1. - Tony Bill, Marriage On The Rocks, 1965. The delayed shooting of Rat Pack pal Sinatra's comedy clashed with night club dates.
2. - Jerry Lewis, The King of Comedy, 1982. When TV talk-show host Johnny Carson wouldn’t play the TV talk show host host kidnapped by Robert De Niro’s aspiring comic, director Martin Scorses immediately thought of Frank Sinatra (idem) and the whole La Vegas/Ocean’s 11 group. “I just love that crowd and their clothes.” So, Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin... “and then, of course, Jerry Lewis.”
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