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Nick Contemplates Sinatra Breakthrough To Hollywood
Nick pursued a show business career after Navy service, surviving as a cab driver in Miami and performing in clubs. A pivotal moment came when Frank Sinatra and others attended a Miami show allowing Nick to showcase and land film roles in A Hole in the Head The Bellboy and Ada, propelling his nightclub and TV ventures in San Francisco and Southern California.
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Eden
Nick
Navy
Navy Air Bases
Chase Field
Beeville
Tex
Miami Beach
Joe E. Lewis
Joe E
Martha Raye
Joe
Miami
Place Pigalle
Frank Sinatra
Swifty Morgan
Sinatra
Sintra
Frank
Edward G. Robinson
Jerry Lewis
Ada
Dean Martin
Susan Hayward
San Francisco
San Carlos
Sammy Davis Jr
Tony Bennett
Liberace
San Carlos Circle Theatre
Elf
Lower East Side
Cagney
Lugosi
Karloff
Lois Armstrong
Richard Burton
Johnnie Ray
Geme