Harry Guardino
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Met Harry at the Circle Star Theatre when he was visiting one of
the acts. He knew Al
Torrieri and the three of us used to sit at the bar during
some of the shows and talk. He came up to Al's Ranch when I was
living there - we used to visit the Sonoma Cheese Factory in the
city of Sonoma.
When I moved to LA to work the
Valley Music Theatre I often met Harry in Nicky Blair's on
Sunset Blvd. One night we were sitting at the bar, Harry was talking
about Sinatra, seems he was mad at him about something. Someone
tapped him on the shoulder and we we turned around; it was Frank
Sinatra.
He joined us at the bar and Harry
introduced us. He was very friendly and it seemed he was trying
to get Harry to do something. We sat there for a couple of
hours. Nicky brought his latest girlfriend over to meet Frank,
and then the next thing we knew we were surrounded by people
trying to look important.
I don't know if Harry complied
with Frank, but it was a nice experience for me. I had another
experience with Frank at the Circle Star Theatre some years
later. I will put that story into the Frank Sinatra page one
day.
The last time I saw Harry was at
his house in Palm Springs. I met his beautiful wife, who was
very charming.