against the wishes of his colleagues, on march 14, 1953 vice president of a&r at capitol alan livingston signed sinatra to a seven-year deal. the deal proved to be a success; later that year in august, sinatra appeared as private angelo maggio in the film "from here to eternity". the film was successful and his performance was acclaimed, winning the academy award for best supporting actor and the golden globe award for best supporting actor. with this new popularity he recorded two 10” lp albums, "songs for young lovers" and "swing easy!", which both peaked at number three on the "billboard" album chart, with the latter reaching number five on the uk album charts. his performance as the lead character in "the man with the golden arm" earned him nominations for best actor at the academy awards and the bafta awards.