Behind the scenes with the Rat Pack

Frank Sinatra eating a hot dog in Miami, 1965 Photograph: John Dominis/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Frank Sinatra during rehearsals for JFK's inauguration ball in Washington DC, January 1961 Photograph: Dennis Stock/Magnum Sinatra attempts the ol' tablecloth trick Photograph: John Dominis/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images Frank Sinatra with JFK and Patricia Kennedy Lawford Photograph: Photofest Heading toward the Cal Neva Lodge by private plane in 1978 Photograph: Ted Allan/mptvimages.com James Dean with Sammy Davis Jr at Villa Capri Photograph: Darlene Hammond/mptvimages.com Photograph: Action images Sammy Davis Jr with Muhammad Ali Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe with the Lawfords and May Britt Photograph: Bernie Abrahamson/mptvimages.com The Summit in 1960 Photograph: Bob Willoughby/mptvimages.com