***SPOILER ALERT*** (kind of)
It's a great film and a great musical. But, perhaps with my perspective of today, I just wonder why -- at a time when popular baseball greats were named Rizzuto, DiMaggio, and Berra -- Sinatra's character wasn't given an Italian name. Perhaps it didn't fit with the time period in which the musical was set. But it still perplexes me. All of the stars are great in this film.
It's a great film and a great musical. But, perhaps with my perspective of today, I just wonder why -- at a time when popular baseball greats were named Rizzuto, DiMaggio, and Berra -- Sinatra's character wasn't given an Italian name. Perhaps it didn't fit with the time period in which the musical was set. But it still perplexes me. All of the stars are great in this film.