Frank Sinatra filmography Me Out to the Ball Game" (1949). As his acting career developed further, Sinatra also produced several of the film's in which he appeared, and directed one—"None but the Brave"—which he also produced and in which he starred. Sinatra's film and singing careers had declined by 1952, when he was out-of-contract with both his record company and film studio. In 1953 he re-kindled his film career by targeting serious roles: he auditioned for—and won—a role in "From Here to Eternity" for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor –
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Sinatra, and "A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim" (1967), starring Ella Fitzgerald and Antonio Carlos Jobim. An album by Sinatra, also titled "A Man and His Music", was released at around the same time as the special. By modern standards, especially, the format of the original show was profoundly simple. It consisted only of Frank Sinatra in a television studio singing many of his hit tunes (such as "It Was a Very Good Year") in front of a live audience. There were no guests on this first program. The orchestra was conducted by long-time Sinatra arrangers Nelson