TOMMY SANDS at HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

* From a young age Tommy Sands always had an ear for music, he especially loved country music & at the age of seven Tommy Sands mother gave him his first guitar for Christmas.

* At the tender age of 8 years, Tommy Sands got a job performing at a radio station in Shreveport, Louisiana.

* In 1951 Tommy Sands moved with his mother to Houston. It was in the same year that he cut his first record.

* In 1952, Colonel Tom Parker, in his pre- Elvis days, signed Tommy Sands up with RCA Records, where he began recording songs.

* 1957 was a big year for Tommy Sands. He was given the lead in the TV show "The Singing Idol". The song "Teenage Crush", from the show went to number 3 on the Billboard Charts & Tommy Sands also performed at the 1957 Academy Awards. Tommy was even featured on the popular TV program "This Is Your Life".

* In 1958 Tommy Sands starred in his first two movies "Sing, Boy, Sing" & "Mardi Gras" with Pat Boone.

* In 1960 Tommy Sands married Nancy Sinatra & became the Son-In-Law of famous crooner Frank Sinatra.

* In the early 1960's more film roles followed for Tommy Sands, with the Disney classic "Babes in Toyland" (1961), the romantic comedy "Love In A Goldfish Bowl" (1961) & the war-time epic "The Longest Day" (1964), with John Wayne & Henry Fonda.

* When Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra divorced in 1965, Nancy's dad, the great Frank Sinatra, made sure that Tommy's singing career was now his own & would not get any assistance from him.

* Tommy Sands later moved to Hawaii. There he had his own nightclub & ran his own clothing business.

* In 1990 Tommy Sands returned to the stage where he sang in a Rock 'n' Roll festival in England.

* In 2000 Tommy Sands was featured in the TV special "Hollywood Rocks The Movies". The special was narrated by famous "Beatles" drummer Ringo Starr.

The Longest Day (Letterboxed Version) VHS
Also available in a theatrical, widescreen format.
The Longest Day (Color Version) VHS
The "D" in D-Day stands for "Deeply Colored" in this computer-tinted version of the all-star WWII drama.
Babes In Toyland(1961) VHS
Grand Disney adaptation of the holiday musical favorite "March of the Wooden Soldiers" stars Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello as Mother Goose Land lovers Tom Piper and Mary Contrary, Ray Bolger as wicked Mr. Barnaby, and Ed Wynn as the addlebrained Toymaker. 105 min. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
The Longest Day(1962) VHS
Acclaimed as one of Hollywood's greatest epics, producer Darryl F. Zanuck's re-creation of the Allied landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944 follows the grand-scale drama and personal stories of D-Day. International all-star cast includes John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Robert Ryan. 179 min.
Ensign Pulver(1964) VHS
Robert Walker takes over the title role played by Jack Lemmon in this service farce sequel to "Mister Roberts," teaming with ship's doctor Walter Matthau to make life miserable for hard-nosed captain Burl Ives. The supporting cast includes several future stars, Jack Nicholson, Larry Hagman, James Coco and Nick Adams among them. 104 min.
None But The Brave(1965) VHS
Frank Sinatra's directorial debut casts him as a Marine medic who finds himself and his crew stranded on a South Pacific island during World War II. They soon discover that the island is populated by Japanese forces, and a fragile truce is agreed upon when Sinatra saves a Japanese soldier's life. Clint Walker, Tommy Sands, Tony Bill and Tatsuya Mihashi co-star. 106 min.