A Hole in the Head
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Actor: Carolyn Jones, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Frank Sinatra, Thelma RitterBrand: SINATRA,FRANK
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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DVD Review: Includes "the ant song."
Summary: 4 Stars
A HOLE IN THE HEAD had a limited Broadway run of 156 performances from 2/28/57 to 7/13/57. Arnold Schulman (whose dad owned a beachside South Florida hostel) adapted his own play for the screen. During that process, the main characters names and ethnicity were changed to better fit its star.
In Frank Capra's movie version, Frank Sinatra portrays a single dad and carefree playboy who owns a Miami Beach motel. He has only 48 hours to come up with five months back mortgage payments and little chance of doing so. Eddie Robinson, Frank's successful businessman older brother, not only refuses to lend him any money but is trying to take Frank's young son back to New York with him. When Frank recklessly gambles away the cash that would've saved him from eviction, he's convinced that his boy is better off going north with Robinson.
Sinatra's performance of Van Heusen/Cahn's "High Hopes" won them a Best Song Oscar. At Frank's urging, director Capra came out of retirement to do this film, which reunites Frank with Eleanor Parker, his co-star in Otto Preminger's brilliant drama, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955).
Eddie Hodges, who here is Frank's adorable red-haired son 'Ally," got his start on Broadway as lisping little Winthrop in Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN. In the early '60s, Eddie had a few Top 40 charters for CADENCE Records, including "Girls Girls Girls (Made To Love)." Gravel-voiced B.S. Pully (Hood) also was a stand-up comic who recorded an adult comedy album. Carolyn Jones (Shirl) later co-starred as Morticia on TV's THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1963).
Parenthetical number preceding titles is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.
(6.2) A Hole in the Head (1959) - Frank Sinatra/Edward G. Robinson/Eleanor Parker/Carolyn Jones/Thelma Ritter/Jimmie Komack/Keenan Wynn/Dub Taylor/George DeWitt/Benny Rubin/Ruby Dandridge/B.S. Pully/Eddie Hodges
Description of A Hole in the Head
A Hole in the Head is a "genuinely entertaining" (Newsweek), OscarĀ(r)-winning* comedy, directed by the legendary Frank Capra at his uproarious best! Meet Tony (Frank Sinatra), a wannabe big shot who's constantly broke. And while the carefree widower may not have money, he is rich in one respect: he's got the unconditional love of his adoring young son, Ally (Eddie Hodges). But when Tony asks his wealthy brother, Mario (Edward G. Robinson), for a loan, Mario, who disapproves of Tony's swinging lifestyle, agrees to back his brother on one condition: settle down or give him custody of Ally! Tony may be desperate, but he'd have to have A Hole in the Head to agree to Mario's terms wouldn't he? *1959: Music (Song, "High Hopes")Bestsellers in DVD
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