by James Kaplan
“The persona of a private”: Santopietro, Sinatra in Hollywood, p. 388.
Having just been forced: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 52.
“He had not come”: Ibid., p. 106.
“make Las Vegas as”: Ibid., p. 108.
The Clark County Gaming: Associated Press, April 2, 1967.
“It was really enjoyable”: Gena Rowlands, in discussion with the author, Jan. 2013.
“The air was volatile”: Kelley, His Way, p. 368.
“Everybody wants to see”: Dan Lewis, syndicated column, Aug. 9, 1967.
“Frank had so many”: Kelley, His Way, p. 368.
The two were closely: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 361.
“I have some hot”: Leonard Lyons, syndicated column, April 16, 1967.
and at least one: Leonard Lyons, syndicated column, May 20, 1967.
Frank had become close: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 3.
“Frank Sinatra has given”: Sheilah Graham, syndicated column, March 10, 1967.
She turned around: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 361.
On April 15: Bronson, Billboard Book of Number One Hits, p. 222.
As Reagan strolled: Shecky Greene, in discussion with the author, Nov. 2012.
“had one hell”: Tiffany Bolling, in discussion with the author, Oct. 2012.
“Shecky, stick with me”: Kelley, His Way, p. 368.
“Fischetti, that fuckin’ moron”: Greene, discussion.
“I said, ‘I’m gonna’ ”: Ibid.
“I flew to New York”: Bolling, discussion.
“Francis called me and said”: Ibid.
“I said to him”: Greene, discussion.
In early May, the American-Italian: United Press, May 4, 1967.
“The Frank Sinatra–Italian”: Jack O’Brian, syndicated column, May 9, 1967.
“hardly matches the image”: New York Times, May 12, 1967.
“It is this kind of”: Ibid.
“It was obvious”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 202.
“There would be no point”: Kelley, His Way, p. 369.
“I don’t think a man”: Jack Bradford, syndicated column, March 13, 1967.
“I’ve got to do things”: Kelley, His Way, p. 369.
“There’s talk that Mia”: Marilyn Beck, syndicated column, May 19, 1967.
Two days later: Leonard Lyons, syndicated column, May 21, 1967.
“I don’t want any trouble”: Kelley, His Way, p. 370.
“Frank Sinatra may have”: Sheilah Graham, syndicated column, June 4, 1967.
She writes of how stressful: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 117–18.
“We needed to protect”: Ed Walters, in discussion with the author, Sept. 2013.
“I’m not sure when I got”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, pp. 144–45.
“groundbreaking, earthshaking”: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 137.
“She is just run down”: Reuters, June 17, 1967.
“She was bruised”: Kelley, His Way, p. 370.
“the references [in Kelley’s His Way]”: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 26, 1986.
“a creative genius”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 245.
She passionately wanted: Ibid., p. 244.
“Maybe it bothered him”: Kelley, His Way, p. 379.
“Dad wearing a Nehru”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, p. 143.
“Mia Farrow was dancing”: Summers and Swan, Sinatra, p. 317.
That was the summer: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 7.
He began making: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 433.
But Kaempfert, Bowen: Hyatt, Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits, p. 58.
“as written”: Jonathan Schwartz, in discussion with the author, March 2015.
the tour would be: Marcucci, Where or When.
also on the bill: Variety, July 12, 1967; Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 203.
“I remember how he played”: Marcucci, Where or When.
“the timing…was”: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 118.
She and Frank discussed: Ibid.
As the talks proceeded: Kelley, His Way, pp. 371–72.
In the wake of the Giancana: Variety, Sept. 3, 1967.
Then, on July 22: United Press, July 26, 1967; Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 473.
“We are buying”: United Press, July 23, 1967.
But The Detective had: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, July 20, 1967.
The timetable dovetailed: Daniel O’Brien, Frank Sinatra Film Guide, p. 188.
For all her ambivalence: Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram, Aug. 16, 1967.
“Frank Sinatra, still”: Variety, Sept. 1, 1967.
“You’re wondering why”: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 125.
“The Sands’ owners got”: Ed Walters, The Pit Boss posting, Dec. 19, 1997.
“I’m here to buy”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Sept. 8, 1967.
And he was furious: Variety, Sept. 13, 1967.
secure in his new five-year: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, July 27, 1967.
and rolling in the nearly: United Press, July 23, 1967.
and still Mob-run: Walters, discussion.
One of his conditions: Wilson, Sinatra, p. 234.
He stomped around: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 126.
“Like somebody deranged”: Wilson, Sinatra, p. 234.
Entratter’s assistant, Eleanor: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 203.
“He just shook his head”: Walters, discussion.
When the show was over: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 203.
Mia Farrow’s account: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 110–11.
“The cocktail waitresses”: Walters, discussion.
“For two successive nights”: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, pp. 125–26.
“A spokesman for the Sands”: United Press, Sept. 11, 1967.
her new beau: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 120; Bowen, Rough Mix, p. 109.
They all chatted: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 120–21.
The next morning: Ibid., p. 121.
“He threatened to kill”: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 126
“I built this hotel”: Kelley, His Way, p. 372.
“When Carl is mad”: Levy, Rat Pack Confidential, p. 295.
“You didn’t fight”: Walters, discussion.
“You son of a bitch”: Ibid.; Levy, Rat Pack Confidential, pp. 295–96; Kelley, His Way, pp. 372–73; Summers and Swan, Sinatra, pp. 331–32.
Frank’s people tried: Variety, Sept. 13, 1967.
“We can’t deny any”: United Press, Sept. 13, 1967.
as Frank’s friend Kirk Douglas: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 147.
“Kirk, I learned one thing”: Ibid.
“Never fight a Jew”: Anka, My Way, p. 214.
“Cohen was…treated”: Kelley, His Way, p. 374.
“Carl was not a hero”: Ed Walters, The Pit Boss posting, Dec. 19, 1997.
“Sinatra’s fight”: Leonard Lyons, syndicated column, Oct. 2, 1967.
“I regret the termination”: Levy, Rat Pack Confidential; Variety, Aug. 7, 1970.
“Out of friendship”: Variety, Sept. 13, 1967.
“Frank stopped by”: Kelley, His Way, p. 377.
But he badly missed: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 237.
“I think I hurt”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQwRhMn6D2U.
“a quality that makes”: Gardner, Ava, p. 139.
For this reason: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 119.
“SINATRA APPROVES MIA”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Oct. 11, 1967.
“returned to the void”: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 129–30.
“unmoored in some nightmare”: Ibid., p. 131.
Frank was puzzled: Ibid., pp. 122–23.
“While she’s working”: Kelley, His Way, p. 378.
“a gay, fast-paced romp”: Associated Press, Nov. 14, 1967.
then production shut down: United Press, Nov. 30, 1967.
Made out in her name: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 123.
“sobbing her heart out”: Kelley, His Way, p. 379.
“I had nothing”: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 367.
“Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow”: United Press, Nov. 24, 1967.
“no one, nothing”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 247.
Soon after the Warner-Reprise merger: Cornyn, Exploding, p. 56.
Though Frank had lost: Teachout, Duke, p. 337.
“that his music was no longer”: Ibid., p. 323.
Much to Duke’s annoyance: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 303.
“Jesus, the rehearsal”: Granata, Sessions with Sinatra, p. 189.
“they [had] never touched the charts”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 306.
“He was very quiet”: Herschberg, discussion.
And understandably: Granata, Sessions with Sinatra, p. 189.
The great alto: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 308.
He wasn’t in the mood: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Dec. 12, 1967.
“He wasn’t really thrilled”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 306.
“Somebody, Jilly”: Herschberg, discussion.
In a perfectly poignant moment: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 124.
“I begged him”: Photoplay, Feb. 1968.
“I would have taken”: Kelley, His Way, p. 379.
Frank had invited: Ibid.
twenty-seven people: Harrison Carroll, syndicated column, Dec. 29, 1967.
“It was a fun crowd”: Photoplay, Feb. 1968.
“withdrawn and stern”: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 124–25.
“Your are a stupid, rude”: Ibid., p. 125.
She had gone to considerable trouble: Ibid., p. 126.
The guests had gone silent: Ibid., pp. 126–27.
He hated it: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 244.
“dressed to the nines”: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 127.
She was transported: Ibid.
CHAPTER 25
“Evening, Mrs. S.”: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 128–29.
She writes that in her fog: Ibid., p. 127.
Then Frank himself arrived: Ibid., p. 128.
“Frank called me”: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 369.
“The New Year’s reconciliation”: Florabel Muir, syndicated column, Jan. 12, 1968.
a former crime reporter: Weller, Dancing at Ciro’s, p. 227.
“I want to be a better”: Associated Press, Jan. 25, 1968.
He was booked: Variety, Dec. 18, 1967.
Welch, so intimidated: Daniel O’Brien, Frank Sinatra Film Guide, p. 193.
“forced to bow out”: Variety, Feb. 19, 1967.
which he’d originally set: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 1, 1968.
Not only had his wife: Variety, Feb. 14, 1968; Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 14, 1968.
“causing talk in Miami Beach”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 9, 1968.
“It wasn’t true at all”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 14, 1968.
“Sinatra wasn’t ill”: Variety, Feb. 14, 1968.
At Sammy, for unspecified reasons: Ibid.
She flew to Miami: Kelley, His Way, p. 381.
“She was taken”: Server, Ava Gardner, pp. 451–52.
“She walked right into”: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, pp. 371–72.
“I was very worried”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 249.
“Frank Sinatra remains”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 28, 1968.
“The Jet Set rush”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, March 1, 1968.
“for a fast weekend trip”: Wilson, Sinatra, p. 239.
“Frank Sinatra refused”: Variety, March 4, 1968.
“Frank didn’t like”: Wilson, Sinatra, p. 237.
“Did he like the way”: Ibid., p. 240.
“SINATRA COMES ON”: Ibid., p. 241.
Up till now: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 137.
The group had turned to: Washington Post, Sept. 16, 1967.
“Whenever I meditate”: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 137.
“They seemed beautiful and fearless”: Ibid., p. 138.
Then, one day: Ibid., p. 141.
From Miami: Ibid., pp. 145–46.
“If you kill yourself”: Ibid., p. 146.
“Near the end, when”: Hal Bates, syndicated column, April 7, 1968.
According to the Associated: Associated Press, March 11, 1968.
“He was sad”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 205.
He was determined: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 20, 1968.
“He was real upset”: Kelley, His Way, p. 380.
“refusing to do more than”: Ibid.
“Gadge said”: Raquel Welch, in discussion with the author, March 2010.
After the broadcast, Nancy: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 205.
The less sober: Roy Newquist, Park Forest Star, April 4, 1968.
“Sinatra played fast”: Variety, April 10, 1968.
“Margulies said”: Ibid.
“We’re having a wonderful”: Ibid.; Summers and Swan, Sinatra, p. 342.
“The Miami Herald reported”: Associated Press, April 10, 1968.
But the Miami–Dade County: Variety, April 24, 1968.
“We are of the opinion”: Ibid.
Pearson failed to mention: Drew Pearson, syndicated column, May 1, 1968; Betty Beale, syndicated column, May 5, 1968.
President Johnson, hearing: Pilat, Drew Pearson, p. 282.
“To meet Frank Sinatra”: Ibid.
“I don’t think Bobby”: Maxine Cheshire, syndicated column, May 3, 1968.
“I’m really going to”: Ibid.
Allen Dorfman, officially: Jeffrey Goldberg, “Hoffa Lives!” New York magazine, July 31, 1995.
Frank had flown: Kelley, His Way, p. 384.
“While Sinatra and several”: Cheshire, Maxine Cheshire, Reporter, p. 106.
“was tight-lipped”: Maxine Cheshire, syndicated column, May 3, 1968.
“Sinatra, wearing the gold”: Betty Beale, syndicated column, May 12, 1968.
“It was the first really”: Ibid.
At the same dinner: Cheshire, Maxine Cheshire, Reporter, p. 107.
“bring Drew around”: Pilat, Drew Pearson, p. 283.
A splinter group of stars: Kelley, His Way, p. 385.
“The King of the World”: Oakland Tribune, May 24, 1968.
“We were in the back”: Nollen, Jilly!, pp. 70–71.
“no sense of satisfaction”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 249.
Her father was quiet: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 206.
“Ava Gardner, who is”: Walter Winchell, syndicated column, Aug. 2, 1968.
“An examination at the Chelsea”: Server, Ava Gardner, p. 448.
“I was lying in bed”: Evans and Gardner, Ava Gardner, p. 41.
To crown the indignity: Server, Ava Gardner, pp. 450–51.
“Critics praised the movie”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 205.
“a film that haphazardly”: New York Times, May 29, 1968.
She took no pleasure: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 148–49.
“Peter Sellers is in town”: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, July 27, 1968.
“even want to dial up”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 10.
Frank junior, touring: Janesville (Wis.) Daily Gazette, Aug. 2, 1968.
“in a coma”: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 270.
Not many nightspots: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 11.
“I was just hanging out”: Ibid., p. 13.
The floor itself seemed: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 149–50.
“Dressed in slacks”: Vernon Scott, dispatch, Aug. 17, 1968.
“lean and sleepless”: Associated Press, Aug. 17, 1968.
Nancy Sinatra recalled going: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 208.
“Let’s go with the dress”: Ibid.
“It was as if someone”: Ibid.
The wire services reported: A
ssociated Press, Aug. 17, 1968; Vernon Scott, dispatch, Aug. 17, 1968.
When she arrived: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 150.
She refused any financial: Kelley, His Way, p. 381.
“Frank Sinatra is rather”: Wall Street Journal, Aug. 19, 1968.
“These reports are rumors”: Ibid.
“Before Mr. Sinatra sold”: Ibid.
Gage had managed: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 207.
“My father had known”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, p. 73.
“There is a good chance”: Madison Capital Times, Aug. 21, 1968.
When Humphrey’s special counsel: Kelley, His Way, p. 387.
Soon Humphrey stopped: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 376.
“The maid came to me”: Kelley, His Way, p. 382.
“Everyone around the old man”: Ibid., pp. 382–83.
“After fourteen years together”: Ibid., p. 382.
“Oh, man, I had”: George Jacobs, in discussion with the author, May 2009.
“pressing recording”: Wire-service report, Aug. 26, 1968.
In truth, he had nothing: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, Aug. 28, 1968.
“Frank Sinatra, who receives”: Sheilah Graham, syndicated column, Sept. 27, 1968.
Sinatra’s excuse for quitting: Florabel Muir, syndicated column, Nov. 6, 1968.
One would think: Associated Press, Oct. 10, 1968.
He was dating again: Muir, syndicated column, Nov. 6, 1968.
“Frank Sinatra’s name”: Chicago Tribune, Sept. 27, 1968.
On the day Diane McCue: Giordmaina, Sinatra and the Moll, p. 68.
Like a number of other women: Ibid.; Associated Press, Aug. 31, 1971.
There is also evidence: http://www.intelius.com/Find-Phone-Address/Las+Vegas-NV/Diane-Giordmaina.html.
He was also a romantic: Tonight Show appearance with Johnny Carson and Don Rickles, Nov. 12, 1976.
“On October 15, 1968”: Giordmaina, Sinatra and the Moll, p. 85.
“[Schwartz] and his wife”: Robin Orr, Oakland Tribune, Oct. 18, 1968.
Diane McCue did not ride: Baytown (Tex.) Sun, Oct. 31, 1968.
“hated with a deep”: MacLaine, My Lucky Stars, p. 86.
The following week: Marcucci, Where or When.
“My Way of Life” and: O’Brien and Sayers, Sinatra, p. 267; figures are from the Cash Box singles chart; “Cycles” hit number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Toward the end”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 267.
The two songs recorded: O’Brien and Sayers, Sinatra, p. 136.
“How do you do it”: Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Gleaner, Dec. 6, 1968.
“such a perfect blending”: New York Times, Nov. 21, 1968.
