I am an avid fan of anything that is Frank Sinatra and the same goes for Mario Puzo. I think that when you watch the movie you do not get the same feel for Johnny Fontaine that you get in the book. I think that once you read the book it becomes very obvious that Mr. Puzo is referring to Frank Sinatra. The paralells are too obvious, I mean look Johnny Fontaine needs that movie so that he can get his carrer going again (From Here to Eternity) he has that problem with his voice which happens to almost the same thing that happened to Frank Sinatra, those are to just name a few. I do not think that Mr Puzo ment any disrespect because if there is one thing that Sicilian men have in abundance it is honor. I mean he draws a lot of inferences to a lot of different people Moe Green=Bugsy"Ben"Siegel etc.. I am sure that you all can see where this is going.

Corleone256