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Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

(2006)

January 23, 2006• 1h 30m
50%
TMDB Score

Overview

"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.

Don Wilson

Director

Top Billed Cast

LR

Lou Rawls

Self - Host

FL

Frankie Laine

Self

LA

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

PB

Pat Boone

Self

JB

James Brown

Self (archive footage)

NKC

Nat King Cole

Self (archive footage)

PC

Perry Como

Self (archive footage)

SG

Slim Gaillard

Self (archive footage)

BH

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

MM

Marilyn Maxwell

Self (archive footage)