Post by marianne48 on Sept 8, 2018 4:12:28 GMT
Tony Bennett was eager to take a shot at a film career--if singers such as Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra could be movie stars, why not him? Apparently he thought he couldn't go wrong with the all-star epic The Oscar (1966), in which he made his debut
as half-Jewish/half-Irish Hymie Kelly, the perpetually edgy best friend of Stephen Boyd's ambitious star. The film was an unintentionally funny bomb, an embarrassment for most of the stars who appeared in it. Bennett abandoned his film career after that.
as half-Jewish/half-Irish Hymie Kelly, the perpetually edgy best friend of Stephen Boyd's ambitious star. The film was an unintentionally funny bomb, an embarrassment for most of the stars who appeared in it. Bennett abandoned his film career after that.