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A Mitzi Gaynor group of ephemera pertaining to her appearance on The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
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A Mitzi Gaynor group of ephemera pertaining to her appearance on The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
ABC, 1959. Comprising a gouache on board concept set design of Mitzi in the center and dancers behind her, inscribed, "Sinatra" to lower left and "Hurricane Mitzi" to lower right in pencil, designed by James Trittipo, who was the art director for the show. Trittipo created sets for many television variety shows of the 1950s and '60s including Mitzi's first special, Mitzi (1968), and those for Elvis Presley and Fred Astaire; together with two 12-inch 33-1/3rpm acetate discs, one double-sided and one single-sided, labeled, "American Broadcasting Company / Frank Sinatra Show / 10/19/59" (playback not guaranteed). Mitzi credits Frank Sinatra for allowing her the chance to audition for South Pacific when it would have interfered with the shooting of their film, The Joker is Wild (1957). Sinatra insisted that Mitzi be allowed her chance and that they would work filming around her, a decision which ultimately led to her landing the jewel of her career. "Nobody knows those [nice] things about Frank," Mitzi said later. Accompanied by a DVD of the program.
Set design overall: 15.25 x 16.25 x 1.5 in.; within frame: 13.5 x 14.75 in.
Set design overall: 15.25 x 16.25 x 1.5 in.; within frame: 13.5 x 14.75 in.


















