Jackie Kennedy & Frank Sinatra by Oscar Abolafia. Original Press, 1960s via
Jackie Kennedy & Frank Sinatra by Oscar Abolafia. Original Press, 1960s via
Jackie Kennedy & Frank Sinatra by Oscar Abolafia. Original Press, 1960s via
Category Archives: Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra at JFK’s Presidential Inauguration Ball (1961)
Frank Sinatra by Dennis Stock. JFK’s Presidential Inauguration Ball. Washington DC. 1961. via
Frank Sinatra Performing (1965)
Vintage Photos of Ava Gardner & Frank Sinatra Wedding (1951)
Ava Gardner married Frank Sinatra on Nov. 7, 1951, at a friend’s home. Sinatra had left his wife, Nancy, for Gardner. Sinatra was blasted by gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, the Hollywood establishment, the Roman Catholic Church, and by his fans for leaving his wife for a noted femme fatale.
The marriage was turbulent, with many well-publicized fights and altercations. During their marriage Gardner became pregnant twice, but aborted both pregnancies, the reason being that MGM had all sorts of penalty clauses about their stars having babies. Years later she said:
“We couldn’t even take care of ourselves. How were we going to take care of a baby?”
The couple formally announced their separation on October 29, 1953, through MGM. Gardner filed for divorce in June 1954, at a time when she was dating matador Luis Miguel Dominguín, but the divorce was not settled until 1957. It was Gardner’s third and final marriage. She would later say in her autobiography that Sinatra was the love of her life. Sinatra continued to feel very strongly for her, and they remained friends for life. He was still dealing with her finances in 1976.
Frank and Ava at their wedding in 1951. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) via
Frank and Ava at their wedding in 1951 via
Frank and Ava at their wedding in 1951 via
Mia Farrow & Frank Sinatra Wedding July 19th 1966
Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow met on the set of Sinatra’s film, Von Ryan’s Express.
They married on July 19th 1966, at the Las Vegas casino of Jack Entratter. The bride was 21 and the groom 50. The wedding ceremony lasted four minutes, with no members of Frank’s family present. Movie producer William Goetz served as best man and and his wife as matron of honor.
They then flew to Palm Springs for a wedding party, with guests including Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Dean Martin and other faces from Hollywood.
Sinatra wanted Farrow to give up her acting career which she initially agreed to do. She accompanied Sinatra while he was shooting several films but soon tired of doing nothing and signed on to star in Rosemary’s Baby. She agreed to appear in his 1968 film, The Detective, but when she reneged as her filming schedule for Rosemary’s Baby overran, Sinatra served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew.
Their divorce was finalized in August 1968. Farrow later blamed the demise of the marriage on their age difference and stated that she was an “impossibly immature teenager” when she married Sinatra.
In an interview for the November 2013 issue of Vanity Fair, Farrow said that she and Sinatra “never really split up” and answered “possibly” when asked if her son Ronan might be Sinatra’s.
Frank Sinatra & Mia Farrow after getting married via
Frank Sinatra & Mia Farrow after getting married via
Frank Sinatra & Mia Farrow after getting married via
Frank Sinatra & Mia Farrow after getting married via
Frank Sinatra & Mia Farrow after getting married . Image Credit: Rex Features via
A Collection of Photos featuring Women Wearing Masks
Lee Radziwill at the plaza hotel at Truman Capote´s black and white ball, New York, 1966 via
Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow at Truman Capote´s black and white ball via
Edwige Feuillère via
Baroness Jean de L’espee attending masked ball, Paris, July 1946, photographed by David E. Scherman for LIFE Magazine via
Portrait by Brassai, Lilliput, March 1947 via
The Merry Widow by Lillian Basman via
Audrey Hepburn in How to Steel a mIllion via
A young Twiggy wearing a mask and peeking through the curtains of the Paris shop Torrente, Vogue 1967 via
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