“Obviously Johnny Fontane was inspired by a kind of Frank Sinatra character,” Coppola said on the commentary track.
In the director’s commentary on Blu Ray for The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola briefly mentions Sinatra during Fontane’s first appearance. Singer Al Martino played Johnny Fontane in The Godfather and The Godfather: Part III. In Puzo’s novel, Johnny Fontane’s singing and acting career is helped thanks to his mafia connections. It had been rumored Sinatra had connections to organized crime which allowed to him make certain career moves, including allegedly breaking a contract through threat of violence. ” ‘I’d like you to meet my good friend, Mario Puzo,’ ” said the millionaire friend, according to Puzo, to which Sinatra, not looking up from his plate, replied: ” ‘I don’t think so. A Mother Tougher Than The Godfather Mario Puzo isnt known for his strong female characters but if youve read his pre-Godfather work, The Fortunate Pilgrim, you might think otherwise. Once there, the millionaire wanted to introduce the author to another friend: Sinatra. The writer was busy working on the screenplay for his bestseller in Hollywood - which would go on to be hailed as one of the greatest films of all time - when he was invited by an unnamed “famous millionaire” friend to a dinner party at Chasen’s - a then celebrity hotspot near Beverly Hills, which opened in 1936 and closed in 1995, Puzo recounted in the magazine article.
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