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Frank Sinatra - The Early Years Collection is a 5 film, 5-disc boxed set.

For film buffs who are also major fans of Frank Sinatra, this DVD box set is a real treat, as none of these films have been released in DVD format before, and many of them have been unavailable in VHS format for years. All of the following films are in B&W, except for The Kissing Bandit. This collecton features Sinatra films from 1943 - 1951, here are the films and the extras are limited in this set, only a theatrical trailer accompanies each film:

Higher and Higher (1943)
From uppercrust to bread crusts! When wealthy Mr. Drake goes broke, the servants hatch a plan to restore his fortune and save their jobs: have a lovely maid pose as Drake�s debutante daughter, hoping she�ll land a rich beau. Soon a suitor arrives. "Good morning," he says. "My name is Frank Sinatra." Making his acting debut (he was a vocalist in earlier films) in this merry musical comedy, Sinatra plays the boy next door and (naturally) knows his way around a song, taking on five here, soloing on The Music Stopped, A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening and I Couldn�t Sleep a Wink Last Night. Sinatra may be the enduring main attraction but he�s not the only star on view: Victor Borge, Leon Errol, Barbara Hale, Jack Haley, Michele Morgan, Mel Torme, Mary Wickes and Dooley Wilson are also on hand.

Step Lively (1944)
Gordon Miller (George Murphy) has a hit in the works, especially since he latched onto a playwright whose real talent is his singing voice. Now all that flimflamming Miller must do is put his musical revue on stage before the rubber check underwriting it bounces his troupe from Broadway to the Bowery. As the typewriter-toting crooner, Frank Sinatra steps into his first top billing in this antic backstage musical based on the Broadway/Marx Brothers movie hit Room Service. With a nimble cast (including Gloria DeHaven, Adolphe Menjou and Walter Slezak) and buoyant Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne songs to go with farce, footlights and Frank, what else can a movie do but Step Lively?

It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
Jobs are scarce. Rooms to rent are scarcer. Times aren�t easy for returning GIs in the years after World War II. But falling in love, that�s easy. It Happened in Brooklyn. And it happens with Frank Sinatra (in a performance critically hailed as the best of his then-young screen career) starring as an ex-soldier and with a lot of humor and Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn songs. The Song�s Gotta Come from the Heart, one tune says and, with Sinatra mimicking Jimmy Durante as he socks it over with the affable "Schnozzola," it has enough heart to envelop all of Flatbush. Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford and Gloria Grahame help make the movie magic happen. And most magical of all is Sinatra�s silken delivery of a ballad forever linked with him afterward: Time After Time.

The Kissing Bandit (1949)
Place all the gold under lock and key. All the beautiful senoritas, too. The Kissing Bandit rides again � if he can somehow manage to stay on horseback! Frank Sinatra plays the kissing (and singing!) title role. Kathryn Grayson is lovely, coloratura-voiced Teresa � and who�d guess she would steal his heart before he could steal his first kiss? Sintara brings infectious charm to the role of timid Ricardo, haplessly continuing his father�s bandito tradition. Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse and Ricardo Montalban sway, swirl and clackety-clack through the vibrant, flamenco-style Dance of Fury number choreographed by Stanley Donen. And scene after scene unfurl with a splashy medley of Technicolor lavenders, reds, yellows and greens. Watch out, this bandit might steal your heart!

Double Dynamite (1951)
He may be an underpaid bank clerk but his voice is worth a million bucks. Frank Sinatra is $42.50-a-week teller Johnny Dalton, who comes across big money � and big trouble � in this frothy comedy. It�s Only Money, Sinatra sings with his quipster pal Emil (Groucho Marx). Yet lack of it keeps him from marrying fellow bank employee Mibs (Jane Russell). Before you can say "romantic comedy," Johnny rescues a bookie from a beating and receives a betting tip in appreciation. The appreciation appreciates into thousands. But there�s a catch: the bank is short $75,000. And cash-flush Johnny is Suspect #1. Maybe Johnny�s lot will be just Kisses and Tears (a Sinatra/Russell duet and the second of the film�s two Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn tunes). The good news: Double Dynamite will also be love, laughs and stardust galore.

Double Dynamite Film Clip - The Fight (CLICK HERE)

The films in this boxed set can also be purchased separately, just click the image below.

Higher & Higher

Step Lively

It Happened In Brooklyn

The Kissing Bandit

Double Dynamite

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