The Mailroom: Hollywood History From the Bottom Up
“ PERKINS: Frank Sinatra—like Peter Lawford, Milton Berle, and others—had offices at the William Morris building, on the third floor, with secretaries and private phone lines. Sometimes the occupants would even show up. Sinatra owned part of a restaurant called Puccini’s, on Beverly Drive. A phone line from his office went directly to the restaurant. Occasionally, when we’d saved some bucks, three or four of us would go to lunch there.
One day I picked up the Sinatra line to Puccini’s and said,... “This is Mr. Perkins over at the William Morris Agency. There will be lunch for four at twelve-thirty.”
They said, “Yes, sir, fine. We’ll be waiting for you.”
The minute the maître d’ saw my friends and me, he knew the truth: I had nothing to do with Frank Sinatra. But he said, “Mr. Perkins! Come this way.” As he turned around, at the very first table I saw a girl I was going out with and her mother. Boy, did I feel good, because I knew they’d heard him say, “Mr. Perkins!”MoreLess
One day I picked up the Sinatra line to Puccini’s and said,... “This is Mr. Perkins over at the William Morris Agency. There will be lunch for four at twelve-thirty.”
They said, “Yes, sir, fine. We’ll be waiting for you.”
The minute the maître d’ saw my friends and me, he knew the truth: I had nothing to do with Frank Sinatra. But he said, “Mr. Perkins! Come this way.” As he turned around, at the very first table I saw a girl I was going out with and her mother. Boy, did I feel good, because I knew they’d heard him say, “Mr. Perkins!”MoreLess
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