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Monte Carlo.—We have seen Frank Sinatra in many of his nightclub and hotel engagements over the years— from the era of The Big Swoon ef- fect on audiences to that point some years ago when many rated him wash- ed up as a singer, just prior to bfs tremendous resurgence. The two greatest performances of his entire career, we believe, were two singing engagements for which he received mo pay whatever. One was the night we heard him during that memorable | 1-day stand at the Mo- cambo after the death of Charlie Mor- rison; the other was here in Monte Carlo, when he sang for the better part of an hour to highlight a benefit gala for Princess Grace's UN Refugee Children’s Fund, following the world premiere of “Kings Go Forth’. On both occasions, singing sans pay, Si- ~ natra sang from a heart much larger than his body. The affair at The Sporting Club here found Sinatra singing before one of the greatest glamour audience§even he fas faced and, in turn, one ofthe my enthusiastic. This bejew gathering, the creme de la creme ¥f thefFrench Riviera, plus others flown in from all over Europe and the ULS., went wild with applause, cheering at the windup in hope Frank would war~ ble another hour, It was that sort of a great, triumphal performance only a Sinatra can accomplish. Another unusual aspect of the gala was that, when the evening came to an end, many in the plush audience stood in fine in The Sporting Club lobby to buy some of the hundreds of albums Frank had flown in from Hollywood to add to the benefit fund, swelling it to $55,000 for the eve- ning. . Those fortunate enough to have at- tended ‘'An Evening With Frank Sing- tra”, following the opening of “Kings Go Forth”, got the full impact of Sinatra at his entertainment peak—- for he is at his best when doing some- thing to help others.-° |) ot > Pies. WED ‘Lackily, there will be reprise of ALL EE SE TION CONTAINE: . this great performance, for there. will. =: TTI LASSIFI _ be another “Evening With Sinatra’ i HERELS PB yi 7 DATE Lins got tickets, “try ‘to gét. then. ; Tisdiwh t Is certain. to be * grea. evenings oft enterfai | Rollyieed “annals am eporter "The Hollywood Rep "SUN 1 7 1958