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Rating: - Song Stylist
This film may not be the best of Sinatra's musical performances such as Pal Joey, but it does offer a Sinatra different from On the Town, with more edginess in his performance. That the film relates to real life for him as has been previously reviewed is accurate, but the barely concealed frustration he had to be going through in his professional life kept coming out in his performance. This, combined with a number of songs not normally associated with him, make the film worth watching for Sinatra afficionados and for the general movie buff as well.
Think of it as a precursor to Suddenly. Sinatra could act when he wanted to and in this film he was showing some emotion and talent which seemed to escape the critics of the time.
I gave it three stars for the new Sinatra that was just beginning to emerge on the screen as well as for the songs.
Rating: - Five Star Frankie
Why this fine film has been overlooked for more than fifty years is beyond me.
Frank Sinatra's performance as the obnoxious little vocalist who comes good at the end is a standout and his songs remain evergreen.
If ever a film needed to be looked at anew this is the one.
Release it on DVD. Now!
Rating: - This obscure but superb movie needs to be on DVD
Sometimes movie fans or critics want to revive the reputation of a "hidden gem" just for the sake of reviving it. You hope it's as good as they say, only to find it was forgotten for a reason.
This is not the case with "Meet Danny Wilson." Sinatra made it when his career was at an all-time low so the public didn't give it a fair shot. It's like his last recordings for Columbia Records-- "Hello Young Lovers" and "Birth of the Blues" and "Why Try to Change Me Now." Great records, even if the public ignored them at the time.
The film is indeed a little eerie as far as having a plot that depicts a down-and-out singer whose career is given a boost by a mobster. The real life Sinatra was pestered by such rumors during his actual career. In a sense it makes the film even more powerful. That the gangster is played by Raymond Burr makes it completely amazing.
Sinatra sings a lot of his signature songs with very jazzy arrangements, another huge bonus to this film-- many top-notch musicals can't boast this level of material. And his acting shows that Maggio in "From Here to Eternity" wasn't his first successful dramatic role.
Shelley Winters was still in Beautiful Leading Lady mode and looks great. Her acting, as always, is impressive.
With the ten year anniversary of Frankie having gone to see the Big G (as he might have said in "Robin in the 7 Hoods") they should release this film on DVD, considering it is superior to many of his later efforts. Not that I wouldn't like to see "Assault on a Queen" on DVD too!
Rating: - Pleased To Meet You
If you are a real Sinatra buff, the song performances by Sinatra are what make this B-movie quality film worth watching.
Rating: - Overlooked Sinatra classic - Give it 5 stars!!
Shelley Winters has said that this movie began in chaos and ended in catastrophe. Sinatra at the time was divorcing his wife Nancy for filmland beauty Ava Gardner, and tensions on the set were palpable. Sinatra was distracted and angry, giving Miss Winters the brunt of his explosive temper; at one point she walked off the set and remained homebound for two days. None of this shows in the finished product, which was panned at the time of its release and thereafter mostly forgotten, even among Sinatra afionados. Frankly, it's one heck of an entertaining movie, expertly written, acted and directed and based not-so-loosely on the Hoboken crooner's rise to fame. Sinatra doesn't need to stretch his abilities much as the brash, cocky singer who's fast with his fists and ready to mouth off to anyone who ticks him off. Raymond Burr, prior to his Perry Mason role, was usually cast as brutish heavies; he's excellent as the nightclub-owning gangster who shakes down Sinatra. For Sinatra fans, Burr fans, rags-to-riches fans, '50s film noir fans, this one's a must. A forgotten 5-star gem!!
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