Sinatra 'Almost Got Caught Carrying $3.5m Mafia Cash'

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 5-5-2005 | Catherine Elsworth

[Muleteam1]

LOL! We men never get over beautiful women and I agree the old films definately had the classical film beauties. Most of the new actresses have only a superficial beauty which is revealed when they first open their mouth. Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, The Three Stooges; I love most all of the old slapstick comedies. I must be getting old though. Instead of looking at the beautiful women in these old movies anymore, I marvel at the beautiful old classic cars and try to see if the President in the wall photo in the background matches the date the movie is supposed to be set.

Muleteam1

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Francis Albert Sinatra is the GREATEST VOCALIST OF ALL TIME!

I'd much rather listen to Ozzy Osbourne or Steven Tyler. Sinatra's style made me puke.

[Captain Peter Blood]

No there was no Military Funeral, just the usual celebrity free for all.

[hosepipe]

Don't hear much about the Italian mafia anymore...
Must be because some bright mafioso finally figured out that SOCIALISM was really the mafias "protection scam" gone political, and it exactly IS.. And the American mafia seems to have stopped fooling around with the chump change.. and went for the big money..

{snip}

Both party's starting being heads and tails of the same nickle and took turns being in power.. Are you ready for HILLARY... well GET READY.. It is "funny" how many on Bill Clinton's "death list" were hit mafia style.. 2008 IS the democrats turn, really....

Wonder how many "MADE" politicians there are now.. and not only "made" politicians.. but "made" Captains of industry.. A offer you can't turn down <<- not heard anymore.. could be the main mover of American politics today.. i.e. Arlen Spectre, John McLaim, Orly Hatch, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, somebody STOP ME..etc..

Maybe Socialism, Conservatives and Socialists are just a gambit for the rubes when really the Mafia(s) are in charge.. Which mafia.?. I dunno there are so many.. Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, various Latino ones, maybe a mix of all of them.. You know, territorys..

One things certain... Socialism is mafia territory on crack..
Did the Mafia MISS THAT FACT.?..
Don't count on it..

[Clemenza]

GRRRR. Although I did like the first four Sabbath albums...

[Captain Peter Blood]

Like him or not the guy was a huge talent and quite probably the "Entertainer of the Century", 20th that is.
He had the voice and the technique most singers would have killed for. No one and I mean no one ever sounded as good as Sinatra in his prime. Dean Martin was great but not as good as Sinatra with his breathing and ability to phrase a lyric. Never will be another.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Let's not forget auxiliary members of the Summit (Frank would kick you a-s if you used the term rat pack), Angie Dickinson and Shirley Maclaine.

Add one more broad to the list that hung with the Rat Pack--Juliet Prowse. Juliet Prowse had the best legs in Hollywood.

[scott says]

No argument from me. I prefer his Capitol years the most, but Reprise era is excellent as well.I have The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings,20 cd set that has every song from those years. One of my all time favorite cds is Old Blue Eyes is Back,1973, its fantastic!

[Captain Peter Blood]

Side note on that album. If I recall correctly that was the only record Sinatra made where he gave equal credit to another performer.
He thought Jobim hung the moon and even on the TV special he did with Jobim he gave him top billing.

[fat city]

Hehe- wasn't me- honest. I lived there in 1973 and there was talk of moving "Bourbon Street" out to a strip plaza in Metairie since the original was such a hole. Also remember how unpopular "cajuns" were in N.O. How times have changed.

[Liberty Wins]

"I just didn't click with his personality . . ."

Well, lessee . . . he was a non-stop boozing, woman-chasing, Democrat-worshipping mob flunky who neglected his kids. No, he wasn't my kind of lounge lizard, either.

For talent give me Der Bingo. For voice quality, the thrilling music of Robert Goulet during his prime. For character I guess I'll take Ronald Reagan . . .

[_Jim]

3.5 Million? In a briefcase?

I'm glad someone 'ran the numbers' on that claim ...

[Muleteam1]

I was there from 1980 to the World's Fair in 1984. I worked in the French Quarter and, except for the smell of roasting coffee and chicory and baking bread, I hated that bumper-to-bumper drive into town every morning.

Muleteam1

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

GRRRR. Although I did like the first four Sabbath albums...

I say the 1st Black Sabbath album was the best rock ever produced. Hard to believe that rock music that great could have been done in 1969. Just think, they produced that album with $900 worth of equipment. Compare that to the millions of dollars used in mixing and remixing today's music. I have always wished that album could have been done with today's technology. I have never heard guitar as good as that since then.

[Paulus Invictus]

You are right. Frank could sing, but he was scum in most other respects. People I knew in the movie industry were well acquainted with Sinatra and they all called him the ultimate reprobate, completely immoral and vindictive to anyone he thought had crossed him, including the Kennedy brothers. Both bedded Marilyn Monroe thanks to Frank's introduction and the help of Peter Lawford, another despicable human being.

[Fester Chugabrew]

I'm glad someone 'ran the numbers' on that claim ...

Was thinking the same thing. Thanks for the math. 100's would likely have been less suspect at the time. How does that pan out weight and size wise?

[Doctor Stochastic]

[From Wikepedia] Modern U.S. currency, regardless of denomination, is 2.61 inches (66.3 mm) wide, 6.14 inches (156 mm) long, and 0.0043 inches (0.109 mm) thick. A single bill weighs about one gram...

Thus 3.5 million would weigh 3,500,000/50 grams or 70,000 grams or 70 kilos or 11 stone.

Size would be 70,000*2.61"*6.14"*.0043" or 21 gallons.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Instead of looking at the beautiful women in these old movies anymore, I marvel at the beautiful old classic cars and try to see if the President in the wall photo in the background matches the date the movie is supposed to be set.

Yeah the cars were cool back then. Even the political humor was better, especially when they made fun of Roosevelt.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Okay. It was 50's. Somehow this story has suddenly become mythical in proportion. But then, so is Sinatra.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I was in Morocco in the 1980s and I can tell you it was nothing like the movie Casa Blanca.

There really was water?