get a charge.

There was Aime in New York when al- leged sociulites would stop Sinotra at the Waldorf and ask him to autograph their brassieres,

And there is the story of the young woman, wearing a full- length mink coat, who crashed into his dressing-room, sald: "Hello, Frankie, here I am." opened her coat and revealed herself without any other clothes on.

*This Was the "Swoon-atra" era, which brought The Voice flye thousand letters from his forly million fans in The United States of Amerles.

Fans who seemed to look upon Nancy, his wife, as a sort of cross between a godmother and an older sister,

Hut for Nancy, her husband's fantastle, restless success was to provide the biggest threat to their happiness.

Tomorrow!

The flattery of Hollywood- and "too many beautiful dames."

Whoosh! This

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Sports Car

Smooths Out The Bumps

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The new Bunbeam Alploe 100 m.p.h, porta car. The price:

under 41000.

By ROBERT WALLING

IVE n hand to Lord price (£971) is under £1000, And there 19 stilt Rootes's first post- tax paid.

chlidren behind

war sports car, the 100 Space for two

m.p.h. two-seat Sunbeam

Dy the end of 1044, a team | Alpine, out today, of secretaries were engaged for

his fan mail, for sending out The maker is Autographed photography" and chlut

true to tho Hole of his range

He has gone for com- fort in a big ways though the

for keeping up his Presa scrap-models, books.

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Two other unusual points; ONE. No Italion designed its sharp look. Two Beltons, Teri White, stylist, and George Payne, body man, thought it up. It counters well the efforts of Farina and Michelotti with ather British cars.

TWO--A £50 hard top for popping on in the winter place of the normal hood. A clever ideu.

1 tested the car in the French mountains. Comfort was saloon- like.

1 touche: 30

m.p.h.

in

24 seconds from a standstiil, and reached 50 m.p.h. in 944 conda, Acceleration from 80 to 100 m.p.h. was a little stower. Cornering at a fair clip, got the feeling the cur go around beruis faster

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"I wish someone would tell this Nixon that froo hand-outs of chewing gum

contributo nothing to world peaco."

London Express Bervice.

What would happen Logan

Gourlay

if Khrushchev died? Meets the

ONCE upon a time we used to groan because no

news came out of Moscow. groaning the other way round. shortage of news about the

Khrushchev and Nixon.

We shall soon be There has been no meeting between

These men represent the two most powerful States in the world. Between them they could

wipe out most of humanity. They meet, and what

happens? They start snapping at each other as though they were taking part in a television dis- 'cussion programme.

It was not an Eurecable or sympathy. Men who will make impressive performance. All Gromyko seem a very model of the same doesn't worry me flexiblity. much.

Better brawling than

Is that what we are walling

bombs. 1 2m: much more for? Do we want lo destroy all worried about the state of hope for an casler time in the Khrushchev's health than I am world? Does anyone si think about his pugnacious remarks,

He is human

Says things.

Khrushchev quarrels with visling statesmu la public. He wild and provocative Yet it would be a bad day indeed if we read the head-

re: KHRUSHCHEV DEAD,

Khrushchev, with all faults, is the best Soviet leader we are likely to get. And we

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had belter be grateful for him.

that Communism will collapse one day of itself if we don't werken?

Mr Dulles used to think that. But he was changing his mind before he died. When Mr Mac- milian went to Moscow, it really looked as though the lee were breaking. We seemed to be in for negotiations that promised to lead somewhere.

Tension grows

Now the promise is farlinu,

I have, I hope, no illusions We are back in the atmospherè about Khrushchev. He has come of suspicion and hostility, Ten- to power the hard way,

He son la mounting. The screw is was ruthless and unscrupulous being turned. when he served Stalin. He bas No wonder Khrushchev is he not been particular about

way in which

he got rk of

his rivals.

He is a Com- munist.

wants Com-

munism

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triumph in the world. He re- gards every

by A. J. P.

has

the ginning to show irritability.

What happened? IA there some ma- lignant in- de- Aluence liberately driv Ink

towards

TAYLOR

.new dimcuitles and new crises? I doubt it. The

grip of old men, men grown rigid and too old to change their ways.

country and every statesman world is In the outside the Communist world with unshakable suspicion

Mr Macmillan, We know, And yet there is something

would still ilke to go to the In him which makes him

Summit, But he cannot до different from

other ADY

And it is increasingly alone. Communist ruler, different

clear that President Eisenhower from Stalin, very different has determined not to go with from anyone who might take

kim. his place.

other.

"Cummings

"Ha! I can blow us all to bits with a biggor

bang than you can blow us all to bits with."

London Expres Service

democrat who lives inside a prince

London.

OUTSIDE it was

an-

other suffocating sunny afternoon in Lon- don's incredible summer. But inside the electric lights were on in the rococo, high-ceiled lounge of a Victorian hotel

near Oxford Street. The English were observing the afternoon- tea ritual, watched curiously by cola-drink- ing American tourists.

The atmosphere WAR heavy and soporific. Con- versation with the Mahara- jah of Baroda was not,

It ranged from cricket and square legu to potllies and birth control.

The 29-year-old mohirajah,

of India's manager.

touring cricket team, member of Parlia» ment in Delhi, effered "10 be mum when the les arrived, · 89 his English governors must have laught him.

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He poured it with the steady hand of a man who wields straight bat, and said: “First of all I want to defend our cricket team, which has been pretty severely criticised by some your colleagues.

"It's

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young team-the average age is only 230, But

It's young by policy.

"I give you due warning now

to know each other. I'd guess a fellow traveller. He has shown they are getting to respect each that he can judge a situation on that in a few years we'll have its merits without prejudice. Leta team that should be a world- But I'm making ho Mr Nixon is a young man as him Judge Khrushchev like that, beater.

their present politicians go. He has half his life ahead of him, Instead of

Here are two men who can do apologies for

What they fack in playing. Despite his Comuns. de his last year ca President. Not. Eisenhower and Adenauer, who

Mr Eisenhower is approaching Eaving it all behind him like, business together. And now experience they make up In

the time to do it. Khrushchev

enthusiasm and energy." could Spite his political methods, he is

a good time to strike out on a

will not be here for ever. He is a human being. You can see it new line. He is anxious to show ought to be preparing for the by no means perfect. But he than

gettively eyes; his

In his appearance: lds alrowd, that he is still fit. Obstinacy is next world, not tangling up this is about the brightest hupe there

quick move Front wheelments. You can see it in the the simplest way to show it.

most drivers wish without ting out of hand. disc brakes. helped..

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Have you any irats for the Moscow Folltei?" -"

London Express Barvice.

Above all, President Eisen-

one.

No one will accuse Mr Nixon way he talks to Jurnalists; hower is resolved to back Ger- of being a crypto-Communist ur really saying something, not just maar against Russia. He wants covering up.

Germany as a full ally, armed He is a man, not a mebine. with nuclear weapons. To win He has some idea of what is

really happening in the world. her alliance he will pay the

German price.

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New respect.

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And

Is in the world today.

(London Express' Servico).

Juc Tang Than

DILLY, a pet-lamb on Bosworthen Farm, near Penzance,

Cornwall, fought a raiding fox-and won. The fox was trying to

carry off

a turkey. Four-month-old Billy, whose playmate is the farm deg, charged.

Not much, but more than most men in high places, He Bres that innie plenty for mankind is just round the corner. Не knows that the corner will never be turned it there is

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in new

Adenauer world war.

polley to the Western Powers. Cartainly he wants Com- He has just held on to power as munism to triumph. But be Chancellor against the wish of wants it to triumph peacefully, every German polletan. He is by economic success. These are equally determined to prevent guesses, but SCICZ with any bargain with Russia.

we are all dancing to his tune.

We had a cholne between Khrushchev and Adenauer. We have chosen · Adenauer.

PASSENGERS drank less and ate more: in the 25,000-ton liner think the choles was, wrong. Orcades on her fest voyage after being titled with air con- Negotiating with Khrushchev Who in his senses supposes dois not offer

ditioning Other effects, said the Orlent line recently, were that certainty of" a that there will be a com- better world. But it offers n

people slept longer, and women had fewer hairdo's because their hair stayed neat in the cool." promise with Gromyko if the charice. Nothing else docs. Foreign Ministers go on meet- We have been throwing that Ing at Geneva tili Docknadsyt chance away..

| evidence behind them

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There is a chance of guiting

settlement if we deal with' Khrushchev. There is no chance of getting a settlement if we deal with anyone else.

Farmer Norman Hosking and his wife were woken up by the farmyard scuffle--just in time to see the fox driven out through the gate.

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The moharajah is paying some of his own expenses which ho can well afford to do. He has a privy-purso of £75,000--a year which is untaxed.

Yet he is poor by his father's standarde. The old maharajah drew £200,000 a year.

A fervent supporter of Nehru, he has fow Interests outside polities and cricket.

He said: "The biggest problem facing India today is over-population. We'll have to apply some kind of birth control."

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It's not easy. Hindu secla, forbid it.

"I've no personal ambitions for high office in politics. I'm still trying to toughen myself, Politics is a ruthless business.

"I sometimes think I may not

stand at the next election.

"Until then I want to do all I can to help India and the millions of our people who are

still much too poor,

It would have been churlish and naively socialistle to aug- TALLAN police pairols on the beach of Ventoo Lido have been gest to the idealistic maharajah equipped with cameras to enforce the ban on bikinis, | —who is learning that polities he should Men without Khrushchev fearlessly on his briefs a second time are shown their picture and aned up to £3, give more of his annual 276,000

Offenders are photographed then warned, Gleis spotted wessing isn't cricket-that human own ground. They are getting

to the poor millions -(London-Expreta Sérvice).

And if. Khrushchev goes, who Now in the time to pick it up will fake his placet

nanin, Mr Nixon has tackled

Faceless men.

any imagination

or