Feb 26, 2024
We think of Sinatra as emerging as a serious dramatic actor from
the early 1950s onwards, shedding his clean-cut MGM image for the
first time when he takes intense roles as mentally disturbed
soldiers in From Here to Eternity
and Suddenly. But there's a part of the story we've
all forgotten. In January 1945, at the height of the bobby-soxer
era and months before tapdancing in a sailor suit for Anchors
Aweigh, Sinatra made his actual dramatic acting debut on
the radio horror anthology series Suspense. This week, we
listen to "To Find Help", shockingly ahead of its time, where
Sinatra briefly shed his squeaky-clean status to play a violent and
mentally ill man terrorising an old woman in her home.
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