Yup, I just found out about this.
Apparently, the author of Frank Sinatra's biography (Frank Sinatra: The Boudoir Singer), Darwin Porter, claims that when ol' blue eyes was 19, he was completely broke and hurting for cash. In his desperation, he agreed to appear in a porn flick called 'The Masked Bandit' for about $100 back in 1934.
According to the author, Sinatra had asked his fellow Rat Pack amigo Sammy Davis Jr to delete his copy of the tape. (Question: Why would Sammy Davis Jr even have a copy? Ew).
Another copy eventually surfaced in the hands of a British actor (Peter Lawford) who screened the x-rated film to an audience of Sinatra's friends. YIKES!!!!
Frank Sinatra was so (understandably) desperate to hide this part of his past, that he was rumoured to have called some of his friends in the mob to stop the tape from surfacing ever again.
I've always been a fan of Frank Sinatra but ya can't help but feel totally grossed out by this.
The Masked Bandit? Ew.
And on that awkward note... Let's try to remember him like this, n'kay?
Besos,
CC.
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According to the author, Sinatra had asked his fellow Rat Pack amigo Sammy Davis Jr to delete his copy of the tape. (Question: Why would Sammy Davis Jr even have a copy? Ew).
Another copy eventually surfaced in the hands of a British actor (Peter Lawford) who screened the x-rated film to an audience of Sinatra's friends. YIKES!!!!
Frank Sinatra was so (understandably) desperate to hide this part of his past, that he was rumoured to have called some of his friends in the mob to stop the tape from surfacing ever again.
I've always been a fan of Frank Sinatra but ya can't help but feel totally grossed out by this.
The Masked Bandit? Ew.
And on that awkward note... Let's try to remember him like this, n'kay?
Besos,
CC.
*