Cool News
Start Spreading the News, The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day is Leavin’ Today…
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
No, the BtSPotD column is not really leaving, but I had to think of a memorable Frank Sinatra lyric for today’s picture, which is a bit of a departure for the column. Don’t expect to see a ton of music behind the scenes images pop up here, but this one kind of screamed out “cool” to me
Sinatra is the man and was just as successful an actor as he was a singer. Alright, maybe not AS successful, but the man did win an Oscar and got to star in some of the best films ever made (FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, etc)
I only have the image and no backstory, so I can’t tell you what song this was for, but it’s clearly young Sinatra taking five with his orchestra in the background. Thanks to Shawn Tiano for digging this up! Hope you enjoy it!
Tomorrow’s pic smells like victory! See you then!
-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com
Follow Me On Twitter
Readers Talkback
comments powered by Disqus-
+ Expand All
-
that's all that matters. Not my cup of tea, but i'll get over it.
-
It's "Ain't It Cool", not "Ain't It Everything Film". There's a thousand other movies cooler than this one.
-
I like to see the serious Sinatra. I think he acquired kind of a happy-go-lucky, goofball image in his later years but the truth is that he was always VERY serious about his music. He hired the cream of the crop composer-wise and worked in tandem with them to make some of the greatest music ever. Great pic!
-
Most of these pics have been people sitting around or standing and doing nothing. I want to see the film process in action. I can find pics of Sinatra doing nothing all over the internet, how about him (or someone else) doing something interesting that we've never (or have rarely) seen before? The picture of Cagney (I think?) about to actually be shot at by the sharpshooter with the machinegun was INCREDIBLY interesting, this is just Sinatra sitting and reading? COME ON!!!
-
I'm really having a hard time visiting AICN with the Harry Centipede animation.
-
One: As others here have said, it's a lackluster pic, and it isn't even clear at all what film it's from. Or if it's even from a film, at all. <p>Two: From the headline, I was expecting less a Sinatra pic, and more something from the production of Scorsese's "New York, New York".
-
Didn't that movie take place during New Years?
-
But they definitely sing New York, New York courtesy of Christopher Lee
-
I thought maybe there was some kind of behind-the-scenes pic showing something from that giant multi-puppet ending scene.
-
Funny generational skew I guess.
-
It's not a movie picture, but it is cool. If it is indeed "Laura" that he is recording, it looks to be from the late Columbia early Capitol Records era of his career. His Capitol recordings were his best and swinginest.
-
...and I love that his character fromThe Detective was sequelized in the book Mothing Lasts Forever which became Die hard(and thank god they didn't make a movie of that book with an aging Sinatra). But one film I keep waiting for in a good disc is suddenly with Sinatra as a presidential assassin. Great film. But while there are plenty of public domain copies out ther, I haven't been able to get any information on the discs themselves, specifically if they are in widescreen or not. I do have it on a widescreen laserdisc so that'll have to do for now.
-
A behind the scenes pic on that massive puppet lobby scene would have been great :(
-
Judging by his age and the fact that this appears to be a studio, this might be a recording session for laying down tracks for "Guys and Dolls." PAD
-
1- It's a cool pic. Screw the naysayers! 2- How on earth can anyone tell that it's "Laura"? 3- It's not *his* orchestra, is it? 4- "New York, New York" is a Sinatra song for people who only casually enjoy Sinatra, like "My Way." 5- I'm following Peter David?
-
Frank did more cool shit, amassed more power, fucked more broads and entertained more people than you haters will in 3 lifetimes. <p> Excellent pic, Quint. RIP Francis.
-
and only got to where he was by having mob ties. Dude had about as much singing talent as William Shatner.
-
Yeah, like when you see photos of kids from the 1910s or 20s and it's like, "this seems insanely long ago, but there's a fairly reasonable chance that the kids are still alive today."
-
Jan. 2, 2011, 3:16 p.m. CST
Actually thought it would be from Scorcese's New York, New York
by openthepodbaydoorshal
with DeNiro and Minelli... Sinatra can't sing? Okay, that and Braindrain calling Alien boring are two of the most extreme, WTF, really? opinions I've come across AICN lately...
-
How original. Just list your top three movies Ryan. It's a simple thing.
-
Though most of the lyrics are too pixelated, a few stand out thanks to the Jazz-stylized font. But fortunately, the musical notation is a far easier to read, due to the literal up-and-down nature of it. So, if you compare the lyrics to the musical phrasing, I'd say with 100% certainty that he's holding the lead sheet for "Laura". Oh & PS, I'm a little giddy in following up PAD as well.
-
Jesus, I know I don't know nothing about musical notation, but that's a good eye. The only trouble I have with Laura is that everyone tends to do it in a very maudlin, schlocky way, like Stardust; two otherwise good tunes that tend to drone on and on.
-
Well said. Well-played. Very nice. And very true.
-
Gremlins 2 didn't take place at New Year's, as far as I know. I don't remember anything about it. They did sing that New York song in the lobby, though. The only movie I can think of off the top of my head that took place at New Year's was Strange Days. I'm sure there were others, though. I'm sure Holiday Inn had some scenes at New Year's, but it didn't primarily take place then, so it wouldn't be known for that as much.
-
All of your taste is apparently in your mouth.
Top Talkbacks
- PROMETHEUS 2 now has a writer!!! -- 617 total posts 450 posts
- John Ary's Video Review Of WORLD WAR Z!! -- 210 total posts 210 posts
- Harry's 25th Picks & Peeks of 2013!!! With THINGS TO COME, OCTAMAN, Bette Davis, STOKER, HOWLING, LIFEFORCE & more! -- 206 total posts 206 posts
- Ryan Reynolds No Longer the HIGHLANDER -- 318 total posts 203 posts
- David S. Goyer And Mr. Beaks Talk MAN OF STEEL Spoilers! DA VINCI'S DEMONS,100 BULLETS And JUSTICE LEAGUE Also Discussed! -- 480 total posts 174 posts
- Behold A Nifty New Poster For Disney's THE BLACK HOLE (1979)!! -- 143 total posts 143 posts
- Father Geek says MAN OF STEEL is pretty much the best Superhero Movie ever made and I'm not gonna argue! -- 1845 total posts 111 posts
- SIN CITY 2: A DAME TO KILL FOR delayed to next year. NOOOOOO!!!!! -- 137 total posts 105 posts
- We have the first trailer for Disney Animation's next film, FROZEN right here!!! -- 95 total posts 95 posts
- Sony has announced release dates for both THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3 and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 4!!! -- 220 total posts 84 posts