#Who are the members of the rat pack movie
Lawford also came with a gift: a script for a heist movie called “Ocean’s 11” that had been slipped to him by George Clayton Johnson, a Malibu gas-station attendant and aspiring writer. So Lawford - characterized by Lertzman as “a little gossip who told Ava Gardner about Frank f–king around” - was improbably in as well. Peter Lawford was married to Patricia Kennedy, and Sinatra was drawn to the Kennedy family’s power.”
Then he needed a journeyman comic who would not suck air out of the room: In came Joey Bishop. had just lost an eye in a car accident and Frank wanted to back him. He had done the movie ‘Some Came Running’ with Dean Martin and thought it would be good to work with him again. “Frank loved the idea and started assembling a group. “Al wanted a mega-act to put Vegas on the map,” Lertzman said. Meanwhile, Sands casino publicist Al Freeman was looking to take Vegas beyond its status as a cow town with some diversions. Sinatra was bopping through town in ’59, mulling a big payday while his elite status still held.
“Before the Rat Pack’s arrival, Vegas was all Jimmy Durante and Cyd Charisse - old hat,” said Lertzman. Sinatra’s next move would create the legend of the Rat Pack - and cement the Las Vegas Strip as an international party destination. Lertzman, co-author of the new book “Deconstructing the Rat Pack” (Prestige Press), told The Post. “Frank 100 percent knew that his window was closing. Cool kids danced to “The Twist,” and The Beatles had just formed in Liverpool. In February 1960, crooner Frank Sinatra had an Oscar for “From Here to Eternity” and hit records under his belt. Inside the original Rat Pack and the legacy its members left behindįrank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and JFK (inset).Everett Collection
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