Artanis Entertainment Group

Artanis Entertainment Group is an American media and entertainment brand associated with Frank Sinatra. Its name is “Sinatra” spelled backward, reflecting the company’s close connection with the singer, actor, and recording artist. The organization has operated across both film and recorded music, with its activities centered on material connected to Sinatra and his professional legacy. The company’s earliest screen-production identity was Artanis Productions, Inc. It produced the Sinatra-starring war film None but the Brave in 1965, the television film Contract on Cherry Street in 1977, and the crime drama The First Deadly Sin in 1980. These productions placed the Artanis name within Sinatra’s film career as well as his music business activities. A later incarnation emerged from an arrangement involving Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records, the label associated with Sinatra. Following Sinatra’s death in 1998, the Sinatra family reactivated Artanis as a record label, with the first releases appearing in 1999. The label was based at Warner’s headquarters in Burbank, California, and concentrated on previously unreleased or archival recordings rather than developing a broad roster of contemporary artists. The first two releases were The Summit, an archival live recording from a 1962 performance involving Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr., and Sinatra ’57 in Concert, a remastered recording of Sinatra’s June 9, 1957 concert in Seattle. Subsequent releases included recordings connected to the 1964 film Robin and the 1968 holiday album The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas. This catalog strategy positioned Artanis as a heritage and archival brand, making historically significant performances available in revised or previously unreleased editions. Available reference material does not establish a current operating structure, a separate public listing, or an active contemporary release program. It also distinguishes the company’s film-production activities from the later record-label operation, so a single founding date cannot be assigned confidently. Artanis is best understood as a Sinatra-related entertainment imprint whose documented importance lies in film production and the preservation and commercial reissue of archival recordings.

Artanis Entertainment Group has two connected but distinct phases: an earlier film-production operation and a later archival-record label. The name derives from reversing the letters of “Sinatra,” making the brand an explicit extension of Frank Sinatra’s professional identity and family estate. The film-related operation was known as Artanis Productions, Inc. It produced None but the Brave, a 1965 war film starring Sinatra; Contract on Cherry Street, a 1977 television movie; and The First Deadly Sin, a 1980 crime film also led by Sinatra. These projects show that the Artanis name was used for screen production before its better-documented record-label phase. The later label developed through a relationship between Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records, the record company associated with Sinatra. After Sinatra died in 1998, his family reactivated Artanis as a label dedicated to archival material. In 1999, the label’s business was moved to Warner Bros.’ headquarters in Burbank, California. Rather than functioning as a general-purpose record company, Artanis concentrated on recordings from Sinatra’s historical catalog and related unreleased material. The label launched with The Summit, a previously unreleased live recording from a 1962 set featuring Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. Its other initial release was Sinatra ’57 in Concert, a remastered document of Sinatra’s June 9, 1957 performance in Seattle. Later releases drew on soundtrack and family catalog material, including Robin and the 7 Hoods, associated with the 1964 film, and The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas from 1968. The available account does not document a separate modern management team, current headquarters beyond the Warner-linked Burbank location, public-company status, or an ongoing release schedule. Consequently, the company’s present status is uncertain. Historically, however, Artanis served as a vehicle for extending Sinatra’s entertainment legacy from film production into the controlled reissue and release of archival recordings.

• 1999

  Artanis launches its first archival releases

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  The label releases The Summit and Sinatra '57 in Concert as its first two documented reissues.

• 1998

  Sinatra dies and the label is reactivated

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  After Frank Sinatra's death, his family reactivates Artanis as a record label focused on archival material.

• 1980

  Artanis produces The First Deadly Sin

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  The Sinatra-led crime film The First Deadly Sin is produced under the Artanis Productions identity.

• 1977

  Contract on Cherry Street reaches television

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  Artanis Productions, Inc. produces the television film Contract on Cherry Street, starring Frank Sinatra.

• 1965

  Artanis produces None but the Brave

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  Artanis Productions, Inc. produces the Sinatra-starring war film None but the Brave.

A heritage entertainment imprint focused on Frank Sinatra-related film material and archival music releases, particularly previously unreleased or remastered recordings.

• Archival live album · 1999

  The Summit

  A previously unreleased live recording from a 1962 performance featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. It exemplifies Artanis’s early label strategy of making historically notable material from Sinatra’s performance archive commercially available.

• Remastered live album · 1999

  Sinatra '57 in Concert

  A remastered recording of Frank Sinatra’s June 9, 1957 concert in Seattle. Released during Artanis’s initial 1999 program, it presented a historical live performance in an updated archival edition.

• Film-related archival release

  Robin and the 7 Hoods

  A later Artanis release connected with the 1964 Sinatra film Robin and the 7 Hoods. The title illustrates the label’s use of film-related material within its broader Sinatra archival catalog.

• Archival holiday recording

  The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas

  A holiday recording from 1968 included among the later releases associated with the Artanis label. It extends the catalog beyond concert recordings into Sinatra family and seasonal material.

• Feature film · 1965

  None but the Brave

  A 1965 war film starring Frank Sinatra and produced by Artanis Productions, Inc. It represents the company’s documented early film-production activity.

• Television film · 1977

  Contract on Cherry Street

  A 1977 television film produced by Artanis Productions, Inc. and led by Frank Sinatra.

• Feature film · 1980

  The First Deadly Sin

  A 1980 crime film starring Frank Sinatra and produced under the Artanis Productions identity.

• 1999

  Shift toward archival Sinatra releasesStrategy

  Background

  The reactivated Artanis label emerged from cooperation between Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records after Frank Sinatra's death.

  Action taken

  The label was used to issue previously unreleased, remastered, and other archival recordings connected with Sinatra and his musical circle.

  Aftermath

  Its opening catalog established Artanis as a heritage-oriented Sinatra imprint rather than a broad contemporary music label.

  Source

• 1999

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  Product launch

  Following Frank Sinatra's death, the Sinatra family reactivated Artanis as a record label through an arrangement involving Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records.

• 1999

  Artanis issues The Summit and Sinatra '57 in Concert[1]Artanis Entertainment Groupen.wikipedia.org

  Product launch · Product generation

  The label's initial releases were an archival live recording involving Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr., and a remastered recording of Sinatra's 1957 Seattle concert.

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