Who's in a poster

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08 Jan 2009
  • Who is the hand on Frank Sinatra's shoulder in the rat pack posted called "boys smoking"


  • If this is the poster, I don't see a hand on Sinatra's shoulder. Someone has his hand on Dean Martin's shoulder, though. http://www.jiveposters.com/view/10113319


  • I have found another version of the photo which shows whose hand is on Dean Martin's shoulder. The poster is a cropped image, but in the full image you can see who is sitting beside Martin, with his arm around him and his hand on Martin's shoulder. Please let me know if that's the information you seek.


  • If the poster linked above is not the correct poster, it would be very helpful if you could point us toward the right image.


  • Sorry that is the poster and the hand is on Dean Martin and that is the answer I need. Thanks.


  • Comedian and game show host Jan Murray has his hand on Dean Martin's shoulder in this photo. The poster was made from a photograph which is described as follows: "Rat Pack at Carnegie Hall Jan Murray (L) sits alongside Rat Pack members Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra as the group unwinds backstage at Carnegie Hall after entertaining at a benefit performance in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: January 27, 1961 Location Information: Manhattan, New York, New York, USA" Corbis: Rat Pack at Carnegie Hall http://pro.corbis.com/popup/Enlargement.aspx?mediauids={e3725162-5bed-4d67-8950-c4a7807bcb95}{ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff}&qsPageNo=1&fdid=&Area=Search&TotalCount=93&CurrentPos=6&WinID={e3725162-5bed-4d67-8950-c4a7807bcb95} I've enlarged a section of the photo, and you can see that the hand belongs to Jan Murray (who has his arm around Dean Martin), not to the unidentified man standing in the background: http://www.mortalwombat.com/Special/ratpack.jpg My strategy in locating this information began with a search on the Corbis site, which has a huge archive of commercially available photographs. I thought I remembered having seen the Rat Pack boys in this pose in a photo at Corbis, and once I located the photograph (with the caption that mentioned Jan Murray), things fell into place. I hope this is precisely what you need. If anything is unclear or incomplete, please request clarification; I'll be glad to offer further assistance before you rate my answer. Best regards, pinkfreud


  • I notice that the Corbis link didn't come through in clickable form. To see the photo, please try this link instead: http://tinyurl.com/4yrd4 ~pinkfreud


  • Thank you so much, that is great. It looks like someone is standing behind them, is the hand for sure Jan who is sitting next to them?


  • If you look at the size and positioning of the hand, there is no way that the hand could belong to anyone but Jan Murray. Check the enlargement, here: http://www.mortalwombat.com/Special/ratpack.jpg







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