LAUREN BACALL on Sinatra

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

My volcanic affair with Sinatra: Red-hot passion one moment. Cutting her dead the next. LAUREN BACALL on the star who begged her to marry him... then publicly humiliated her

It would have been the most sensational showbiz marriage of the era - the world's greatest crooner Frank Sinatra, pictured left with Lauren Bacall, actually proposed to the Hollywood legend - and she accepted! It was a hard secret to keep, and Lauren - who had recently lost her husband Humphrey Bogart, top right - was bursting to tell everyone she knew. But Frank, in a cold, remote way, went on to embarrass and humiliate the star. She went on to fall for another married men and eventually wed Jason Robards, pictured bottom right, in Mexico. In this concluding part of the late star's memoirs, LAUREN BACALL tells how it all went horribly wrong...