The Rat Pack is a term used by the media to refer to an informal entertainment group based in the Las Vegas casino scene. Starting from a group of friends who met at Los Angeles House in Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, in the 1960s, it was a name used by the press and the general public to refer to the variations of the group that then called themselves. "Peak" or "Clan", featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop among others; they performed together on stage and in films in the early 1960s, including the films of Ocean's 11 Sergeant 3 and Robin and the Hoods (in the last movie, Bing Crosby replaces Lawford). Sinatra, Martin, and Davis are considered the main members of the group.
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1950s
The name "The Rat Pack" was first used to refer to a group of friends in New York. Several explanations have been offered for famous names over the years. According to one version, the original group "Den Mother", Lauren Bacall, after seeing her husband, Humphrey Bogart, and his friends returning from one night in Las Vegas, said the words for effect "You look like a very nasty rat package. "" Rat Pack "may also be a shortened version of the" Holmby Hills Rat Pack ", a reference to the Bogart and Bacall homes that serve as a regular hangout.
The visiting members include Errol Flynn, Ava Gardner, Nat King Cole, Robert Mitchum, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis, Mickey Rooney, Lena Horne, Jerry Lewis and Cesar Romero.
According to Stephen Bogart, the original Holmby Hills Rat Pack members are: Frank Sinatra (master pack), Judy Garland (first vice president), Bacall (den mother), Sid Luft (owner of the cage), Bogart (responsible rats) public relations) , Swifty Lazar (secretary and record treasurer), Nathaniel Benchley (historian), David Niven, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, George Cukor, Cary Grant, Rex Harrison, and Jimmy Van Heusen. In his autobiography The Moon's a Balloon, David Niven confirmed that the Rat Pack initially included him instead of Sammy Davis, Jr. or Dean Martin.
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1960s
The 1960s version of the group includes Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Juliet Prowse, Buddy Greco, and Shirley MacLaine are often referred to as "Rat Pack Mascots".
The post-Bogart version of the group (Bogart died in 1957) reportedly never called the name by any of its members - they called it the Summit or the Clan . "The Rat Pack" is a term used by journalists and outsiders, though it remains an enduring name for the group.
Often, when one member is scheduled to give a show, the remainder of the Package will appear for an impromptu show, causing a lot of excitement amongst the audience, resulting in a return visit. They sell almost all of their performances, and people will come to Las Vegas, sometimes sleeping in cars and hotel lobbies when they can not find a room, just to be part of the Rat Pack entertainment experience. The appearance of the Rat Pack is an unprecedented value because the city will always be flooded with high rollers, rich gamblers who will routinely leave substantial wealth in casino cash. The marquees hotels where they perform as individuals will read, for example, "DEAN MARTIN - MAY FRANK - MAY SAMMY" as seen on the Sands Hotel sign.
Peter Lawford is President John F. Kennedy's brother-in-law (nicknamed "Brother-in-Lawford" by Sinatra), and Kennedy spends time with Sinatra and others when he visits Las Vegas, where members are sometimes referred to as "Jack Pack ". Members of the Rat Pack played a part in the campaign for Kennedy and the Democratic Party, which appeared at the Democratic National Convention of July 1960 in Los Angeles. Lawford had asked Sinatra if he would have Kennedy as a guest at his home in Palm Springs in March 1962, and Sinatra tried hard (including the construction of a helipad) to accommodate the President. When Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy advised his brother to break his relationship with Sinatra because of an entertainer's association with Mafia figures such as Sam Giancana, the delay was canceled. Kennedy chose instead to live in the real rival Bing Crosby, which further angered Sinatra. Lawford was blamed for this, and Sinatra "never again had a good word for [him]" since then. Lawford's role in 4 for upcoming Texas has been written, and his role in Robin and the 7 Hoods is given to Bing Crosby.
On June 20, 1965, Sinatra, Martin, and Davis, with Johnny Carson as hosts (replacing Bishop, who came out with a bad back), did their television concert together during the Hey Pack at the Kiel Opera House. in St. Croix Louis, a closed-circuit broadcast conducted as a fundraiser for Dismas House (the first semi-finished house for former inmates) and fed directly to theaters across the country. Thirty years later Paul Brownstein tracked down the "missing" showcase in St. Joseph's wardrobe. Louis after someone saw a mysterious camera on stage during the CBS documentary in Sinatra that filmed part of the show. Since then it has been broadcast on Nick at Nite (in 1998) as part of The Museum of Television & amp; Radio Showcase Series and released on DVD as part of Rat Package Collection: Live & amp; Swingin .
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In 1981, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., performed together in the movie Cannonball Run, and joined Sinatra in the sequel to Cannonball Run II . This will be the last time the three of them will appear in a movie together (Shirley MacLaine also appeared in the last movie).
Revival
In December 1987, at the Chasen restaurant in Los Angeles, Sinatra, Davis, and Martin announced a 29-day tour, called Together Again . At a press conference to announce the tour, Martin joked about the tour call, and Sinatra reprimands a reporter for using the term "Rat Pack", calling it "that stupid phrase".
Dean Martin's son Dean Paul Martin died in a plane crash in March 1987 at Mount San Gorgonio in California, the same mountain where Sinatra's mother, Dolly, was killed in a plane crash ten years earlier. Martin has since become increasingly dependent on alcohol and prescribed medicines. Davis underwent hip replacement surgery two years earlier, and was sidelined from Sinatra due to the use of cocaine by Davis. Davis also suffered severe financial difficulties, and was promised by the Sinatra people that he could earn between six and eight million dollars from the tour.
Martin has never made a movie or recorded since 1984, and Sinatra feels that the tour would be good for Martin, telling Davis, "I think it would be good for Dean, get him out, for that alone, it's worth doing." Sinatra and Davis still appear regularly, but have not been recorded for several years. Both Sinatra and Martin have made their final film appearance together in 1984 Cannonball Run II , a movie that also stars Davis. This marks the appearance of the first feature film trio since 1964's Robin and the 7 Hoods . Martin expressed reservations about the tour, wondering if they could attract as many people as they had in the past. After personal practice, where Sinatra and Davis complained about the lack of black musicians in the orchestra, the tour began at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena on March 13, 1988, to a sold-out crowd of 14,500.
Davis opened the event, followed by Martin and then Sinatra; after an interval, all three of them medley the song. During the show, Martin tosses a cigarette burning into the audience.
Martin withdrew from the tour after just five shows, with official reasons declared a kidney problem. Sinatra and Davis went on a tour titled "The Ultimate Event" with Liza Minnelli replacing Martin as the third member of the trio.
Fellow Davis stated that the Sinatra people shifted the top of the income from the concert, as well as filled the full envelope of cash into the suitcase after the show. In August 1989, after Davis had a sore throat, he was diagnosed with a throat cancer that caused his death in May 1990. Davis was buried with a gold watch Sinatra gave him at the end of The Ultimate Event Tour. >.
The 1988 performance of The Ultimate Event in Detroit was recorded and displayed at Showtime the following year in honor of the recently deceased Davis. A review at The New York Times praised Davis's performance, describing it as "a pure, vibrant and unrepentant show business."
Reputation
Regarding the group's reputation for women and liquor, Joey Bishop stated in a 1998 interview: "I've never seen Frank, Dean, Sammy, or Peter drunk during the show.That's just a joke! And do you believe these guys should chase the kids? They must throw them out! "
Movies
- That Happened in Brooklyn (1947) (Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford)
- Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. - cameo appearance)
- Some Came Running (1958) (Sinatra and Dean Martin, starring Shirley MacLaine)
- Never So Few (1959) (Sinatra, Lawford, and originally Davis, replaced by Steve McQueen)
- Ocean's 11 (1960) (Sinatra, Martin, Davis, Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Joey Bishop, cameo by MacLaine)
- Pepe (1960) (Sinatra, Martin, Davis, Lawford, and Bishop - all acting brilliantly)
- Sergeant 3 (1962) (Sinatra, Martin, Davis, Lawford, and Bishop)
- Road to Hong Kong (1962) (Sinatra and Martin - brilliant acting)
- Come Blow Your Horn (1963) (Sinatra, cameo by Martin)
- Johnny Cool (1963) (Davis and Bishop; Peter Lawford, executive producer; Henry Silva from Ocean's 11 starring)
- 4 for Texas (1963) (Sinatra and Martin)
- Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) (Sinatra, Martin, Davis and initially Lawford, replaced by Bing Crosby)
- Wedding at Rocks (1965) (Sinatra and Martin)
- The Oscar (1966) (Sinatra is not predictable, and Lawford)
- A Man Called Adam (1966) (Davis and Lawford)
- Texas Across the River (1966) (Martin and Bishop)
- Salt and Pepper (1968) (Davis and Lawford)
- Once Again Time (1970) (Davis and Lawford)
- The Cannonball Run (1981) (Martin and Davis)
- Cannonball Run II (1984) (Sinatra, Martin and Davis, plus MacLaine)
Lawford and Sinatra archive tapes were used in the 1974 compilation film That's Entertainment! .
Shirley MacLaine appeared in the 1958 movie Some Came Running along with Sinatra and Martin. He has a lead role (and a Sinatra a cameo) in the 1956 Oscar-winning film Around the World in 80 Days . MacLaine plays a Hindu princess who is saved by, and falls in love with, the original Rat Pack associate David Niven, and Sinatra has a non-speaking, non-singing role as a piano player in a sedan, whose identity is hidden from the viewer until she directs her face toward camera during a scene featuring Marlene Dietrich and George Raft. MacLaine appeared alongside Sinatra in the 1960 Can-Can film. She also has an appearance in the 1960 movie Ocean Ocean 11 as a drunk woman. The 1984 film Cannonball Run II , with MacLaine, marked the end time of Rat Pack members sharing theatrical screen time together.
A biopic, The Rat Pack, created by HBO in 1998, starring Ray Liotta as Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Martin and Don Cheadle as Davis, dramatizing their personal lives and, in particular, their role in the 1960s presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy.
Music
Christmas with Rat Packages , a collection of holiday songs sung by Sinatra, Martin and Davis, was released in 2001. Ultimate Rat Collection: Live & amp; Swingin ' went on sale in 2003. A concert featuring three men, Live from the Sands in Las Vegas, is also available on CD.
Stage
The Rat Pack: Live from the Las Vegas award ceremony came from the stage in London in 2000 and has been running continuously since then across Europe and North America.
See also
- Brat Pack (actor)
- Frat Pack - 1990s and 2000s (decades)
References
Bibliography
- Gehman, Richard (1961). Sinatra and Rat Ratnya . Belmont.
- Levy, S. (1998). Secret Rat Packages . London: Fourth. ISBN: 1-84115-001-0.
- Spada, James (1991). Peter Lawford: Men Keeping Secrets . New York: Bantam Books. ISBNÃ, 0-553-07185-8.
External links
- Package Rat: Unlicensed Frank, Dean and Sammy Photographs - slideshow by Life Magazine
- "Rat Pack in Palm Springs (series)". Desert Sun . Palm Springs, California: Gannett.
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