THE

 RAT PACK

DEAN...FRANK...SAMMY...PETER...JOEY...

 BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, HUMPHREY BOGART AND HIS WIFE LAUREN BACALL, ALONG WITH THEIR FRIENDS JUDY GARLAND AND HUSBAND SID LUFT, ACTOR DAVID NIVEN, SONGWRITER JIMMY VAN HUSUEN, AND A YOUNG FRANK SINATRA, SPENT THEIR WEEKEND EVENINGS SOCIALIZING AROUND TOWN AT ALL THE "IN" PLACES AND HOT SPOTS. THEY AFFECTIONATELY CALLED THEIR GROUP "THE RAT PACK OF HOLMBY HILLS". (HOLMBY HILLS IS AN EXCLUSIVE AREA IN LOS ANGELES)

WHEN BOGEY PASSED ON, FRANK MISSED THE FUN OF BEING WITH HIS FRIENDS, AND SLOWLY STARTED HIS OWN GROUP TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION. PARTYING WITH BEST FRIENDS DEAN MARTIN,  SAMMY DAVIS JR., PETER LAWFORD, JOEY BISHOP, AND SOMETIMES SHIRLEY MACLAINE AND ANGIE DICKENSON... THIS NEW GROUP BECAME KNOWN AS "THE CLAN".
NOW APPROACHING THE MID SIXTIES, FRANK'S "CLAN" WASN'T AN APPROPRIATE NAME TO UTILIZE, SO SLOWLY THEY STEERED AWAY FROM "THE CLAN" AND TOOK ON BOGEY'S OLD GANG NAME... "THE RAT PACK"

 THE GROUP CONTINUED THEIR LOVE FOR FUN FROM THE STAGE IN LAS VEGAS THROUGH THE MOVIES AND RECORDINGS
THEIR BEST REMEMBERED MOTION PICTURE WAS "OCEAN'S ELEVEN" IN 1960
THE GROUP WAS BEST REMEMBERED FOR THEIR NIGHTS AT "THE SANDS"

 

 AFTER THE "RAT PACK" DAYS... THE MEMBERS WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER INDIVIDUALLY.

 

 
 FRANK SINATRA WOULD REMAIN ONE OF DEAN'S BEST FRIENDS. ALL TOGETHER THEY MADE SEVEN FILMS TOGETHER... "SOME CAME RUNNING", "OCEAN'S 11", "SERGEANTS 3", "4 FOR TEXAS", "ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS", "MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS", AND "CANNONBALL RUN II". INTERESTING FACT THAT ALMOST EVERY TITLES HAS A NUMBER IN IT .
DEAN WAS PRESENT WHEN FRANK PUT HIS HAND PRINTS IN CEMENT IN HOLLYWOOD... BOTH MEN TRAVELED TO LONDON, ENGLAND... DEAN SIGNED WITH SINATRA'S "REPRISE" RECORD LABEL... FRANK GUESTED ON DEAN'S SHOW MANY TIMES INCLUDING THE FAMOUS CHRISTMAS EPISODE

 

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