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Biography - The Rat Pack [VHS]

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I saw this series when it aired on A&E and just loved it. It talks about all of the Fab Five's lives individually, as well as their lives together. There's good footage of them performing , which is a special treat to see. The series also gets into Sinatra's connection to the Kennedy election and some interesting political coincidences...

This four VHS box set is a space waster, running just 50 minutes per tape. It should've been a twin-pack.


THE RAT PACK is a four part Danny Aiello narrated A & E documentary that covers The Early Years, The Road to Vegas, The Summit and Camelot & Beyond. The five bad boys of this little band and their many hangers-on enjoyed a glamorous lifestyle for a full decade. They lived everyone's dreams, did so publicly, and were the envy of a generation.

Frank Sinatra was appointed Chairman of the original Hollywood Rat Pack by its founder, Humphrey Bogart. His first Hollywood association was with Peter Lawford when Frank arrived at MGM in 1944. At the time, Lawford was a star and Sinatra an unknown cinematic commodity. Peter was dating Ava Gardner and Frank took up with Lana Turner. Lawford and Sinatra had a falling out over Ava in '48 and their reationship was stormy for the next 20 years. Frank befriended Sammy Davis in 1947 when Sam was a teen member of the Will Mastin Trio. Sinatra met Dean Martin at Atlantic City around the same time; Dean never recognized Frank as his superior. All this and much more is covered in Part One.

It's a well-constructed program that contains numerous rare film clips plus commentary from many of the Pack's contemporaries.


A & E's four-part biopic THE RAT PACK is available on DVD.

The Rat Pack had The World by it's Tail.these Cats did whatever they wanted&set the rules.I saw the whole thing on A&E&it was fantastic.The Rat Pack were The Ground-Breakers of Bringing Hollywood to Politics.these Guys had no Limits.these Cats were True MACKS.they didn't have to Roll with the in Crowd they were The Standard.