Davis Jr. visits Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin at MGM Studios, where the duo were making Some Came Running in 1958. The movie co-starred Rat Pack "mascot" Shirley MacLaine, who years later would affectionately describe her old friends as "primitive children who would put crackers in each other's beds and dump spaghetti on new tuxedos."
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Davis Jr. visits Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin at MGM Studios, where the duo were making Some Came Running in 1958. The movie co-starred Rat Pack "mascot" Shirley MacLaine, who years later would affectionately describe her old friends as "primitive children who would put crackers in each other's beds and dump spaghetti on new tuxedos."
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Dean Martin adjusts his cuff links backstage before a performance in Las Vegas in 1958.
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Dean Martin adjusts his cuff links backstage before a performance in Las Vegas in 1958.
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Sammy Davis Jr. onstage during rehearsals for his high-stakes performance in the Broadway musical Golden Boy in 1964.
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Sammy Davis Jr. onstage during rehearsals for his high-stakes performance in the Broadway musical Golden Boy in 1964.
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Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin tool around the Warner Bros. lot while making 1965's Marriage on the Rocks for the studio.
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Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin tool around the Warner Bros. lot while making 1965's Marriage on the Rocks for the studio.
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Sinatra and Martin take a cigarette break during the recording of Sleep Warm in 1958. The album was re-released in 1963 with a much more direct title: Dean Martin Sings/Sinatra Conducts.
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Sinatra and Martin take a cigarette break during the recording of Sleep Warm in 1958. The album was re-released in 1963 with a much more direct title: Dean Martin Sings/Sinatra Conducts.
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Dean Martin entertains a crowd in 1958.
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Dean Martin entertains a crowd in 1958.
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