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Rat Pack Confidential by Shawn Levy 1st Edition Dean Martin Sammy Davis jr
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780385487511
- Book Title
- Rat Pack Confidential : Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Showbiz Party
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
- Topic
- Composers & Musicians, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 22.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Information
For the first time, the full story of what happened when Frank Sinatra brought his best pals to party in a land called Vegas. January 1960. Las Vegas is at its smooth, cool peak. The Strip is a jet-age theme park, and the greatest singer in the history of American popular music summons a group of friends there to make a movie. One is an insouciant singer of Italian songs, ex-partner to the most popular film comedian of the day. One is a short, black, Jewish, one-eyed, singing, dancing wonder. One is an upper-crust British pretty boy turned degenerate B-movie actor, brother-in-law to an ascendant politician. And one is a stiff-shouldered comic with the quintessential Borscht Belt emcee's knack for needling one-liners. The architectonically sleek marquee of the Sands Hotel announces their presence simply by listing their names: FRANK SINATRA. DEAN MARTIN. SAMMY DAVIS, JR. PETER LAWFORD. JOEY BISHOP. Around them an entire cast gathers: actors, comics, singers, songwriters, gangsters, politicians, and women, as well as thousands of starstruck everyday folks who fork over pocketfuls of money for the privilege of basking in their presence. They call themselves The Clan. But to an awed world, they are known as The Rat Pack. They had it all. Fame. Gorgeous women. A fabulous playground of a city and all the money in the world. The backing of fearsome crime lords and the blessing of the President of the United States. But the dark side--over the thin line between pleasure and debauchery, between swinging self-confidence and brutal arrogance--took its toll. In four years, their great ride was over, and showbiz was never the same. Acclaimed Jerry Lewis biographer Shawn Levy has written a dazzling portrait of a time when neon brightness cast sordid shadows. It was Frank's World, and we just lived in it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0385487517
ISBN-13
9780385487511
eBay Product ID (ePID)
186875
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rat Pack Confidential : Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Showbiz Party
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Composers & Musicians, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
22.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn2285.L48 1998
Reviews
Acclaim for Shawn Levy'sKing of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis: "Superb....Levy's ambitious (and entirely successful) biography is a model of what a celebrity bio ought to be--smart, knowing, insightful, often funny, full of fascinating insiders' stories, always respectful but never worshipful." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "Among the finest, most show business-savvy screen biographies ever written." --Boston Phoenix "One of the great, clear-eyed showbiz biographies of our time--a book worthy of comparison to the genre masterpiece, John Lahr'sNotes on a Cowardly Lion." --Boxoffice
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
97-036760
Dewey Decimal
791.092273
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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