Frank Sinatra’s son was kidnapped on a Friday in 1963, and the singer called up Bank of America, Security Pacific and a few other big banks asking for $240,000 to pay the ransom money. The big banks told him to come in Monday morning and fill out a loan application. When he called City National, Chairman Bram Goldsmith told him “Come down to the bank as fast as you can and we’ll have your cash ready.” Sinatra was so impressed that he told all his Hollywood friends to bank there, and it soon became the bank for the rich and famous of Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Even today, it’s considered a prestigious thing to do your banking with them....