Archive for the 'Sammy Davis' Category

DVD Bonanza for Sinatra Fans Coming in May

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 […]

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Sinatra Links for 1/24/2008

I’ve been a bit lax with my posting schedule of late and for that I apologize. I’ll soon be back to my regular 3X/weekly schedule. In the meantime, here are some of the more interesting Sinatra and Rat Pack articles I’ve come across of late:
Sinatra Still Giving to Valley Causes
AJ Lambert to Release Debut […]

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Second Rat Pack Mystery Novel Due Out

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 […]

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A Sinatra Fan’s Holiday Gift Guide

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 […]

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New DVD: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr. Live

Blog Critic today published a short review of a soon-to-be-released Sammy Davis Jr. DVD: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr.: Live  Amazon is listing a release date of next week and a very good price $10.79. There isn’t nearly enough live Sammy material out there, so this is a welcome release for fans and collectors […]

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Four Sammy Davis Jr. Films in The Works

Andre 3000, rapper with Outkast, has signed on to play Sammy Davis Jr. in an upcoming film that documents the problems encountered by Sammy during his romance with Kim Novak in the 1950s. Interestingly, this film is just one one four - count ‘em: four - films slated to be produced about Sammy, one of […]

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Photo By Sammy Davis Jr.

Who knew Sammy Davis Jr. was such a photo buff? Certainly I didn’t. But as a new book shows, he certainly was a prolific photographer. Amazon has the product info here: Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr.
Good Morning America has some of the candid shots taken by Sammy that are included in this book. It is […]

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Cigar Culture: The Rat Pack

A blog article worth reading: “Cigar Culture: The Rat Pack”. It has everything to do with the Rat Pack and very little do with cigars. Actually, I found it to be a short, sweet overview of Rat Pack history.

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