A lot of celebrities, Italian and not Italian used to take pictures and be around Boot Boiardo, I have knowledge of it going on in the 50's as well. I don't know how he had the connections but he did, in the 50's his son Tony Boy ran a high end club/restaurant type place, I forget the name of it, but he and his son are posing with numerous celebs from pictures from inside the place during the time it was open. I think Sinatra may have even been one of them.