A Hole in the Head

Ben Mankiewicz introduces A Hole In The Head, 1959.

Introduction and comments following A Hole In The Head, 1959, from Ben Mankiewicz and guest Connie Sawyer.

Brother Mario (Edward G. Robinson), with wife Sophie (Thelma Ritter), is too candid as he introduces widow Eloise (Eleanor Parker) to his brother, cash-strapped Miami hotel owner and single dad Tony (Frank Sinatra), Eddie Hodges the kid, Frank Capra directing, in A Hole In The Head, 1959.

Various states of undress for Carolyn Jones as Shirl, divorceè girlfriend of single dad Tony (Frank Sinatra), who’s also her landlord and owner of a struggling Miami Beach hotel, discussing his options, including seeking funds from his grumpy brother, early in Frank Capra’s A Hole In The Head, 1959.

Dad Tony (Frank Sinatra) and son Ally (Eddie Hodges) with Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's Academy Award-winning novelty hit song, a version of which became a theme for the Sinatra-backed Kennedy presidential campaign, in director Frank Capra's comeback, A Hole in the Head, 1959.

Leading man and executive producer Frank Sinatra sings and narrates the opening sequence for director Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head, 1959, co-starring Edward G. Robinson and Eleanor Parker.

Hotel owner Tony (Frank Sinatra) and older brother Mario (Edward G. Robinson) move from friendly to furious in a discussion about money in director Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head, 1959.

Frank Sinatra is a single father whose swinging lifestyle could cost him custody of his son in Frank Capra's A Hole In The Head (1959).