p.b. well, ok.ill go with the ava gardner story. but, you know lots of people belive the other one
Some people will believe anything.
and the story of how he got out of the contract with tommy Dorsey. ive heard two versions of that one. one was willie morreti stuck a gun in tommy dorseys mouth, and the other one somebody gave Dorsey 60gs. I guess this belongs on another thread.
More bullshit. Tommy Dorsey was paid
millions of dollars over time. That pig Kittey Kelley even acknowledged as much (as did Anthony Summers, who wrote a much more competent biography about Sinatra). And this was in the '40s, which would translate into much more than that today. It's a matter of public record. But when Puzo wrote that sensationalist bullshit, it took on a life of its own.
but, boy, are there stories out there about this guy.
And that's just what most of them are. Stories.
Look, it's obvious that you didn't like the guy. Fine. And there was a lot about Sinatra to dislike. He was a bully. He hid behind the mob. And a whole lot more than that. But that story about Dorsey and his contract would have eventually died out like any other silly rumor if Puzo didn't write about it. There was no gun, no Luca, and no threat of brains on a contract.
