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In the mid 1980s, Kaplan worked for several years as a screenwriter for Warner Brothers. Since the late 1980s, he has been a writer of magazine profiles for Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and The New Yorker, among others. He is the author of the following books, amongst other works: [3]
Sinatra: A Life Remembered. Courage Books. ISBN 978-0-7624-0397-4. Kaplan, James (2010) Frank: The Voice. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-51804-8; Kaplan, James (2015) Sinatra: The Chairman. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-53539-7; Kelley, Kitty (1986) His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra. Bantam Press. ISBN 0-553-26515-6; Lahr, John (1987 ...
When Sinatra's mother, Natalina, was a child, her pretty face earned her the nickname "Dolly". As an adult, she stood less than 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and weighed approximately 90 pounds (41 kg). Sinatra biographer James Kaplan describes her as having a "politician's temperament—restless, energetic, unreflective". [17]
Although Sinatra's relationship with Gardner ended badly, author James Kaplan suggests this song set the album's mood of "capitulation, not retaliation". [19] "I See Your Face Before Me" was Nelson Riddle's favorite and was the first song he arranged: he created a setting for it while at Ridgefield High School. [27]
Auctioneers say Frank Sinatra's book is not only filled with information regarding hundreds of friends, family members, musicians, politicians and athletes Frank Sinatra's address book sells for ...
Sinatra earned $125 a week, appearing at the Palmer House in Chicago, [68] and James released Sinatra from his contract. [ 69 ] [ l ] On January 26, 1940, he made his first public appearance with the band at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois , [ 71 ] opening the show with " Stardust ". [ 72 ]
The book reveals that one night, Gardner had a huge argument with Sinatra -- in front of a packed house, mind you -- at the famous Copacabana nightclub. She stormed off to phone her ex-husband ...
The Devil at 4 O'Clock is a 1961 American adventure film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra.Based on a 1958 novel with the same title by British writer Max Catto, the film was a precursor to Krakatoa, East of Java and the disaster films of the 1970s such as The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and The Towering Inferno.