Rat Pack fans take note: Robin and the Seven Hoods, one of the classic Rat Pack films of the 1960’s, is being produced for Broadway in a production slated to premier in 2010. The original film, starring Frank, Dino, Sammy, and other semi-rat packers, was recently re-released as part of the The Rat Pack Ultimate […]
I can’t recall that there was ever a time when so many new Sinatra products were to be concurrently released. This coming Tuesday promises to be a bonanza for fans, with a stamp, new music and a mound of new DVD releases on tap. Keeping track of everything can be bewildering. Here is a brief […]
Warner Home Video yesterday announced plans for the DVD release of numerous Sinatra and Rat Pack films. Included are some long-time favorites, like The Tender Trap, High Society, Some Came Running and many more
This release coincides with the previously announced Sinatra mini-series DVD.
Most notable of all the films released will be The Rat Pack Ultimate […]
I wasn’t aware that this one hadn’t yet hit DVD, but it turns out that the 1992 Sinatra mini-series will finally be released in this format. The due date will be May 13th. I haven’t seen this one in quite a long time, but I recall it as an enjoyable, not-so-bad depiction of Sinatra’s life.
John Landis’ documentary, Mr Warmth: The Don Rickles Project, is set for its premier on HBO this coming Sunday. HBO’s site has the details, including the other times this program will be shown during the month of December.
The second installment of Robert J. Randisi’s Rat Pack Mystery series is due to be released on December 10th. Luck Be a Lady, Don’t Die: A Rat Pack Mystery (Rat Pack Mysteries) is the followup to the highly regarded first installment published last year, Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime (Rat Pack Mysteries). This one sounds as […]
Frank Sinatra 2008 Wall Calendar
Face it: 2008 is coming and you need to put something on your wall. It may as well be Sinatra.
Sinatra: Vegas (Box Set, 4CD/1DVD)
Last year’s big surprise remains the best Sinatra boxed set released since 1995’s Complete Reprise Recordings. If you haven’t yet purchased a copy, what have you been waiting […]
Sinatra Among First NJ Hall of Famers
Sinatra CD Has Appeal
Keely Smith: The Essential Capitol Collection
Rickles Documentary On Tap for HBO
Growing Up As “The” Copa Girl
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Aznavour’s Long Goodbye — 83 and Still Singing
Hollywood’s Palladium Has Seen Its Share of Glamour
It seems ironic and, in some ways, fitting that on the day the last surviving member of the Rat Pack dies that Atlantic City’s famed Sands Hotel and Casino will be demolished. While the Atlantic City Sands Hotel doesn’t have nearly the pedigree of its Las Vegas counterpart, the facility maintained a strong association with […]
This Associated Press is reporting today that Joey Bishop, long-time member of the Rat Pack and its last surviving member, is dead at age 89. Lots more will be written regarding his passing and there’s nothing more for me to say except: “Rest in peace, Joey.”
