Years before they were entertaining audiences on the Las Vegas strip as the Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford were MGM contract players. The two starred in IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN ('47), where Sinatra plays a returning GI who is asked by a duke to provide training for his son, a classical musician played by Lawford. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

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Peter Lawford (1923-1984)

"Peter Lawford and his wife, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, are photographed at their California home circa 1964, capturing a moment of domestic elegance during a dynamic chapter of American culture. Patricia, a member of the prominent Kennedy family and sister to President John F. Kennedy, balanced public life with motherhood, while Peter, an actor and Rat Pack member, navigated Hollywood and political circles. Their union symbolized the intersection of cinema and politics, a blend of glamour and in

The Rat Pack meets The Old West in ‘Sergeants 3,’ released on this day in 1962. It was the last film to feature all five of the Pack’s core members: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. | Dean Martin