Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (2006)
"Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer" is a feature-length documentary. In this entertaining look at the legendary singer's life, hosted by two-time Grammy award singer Lou Rawls, Frankie tells his own story. Classic archive footage of the great performances of the past has been painstakingly collected, and new interview material shot with distinguished guests such as Clint Eastwood,Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, Dick Clark, Ringo Starr, Patti Page, Pat Boone, Maria Cole, Mitch Miller, Michel Legrand, John Williams, Kay Starr, Jack Jones, Herb Jeffries, Peter Marshall, Howard Keel, Terry Moore, Lucy Marlow, Sammy Nestico, and A.C. Lyles. From Dick Clark's American Bandstand to The Bob Hope Show, from Rawhide to Blazing Saddles, from the Ed Sullivan Show to Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, audiences will journey through the life of one of the most popular male vocalists of all time.
Frankie Laine: An American DreamerDocumentary, Music
Cast
- Lou Rawls — Self - Host
- Frankie Laine — Self
- Louis Armstrong — Self (archive footage)
- Pat Boone — Self
- James Brown — Self (archive footage)
- Nat King Cole — Self (archive footage)
- Perry Como — Self (archive footage)
- Slim Gaillard — Self (archive footage)
- Bob Hope — Self (archive footage)
- Marilyn Maxwell — Self (archive footage)
- Johnnie Ray — Self (archive footage)
- Frank Sinatra — Self (archive footage)
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