Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

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.

Directed by Don Wilson

Top 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)

Dick Clark

Self

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Maria Cole

Self

Jerome Courtland

Self

Clint Eastwood

Self

Shecky Greene

Self

Connie Haines

Self

Herb Jeffries

Self

Jack Jones

Self

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