<p id=”par-1_71″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/frank-sinatra/?swcfpc=1″>Frank Sinatra</a> and <a href=”https://cheatsheet.com/tag/elvis-presley”>Elvis Presley</a> had a strained relationship in the early days of Elvis’ career. Sinatra spoke out against rock music and pointed to Elvis as a corruptive force on America’s youth. The rumors that Elvis was involved with Sinatra’s girlfriend certainly didn’t help things, either. Elvis acted in a film with Juliet Prowse while she was with Sinatra. He came very close to catching the two of them together.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-frank-sinatra-nearly-walked-in-on-elvis-and-juliet-prowse”>Frank Sinatra nearly walked in on Elvis and Juliet Prowse</h2>
<p id=”par-2_67″>In 1960, Elvis and Prowse starred in <em>G.I. Blues</em>, the former’s first after his discharge from the army. At the time, Prowse was with Sinatra. Elvis often <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/elvis-reportedly-claimed-slept-leading-ladies.html/”>pursued his leading ladies</a>, though, and he wasn’t going to let <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/frank-sinatras-elvis-dated-same-woman-same-time.html/”>Sinatra get in the way</a> of this. According to his entourage, Elvis and Prowse began spending a great deal of time together in his dressing room as they were shooting.</p>
<p id=”par-3_21″>Elvis’ entourage hung around outside the dressing room and often pounded on the door as a way to prank the couple.</p>
<p id=”par-4_22″>“Hey, Elvis, quick, here comes Frank!” bodyguard Red West would say, per the book <em>Elvis: What Happened?</em> by Steve Dunleavy. “He’s on the set.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full is-resized” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high” width=”1200″ height=”939″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Elvis sits with his arm around Juliet Prowse on the set of ‘G.I. Blues.'” class=”wp-image-3648456″ style=”aspect-ratio:1.2779552715654952;width:820px;height:auto” srcset=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg 1200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=640&h=500 640w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=1024&h=801 1024w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=768&h=601 768w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=447&h=350 447w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=216&h=169 216w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=200&h=157 200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=648&h=507 648w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elvis-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=77&h=60 77w” sizes=”(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px”><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Juliet Prowse and Elvis | Mondadori via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-5_31″>Elvis opened the door the first several times this happened, but he learned to ignore these false warnings. This was a problem on a day when Sinatra actually visited the set.</p>
<p id=”par-6_15″>“Hey, Elvis, here comes Frank!” West shouted. “I mean it, man, he’s on the set!”</p>
<p id=”par-7_33″>West got a “f*** you” from Elvis, but the singer didn’t open the door. West watched in horror as Sinatra walked into the room. He stopped inside briefly but didn’t see anything incriminating.</p>
<p id=”par-8_30″>“Afterwards, Elvis laughed about it,” bodyguard Sonny West recalled. “He said, ‘Goddamn, man, the one time you guys banged on the door and there he was. It was Frank Sinatra.’”</p>
<p id=”par-9_12″>Sinatra and Prowse were briefly engaged, but they broke up in 1962.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-juliet-prowse-took-a-while-to-warm-to-elvis”>Juliet Prowse took a while to warm to Elvis</h2>
<p id=”par-10_31″>Though Elvis and Prowse dated briefly, it took her a while to warm to him. Red West believed she wasn’t sure what to make of Elvis and his <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/elvis-backup-singer-said-underlying-nervousness-talking-looming-entourage.html/”>constantly present entourage</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-11_55″>“She was a very cool lady,” Red said. “She had that English-type accent and at first we all thought she was a bit standoffish. Actually, she was a pretty nice chick. But I guess at first when she saw all these wild men from Memphis, she probably thought, What the hell is this all about?”</p>
<p id=”par-12_5″>Elvis quickly charmed her, though.</p>
<p id=”par-13_17″>“Anyway, Elvis started to break down this coolness with his professional country-boy charm, real polite, real sincere.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-what-did-juliet-prowse-say-about-frank-sinatra-and-elvis”>What did Juliet Prowse say about Frank Sinatra and Elvis?</h2>
<p id=”par-14_15″>Prowse’s relationships with Sinatra and Elvis became tabloid fodder, so she eventually addressed the matter.</p>
<p id=”par-15_59″>“I had a date or two with Elvis — he’s a nice, polite chap — but we’re definitely not a steady item as some columnists say,” Prowse said in 1960, per the <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-15-mn-44283-story.html” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>LA Times</a>. “Yes, I see Frank Sinatra quite often. We’re good friends. And I’m very tired of some people trying to dig up a ‘triangle’ situation. It’s ridiculous.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” width=”1200″ height=”927″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”A black and white picture of Frank Sinatra and Juliet Prowse sitting at a table together in ‘Can Can.’ She wears a hat.” class=”wp-image-3648458″ srcset=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg 1200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=640&h=494 640w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=1024&h=791 1024w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=768&h=593 768w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=453&h=350 453w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=219&h=169 219w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=200&h=155 200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=656&h=507 656w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=260&h=200 260w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=300&h=232 300w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=280&h=215 280w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frank-Sinatra-and-Juliet-Prowse.jpg?w=78&h=60 78w” sizes=”(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px”><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Frank Sinatra and Juliet Prowse | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-16_27″>She also pointed out that even if she had dated Elvis at the same time as Sinatra, it wasn’t a problem. They weren’t in an exclusive relationship.</p>
<p id=”par-17_24″>“Frank and I are mature people,” she said, per <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/09/15/juliet-prowse-dies-at-59/4f0f02fb-29e9-4964-8f66-152b06398389/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Washington Post.</a> “We don’t go for this teenage bit about going steady and all that jazz.”</p>