Word: clansman
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...Vegas that cost him his left eye. Then, after a frantic new beginning, there were the years when he became one of the most notorious members of the Sinatra Rat Pack, his eyepatch fixed rakishly, like a pirate's, eager to outdrink, outgamble and outperform any other Clansman. Finally there were the unkindest cuts of all-from the Negro press, resentful of Davis' growing reputation for all-night all-white parties. "Howcum we never see Sammy Davis hangin' on the corner up here?" ran the cartoon in a Harlem paper. "You crazy, man? Sammy...
...Practical Fraternity." The Klan mentality, however, never died; it merely lay quiescent, while apologists fed it intravenously with myths. Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 book, The Clansman, idealized the K.K.K. as a righteous crusade led by noble men, and D. W. Griffith immortalized the book in 1914 with his film, The Birth of a Nation...
...show was boffo in the ratings race, Sinatra himself turned up. Knowing what was coming, Frankie had prudently dispensed with his toupee, leaving him barely recognizable to a large segment of his fans. Gallantly, on cue-schlopp-he took a pie in the face. Last week, following the leader, Clansman Tony Curtis showed up to get creamed...
Citizen Kane Feeling. Clansman Dean Martin began to put out word that President-elect Kennedy was going to appoint him "Secretary of Liquor." Sammy Davis Jr., a convert to Judaism, had other ambitions: "Sinatra will be Ambassador to Italy," he said. "I'm hoping for Jerusalem, but I'll be lucky if I get Kenya." Some of Hollywood's other post-mortems last week were turning into post toasties as many echoed the comment of Democratic Writer-Producer-Director Dore Schary: "I don't know who can stave off this rush of professional showmen into politics...
...were made from 1957, when it was introduced, until production was stopped 18 months ago. Frank Sinatra got one of the first Dual-Ghias, and members of his clan, Eddie Fisher and Peter Lawford, were not far behind. But when Sinatra called up to order a fourth for Clansman Sammy Davis Jr., he was turned down. Reason: Detroit's Dual-Motors, which put out the convertible, claim the right to pick and choose their customers...