Posts from chester7777 in thread „Frank Sinatra“

This John Wayne, Frank Sinatra story is quoted from IMDB as follows;

"The evening before a shoot he was trying to get some sleep in a Las Vegas hotel. The suite directly below his was that of Frank Sinatra (never a good friend of Wayne), who was having a party. The noise kept Wayne awake, and each time he made a complaining phone call it quieted temporarily but each time eventually grew louder. Wayne at last appeared at Sinatra's door and told Frank to stop the noise. A Sinatra bodyguard of Wayne's size approached saying, "Nobody talks to Mr. Sinatra that way." Wayne looked at the man, turned as though to leave, then backhanded the bodyguard, who fell to the floor, where Wayne knocked him out by crashing a chair on top of him. The party noise stopped."

It would be interesting to find out if there is any other references to this story anywhere else. Has anyone remember reading this anywhere else?

Chester

Another couple of thoughts I've had about this story - one, is the story real, and, two, maybe Duke and Frank had it staged with the bodyguard to fall, just to wow Frank's guests. I suspect Duke could have gotten into the fun of that.

Chester

Quote from Hawkswill

When they were younger, I imagine they didn't gel at all....ESPECIALLY with Ward to influence Duke. I believe that, as they got a good bit older, not only did Frank mellow out some, but they both appreciated the other's art form. Frank really DID become a much nicer person even in just the short three years that I knew him. I think I scared him a bit, but then, that is for the MY Gibbons book, LOL! KPKEITH

Hey Keith,
Here is a story posted back around 2003 on our board by a Girl named Jen , wondering if you ever heard it;

"I've read a couple of different tidbits, which I will have to paraphrase from memory. At IMDb, it says that Duke was staying at a hotel in Las Vegas and Frank Sinatra was in the suite below him having a party and making a whole heckuva lot of noise. After repeated polite attempts to get them to be quiet, Duke went down to Sinatra's suite in person and, for lack of a better word, sucker-punched one of Sinatra's big beefy bodyguards and knocked him unconscious. After this incident, Sinatra and his cronies kept it down."

Chester