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Rat Pack Confidential

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by Shawn Levy


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  ——. Mickey Cohen, Mobster. New York: Pinnacle, 1973.

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  Rolle, Andrew. The Italian Americans: Troubled Roots. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980.

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  Las Vegas

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  Findlay, John M. People of Chance: Gambling in American Society from Jamestown to Las Vegas. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.

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  Pearl, Ralph. Las Vegas Is My Beat. Secaucus: Lyle Stuart, 1973.

  Puzo, Mario. Inside Las Vegas. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1977.

  Reid, Ed. Las Vegas: City Without Clocks. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1961.

  Reid, Ed, and Ovid Demaris. The Green Felt Jungle. New York: Pocket, 1963.

  Roemer, William F., Jr. War of the Godfathers: The Bloody Confrontation Between the Chicago and New York Families for Control of Las Vegas. New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990.

  Sawyer, Grant. Hang Tough! Grant Sawyer: An Activist in the Governor’s Mansion. Reno: University of Nevada Oral History Program, 1993.

  Turner, Wallace. Gambler’s Money: The New Force in American Life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.

  Venturi, Robert, Denise Scott Brown, and Steen Izenour. Learning from Las Vegas. Rev. ed. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1977.

  Index

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  Academy Awards, 9, 23, 51, 76

  Adonis, Joe, 96, 142

  Aldrich, Robert, 265, 266–269

  Alo, Vincent (“Jimmy Blue Eyes”), 103

  Andress, Ursula, 266

  Armstrong, Louis, 96, 168

  Arnaz, Desi, 46, 123, 157

  Around the World in 80 Days, 49

  Bacall, Lauren

  affair with Sinatra, 29, 34–37, 224

  coins “Rat Pack” name, 31–32

  marriage to Bogart, 29–30, 34–35

  Bailey, Pearl, 165

  Bankhead, Tallulah, 96

  Barbara, Joseph, Sr., 106

  Beatles, the, 297, 303

  Belafonte, Harry, 167, 170, 192

  Benchley, Nathaniel, 32

  Benny, Jack, 125, 319

  Berle, Milton, 96, 119, 125, 181, 207, 320

  Big band era, 19, 25–26, 57

  Bishop, Joey

  career decline, 330

  character, 85–87

  childhood, 88–89

  denies Rat Pack’s existence, 205

  expulsion from Rat Pack, 287–288

  JFK inaugural gala, 192–196

  Mafia and, 147–148, 254, 256–258

  movie career, 6, 120, 131, 199, 262, 313–314

  murder trial testimony, 255–258

  Dean Martin roast, 81

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 86–87, 90, 112, 113, 313

  solo nightclub career, 88–90, 102, 313

  Summit performances, 125–128, 159

  television career, 91, 160, 311–313 See also Rat Pack

  Bishop, Sylvia Ruzga (Mrs. Joey), 89

  Bobby-soxers, 19, 22

  Bogart, Humphrey, 24, 28–35

  Bowes, Major, 18

  Brando, Marlon, 47, 130

  Britt, May

  courtship by Sammy Davis, Jr., 123–124, 183–184

  marriage to Sammy Davis, Jr., 114, 183–188, 193, 303–307

  Brown, Harry, 118

  Burton, Richard, 30–31

  Caesar’s Palace (Las Vegas), 108, 325–326, 328–329

  Cahn, Sammy, 81

  as lyricist, 128, 173, 203, 230

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 26, 156, 228, 229–232

  Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe), 201, 232, 271–281

  Campbell, Judith (“Judy”)

  affair with Giancana, 222–223, 284

  affair with JFK, 122–123, 177, 180, 182, 243

  background, 180

  on Rat Pack women, 216

  Cannonball Run II, The, 338

  Capitol Records, Sinatra with, 21–22, 133, 188, 201–202, 212–214

  Capone, Al, 141, 158, 245

  Carson, Johnny, 314, 330

  Castro, Fidel, 107, 153, 158, 241–242

  Charisse, Cyd, 125

  Chicago Outfit. See Giancana, Sam

  Chitlin Circuit, 55

  CIA

  Castro assassination plans of, 153

  Ciro’s (nightclub), 61, 63

  Civil rights protests

  integrating Las Vegas, 163–170

  Sammy Davis, Jr., in Alabama, 170

  Clan, the. See Rat Pack

  Clark, Wilbur, 78, 95

  Clift, Montgomery, 47

  Cohan, George M., Jr., 58

  Cohen, Carl

  background, 99–101

  fight with Sinatra, 327–329

  as Sands Hotel casino manager, 4, 101–102, 167

  Cohen, Mickey, 147–148

  murder charges against, 256–258

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 28

  Cohen, Mike, 99, 103

  Cohn, Harry, 23

  Colbert, Claudette, 32

  Cole, Nat King, 96, 124, 167, 192, 351

  Collins, Victor LaCroix, 275, 276, 280

  Columbia Pictures, 23

  Columbia Records, 20

  Condon, Richard, 235, 288

  Conte, Richard, 85, 119, 228

  Copacabana Nightclub (New York City), 95

  Joey Bishop at, 88, 91

  Sammy Davis, Jr., at, 61, 146

  Mafia ownership of, 96, 145

  Sinatra at, 21, 91

  Costello, Frank, 80, 96, 105, 142, 147

  Coward, Noel, 31

  Crocetti, Angela Barra, 42

  Crocetti, Dino. See Martin, Dean

  Crocetti, Guy, 42

  Crosby, Bing, 9, 238, 239, 288, 298, 351

  Curtis, Tony

  friendship with Sammy Davis, Jr., 63

  in JFK campaign, 173, 181

  in Rat Pack activities, 81, 119, 131, 228

  Cu
shing, Cardinal Richard, 178

  Daley, Richard, 189

  Dalitz, Moe, 97, 100, 245

  D’Amato, Skinny, 179, 272, 273, 278, 279

  Davis, Altovise Gore (Mrs. Sammy), 319, 344

  Davis, Elvera Sanchez (mother), 54, 55, 307

  Davis, Rosa (grandmother), 54

  Davis, Sam (“Big Sam”) (father), 54, 55, 56, 63, 308, 344 See also Will Mastin Trio

  Davis, Sammy, Jr.

  automobile accident, 62–63

  career begins, 56–62

  career decline, 297, 298, 318–319, 337–340

  childhood, 54–55

  death, 344–345

  denies Rat Pack’s existence, 205

  drug use and overextension, 307–310, 338

  earnings, 60, 62, 119, 308

  Golden Boy, 305, 306, 308

  on JFK campaign cash, 122

  JFK campaign and inauguration, 171–172, 173, 181, 185–187, 193–194

  Judaism of, 62, 63–64

  Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign, 318

  Mafia and, 146, 252–254

  marriage to Altovise Gore, 319, 344

  marriage to May Britt, 114, 123–124, 184–188, 193, 303–307

  marriage to Loray White, 162

  movie career, 63, 84, 198, 263

  Mr. Wonderful, 63

  nicknames, 114

  in Ocean’s Eleven, 5–6, 119, 120, 131

  performance style, 112–113, 137–139, 202–203

  racial humor directed at, 6, 126–128

  racism impacting, 53–54, 58–60, 61–62, 124, 147, 160–163, 183–185

  on relationships with women, 217–218

  Sands Hotel performer, 101–102, 167, 328

  segregation in Las Vegas and, 59–60, 124, 164–167, 169–170

  Sinatra criticized by, 282

  on Sinatra’s career low point, 27–28

  Sinatra’s feud and reconciliation with, 83–84

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 54–55, 57, 60–61, 112–113, 185–187, 228, 229, 304–305

  Summit performances, 125–128

  Wham of Sam, The, 202–203 See also Rat Pack

  DeCarlo, Joseph, 257

  DePalma, Gregory, 336

  Desert Inn (Las Vegas), 95, 97, 120, 241, 263

  Dexter, Brad, 298

  Dickinson, Angie, 32, 173, 181

  DiMaggio, Joe, 274

  Dorchester Productions, 118, 119

  Dorsey, Tommy, 18, 19

  Douglas, Gordon, 288

  Douglas, Kirk, 125, 174, 199, 328

  Durante, Jimmy, 81, 192

  nightclub act with Peter Lawford, 128, 147, 262–263, 290–291

  Ebbins, Milt

  on feud between Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr., 84

  as Peter Lawford’s manager, 114, 120, 212, 219, 240, 260, 261–262

  on Peter Lawford’s relations with Kennedys, 191

  Ekberg, Anita, 265, 266

  El Rancho Vegas Hotel (Las Vegas), 94, 100, 101, 102

  Entratter, Jack, 123, 128, 157

  as Sands Hotel manager, 95–97, 98–100, 101–103, 167, 170, 325

  Essex Productions, 197, 201–202, 267

  Evans, George, 19, 20, 22

  Execution of Private Slovik, The, 174

  Exner, Judith Campbell. See Campbell, Judith (“Judy”)

  Farrow, Mia

  marriage to Sinatra, 157, 300–303, 323–324, 325

  on Rat Pack women, 216, 225

  FBI

  kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr., 292–293

  report on Peter Lawford, 218

  surveillance of Mafia members, 241–248, 252, 253, 272, 334–335

  Top Hoodlum Program, 106

  Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 143

  Fischetti, Charlie (“Trigger-Happy”), 141, 142, 143, 150

  Fischetti, Joe, 147

  Mafia ties, 142, 158, 253

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 123, 141, 147

  Fischetti, Rocco, 141, 142

  Fisher, Eddie

  nightclub act, 206, 207

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 228, 239, 251, 252

  Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), 93–94, 120, 142, 165

  Flood, Sam. See Giancana, Sam

  Fontainebleau Hotel (Miami), 147, 155, 158

  Formosa, Johnny, 248, 250

  Four for Texas, 265–269

  Frankenheimer, John, 235, 236

  Freedman, Jakey, 99–100, 101

  Friars Club, 81, 90, 333

  From Here to Eternity, 9, 23, 31

  Garavante, Natalie (“Dolly”). See

  Sinatra, Natalie Garavante

  (“Dolly”) (mother)

  Gardner, Ava, 217

  marriage to Sinatra, 22–23, 27, 35, 78, 223–224, 231

  Garland, Judy

  JFK assassination, 290

  in JFK campaign, 173, 181

  in Rat Pack group, 32, 81, 306

  Garrison, Jim, 102

  Gehman, Richard, 36, 208

  Giancana, Sam, 146, 147

  affair with Judith Campbell, 123, 179, 243, 244

  affair with Phyllis McGuire, 151–152, 241–242, 245, 275, 317

  background, 149–152

  Cal-Neva Lodge ownership, 272, 273, 275–276, 280

  death of, 334, 336

  FBI surveillance of, 241–249, 252, 253, 272, 334–335

  JFK and, 80, 148, 149, 177–179, 189, 244, 246, 248

  Sinatra pressures Kennedys for, 248–249

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 49, 151–153, 157–158, 178, 251, 281–282

  Villa Venice gambling scheme, 251–254

  Gleason, Jackie, 119, 208, 352

  Goodman, Benny, 19

  Gottlieb, Jacob, 88–89

  Gray, Mack, 120, 130, 228, 233, 266

  Grober, Bert (“Wingy”), 272

  Hackett, Buddy, 88

  Hancock, Newell, 277–278, 279

  Havana, Cuba, Mafia in, 94, 107, 141–143

  Hoboken (N.J.), 15–17, 66–67

  Hoffa, Jimmy, 108, 272

  Hollywood Ten, 76, 174

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 73, 243–244, 246

  Home, Lena, 96, 165

  House I Live In, The, 76, 174

  Hughes, Howard, 100, 101, 324

  Humphrey, Hubert, 173, 177, 179

  Humphries, Murray, 335

  Hyams, Joe, 33, 36, 204

  Hyer, Martha, 31, 48

  International Brotherhood of Teamsters. See Teamsters Union

  Jacobs, George, 81, 227, 229, 276

  James, Harry, 18, 25

  Jobim, Antonio Carlos, 300

  Johnson, Van, 71, 96

  Katelman, Beldon, 100, 102

  Kaye, Danny, 102, 131

  Kefauver, Estes, 77, 105, 173

  Kelly, Gene, 192, 286, 287

  Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 191, 196, 210, 244, 331

  Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 157, 235

  affair with Judith Campbell, 122–123, 177, 180, 181–182, 243

  affair with Marilyn Monroe, 181–182, 183, 261, 284

  assassination, 289

  Giancana and, 80, 148, 149, 177–179, 189, 244, 247, 248

  inaugural gala, 192–196

  presidential campaign, 171–176, 177–183, 188, 189–190

  on Senate racketeering committee, 105

  Sinatra dropped by, 236–240, 243–244, 248

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 80–81, 122, 196, 204, 209, 210–211, 224, 260

  vice-presidential bid, 77

  White House adulteries, 210

  Kennedy, Joseph P.

  JFK presidential campaign, 175–176, 178, 181–183, 189

  Peter Lawford’s marriage to daughter, 73

  Mafia connections, 80, 105, 178, 181–183, 193

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 80–81, 209, 211, 239

  Kennedy, Patricia. See Lawford, Patricia Kennedy (Mrs. Peter)

  Kennedy, Robert

  JFK campaign and inauguration, 78, 172, 182–183, 193

 
JFK and Sinatra friendship ended by, 237, 238, 240, 243–244, 248

  kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr., and, 291–292

  Mafia investigations, 147, 178, 240, 243–244, 247

  presidential campaign of, 318

  Kennedy, Ted, 122, 173, 209

  Kilgallen, Dorothy, 204, 206

  King, Sonny, 197, 206

  Koch, Howard, W., 199, 267

  Lansky, Meyer, 97, 98, 103, 142, 150, 224

  Las Vegas

  development of, 93–95

  Howard Hughes’s holdings, 324

  JFK with Sinatra in, 122, 173

  Mafia involvement in, 93–95, 97–100, 102, 103–108, 245, 328

  Ocean’s Eleven and, 5–6, 84–85, 119–121, 129–130

  racial segregation, 59–60, 124, 162–170

  Sinatra’s holdings, 99, 101, 102, 103

  theme parks, 343–344 See also Caesar’s Palace

  Desert Inn

  Moulin Rouge Hotel

  Nevada Gaming Commission

  Riviera Hotel; Sands Hotel

  Summit (Rat Pack nightclub act)

  Lawford, May (mother), 66–70, 72

  Lawford, Patricia Kennedy (Mrs. Peter)

  divorce, 262, 331

  marriage, 73, 79, 191–192, 209, 261–262

  Lawford, Peter

  Judith Campbell and, 123

  childhood, 69–70

  decline and death, 239–240, 263, 330–333

  denies Rat Pack’s existence, 205

  divorce from Patricia Kennedy, 262, 331

  FBI report on, 218

  homosexuality rumors, 71

  JFK assassination, 290–291

  JFK inaugural gala, 192, 193, 195–196, 209

  JFK political campaigns, 78, 173, 181, 188

  Kennedy family relations with, 182–183, 190–191, 259–262

  kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr., and, 291–292

  Mafia and, 147, 152

  marriages following Kennedy divorce, 317–318, 331

  marriage to Patricia Kennedy, 73, 79, 191, 209, 261–262

  Marilyn Monroe and, 71, 261, 274, 284, 285

  movie career, 71–72, 79, 83, 130, 198–199, 259–260, 307, 309

  nicknames, 114–115

  nightclub act, 127–128, 147, 263, 290–291

  Ocean’s Eleven and, 6, 117–118, 119, 120, 130–131

  Sinatra breaks relations with, 238–240, 332

  on Sinatra’s acting career, 129

  Sinatra’s friendship with, 79–81, 83, 113, 211–212, 228, 236, 261

  Summit performances, 125–129

  television career, 79, 190, 317

 

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