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Frank Sinatra: Academy Award
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Most fans have heard of this one, but for those who haven’t… Frank Sinatra was featured in a short film produced in 1945 to promote racial and religious tolerance, a cause he would promote throughout his lifetime. The film was well received and won a special academy award in 1946. This film has […]
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In a 50-year career studded with accolades, Sinatra won several Grammys, received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1971, and was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983. Sinatra gave generously to many charities and was noted for his philanthropy. President Reagan awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985. Sinatra was born in Hoboken, NJ, in 1915. He died in 1998 and in 2002 the Hoboken Post Office was renamed in his honor (see attached backgrounder).
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In 1954 Sinatra appeared in the critically acclaimed film From Here to Eternity (1954). The role won him an Academy Award for best supporting actor. He appeared in nine films in just two years, including Guys and Dolls (1955), Young At Heart (1955), The Tender Trap (1955), The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), and High Society (1956). Sinatra was back on the record charts as well with "Young at Heart." Nelson Riddle became his musical arranger in the 1950s, and he helped Sinatra stay on the record charts throughout the rest of the decade. (In fact, Sinatra stayed on the charts steadily through 1967, in spite of rock and roll.) Sinatra did not just record singles. He recorded albums around a central theme with a large collection of songs or ballads.
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Sinatra enjoyed wide success as a motion picture actor, beginning in the 40's with light hearted musicals such as "Higher and Higher." From there he went on to non-singing roles and even won an Academy Award in 1953 for his performance in the film "From Here to Eternity." This recognition propelled his acting and singing careers even further, as he became a truly powerful dramatic actor. Sinatra continued to perform and act until he turned 80 in 1995.
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In 1945, Sinatra co-starred with Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh. That same year, he was loaned out to RKO to star in a short film titled The House I Live In. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, this film on tolerance and racial equality earned a special Academy Award shared among Sinatra and those who brought the film to the sceeen, along with a special Golden Globe for "Promoting Good Will." 1946 saw the release of his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, and the debut of his own weekly radio show.
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In the 1940s Sinatra embarked on a solo career and became the idol of so-called bobby-soxers, teenage girls who swooned over his crooning, soft-voiced singing. His popularity drew the attention of Hollywood, and Sinatra appeared in such film musicals as Anchors Aweigh (1945), Till the Clouds Roll By (1947), and On the Town (1949). Later he took on dramatic roles, winning an Academy Award for his nonsinging performance in From Here to Eternity (1953). His acting performances in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and The Detective (1968) were ... highly regarded.
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