Frank Sinatra And Dean Martin Some Came Running 1958. #1 Women's T-Shirt

Sinatra playa a cynical, alcoholic, former novelist, WW2 vet in 'Running.' In real life he evaded the service in the war. The exact circumstances are still murky. Apparently the Army had concerns about his mental state. The Chairman of the Board hated being alone, went to bed at dawn, and had severe mood swings. But, in all, he was a great singer and actor.

Sinatra expert Jonathan Swartz considers 'The Voice' a musical genius.

Frank and Dean Martin co-owned, along with mob boss Sam Giancana, the Cal Neva Casino along the shores of Lake Tahoe straddling California and Nevada. Dean had "dropped out of Steubenville High School in the 10th grade because he thought he was smarter than his teachers. He bootlegged liquor, served as a speakeasy croupier, was a blackjack dealer, worked in a steel mill and boxed as a welterweight."

Both also sang often at the Sands in Vegas.

I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...