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LIFE With Sinatra: Portraits of ‘The Voice’ in 1965

Of all the superstars who helped shape and define popular culture in the 20th century, few lasted as long in the spotlight — and even fewer were as enigmatic — as Francis Albert Sinatra. Across seven...

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Vintage Vegas: Scenes From a Desert Boomtown

Of all the major destination towns in the U.S., Las Vegas might be the most perfectly, unashamedly transparent. No other city in North America, after all — and perhaps no other city in the world — has...

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Frank Sinatra Has a Shave: A Weirdly Engaging Portrait of Ol’ Blue Eyes

What is charisma, really? What is it about one personality or persona that draws our attention? That rivets us? And, perhaps even more to the point — especially in light of the picture above — is...

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Frank Sinatra Jr. and His Dad: Portrait of Pop-Culture Royalty, 1965

Frank Sinatra’s son, Frank Jr., has enjoyed a long and successful career as an entertainer in his own right — no mean feat, considering the size of the shadow cast by his pop-culture titan of a dad. A...

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Behind the Picture: Noël Coward in the Desert

The greatest portraits of stars are often those that surprise us, or feature famous people in unexpected surroundings. A naked John Lennon hugging and kissing Yoko Ono just hours before he was gunned...

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Her Perfect Refuge: Mae West in Vegas

The combination of Mae West and Las Vegas seems like a natural match. Both made their names on crowd-pleasing raunch. She famously declared “Too much a good thing can be wonderful,” and that phrase...

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