In the Wee Small Hours having lost his previous energy. Later, Sinatra was dropped from Columbia. Against the wishes of his colleagues, on March 14, 1953 vice president of A&R at Capitol Alan Livingston signed Sinatra to a seven-year deal. The deal proved to be a success; later that year in August, Sinatra appeared as Private Angelo Maggio in the film "From Here to Eternity". The film was successful and his performance was acclaimed, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. With this new popularity he recorded two albums, "Songs for Young Lovers" and "Swing
Frank Sinatra filmography Motion Picture. Other serious roles followed, including a portrayal of an ex-convict and drug addict in "The Man with the Golden Arm", for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the British Academy Film Award for the Best Actor in a Leading Role. Sinatra received numerous awards for his film work. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for "Pal Joey" (1957), and was nominated in the same category for "Come Blow Your Horn" (1963). Three of the films in which Sinatra appears, "The House I Live In"