The Man With The Golden Arm history Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen

Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen were members

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Classics from "Studio One" and "Telephone Time

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this fascinating documentary closes the book on a long-lost chapter of cinema lore and opens a new world for today's viewers -a Wellesian world that's all impassioned

The Man With The Golden Arm history Phylicia Rashad and Debbie AllenOtto Preminger extracts a powerful performance from Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine, a former drug addicted card dealer just out of detox and trying to establish a new career as a jazz drummer. Back in his old neighbourhood Frankie finds it difficult to stay clean faced with the pressures of his emotionally distressed wife played by Eleanor Parker, his need to earn a living and the fear of his past addiction.