The rat pack a&e biography charles dickens
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The one change Angie Dickinson would make in “The Rat Pack,” an ambitious four-hour A & E “Biography” special airing Sunday and Monday, 8-10 p.
m.
The rat pack a&e biography charles dickens
each night, is that she’d call it “The Making of the Rat Pack.
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“The time they were together on the stage was brief, relatively speaking,” notes Dickinson, a long-time Sinatra pal and one of the show’s interviewees.
“What’s great about this program is that it shows what was behind it, for all of them. That’s the fascinating story.
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Produced by Carole Langer and narrated by Danny Aiello, the program traces Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr.
and Joey Bishop back to their earliest years in show business.
Sinatra’s burning ambition, Martin’s knockabout years and edgy partnership with Jerry Lewis and Davis’ precocious stardom are examined in considerable detail.
The show focuses heavily, for instance, on Si