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MARTIN Dean

 
Dino Paul CROCETTI.

Date of birth : June 7, 1917, Steubenville, Ohio.

Date of death : December 25, 1995, Beverly Hills, California.

Places of living :  511 North Maple Drive, Beverly Hills

                        363 Copa De Oro Road, Bel Air, California.

 

Portrait  

Practise: actor.

 

Story

He began his career in 1950 as a charm singer in a duet with Jerry Lewis.

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1951 : picture with his wife Jeanne and their son Dean Paul : .

 

March 1953 : he participated to the prize-giving of the "Best Young Box Office Personality" to Marilyn

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On November 24, 1954, he attended the wedding of the actors Pier Angeli and Vic Damon:.

 

Golf tournament, at the Hillcrest Country Club 

 

March 17, 1955, at the Friars Club, New York City  

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1957 : party with Frank Sinatra 

 

60's : he worked alone and became member of the Sinatra's team, the Rat pack.

At Sands casino : .

In 1960, he shot "Who Was That Lady?" : .

 

In 1961, Marilyn was in Los Angeles and often met him and his wife Jeanne.

 

On June 7, 1961, he attended Sinatra's show at the Sands, in Las Vegas 

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August 1961, on the yacht of Romanoff, with Sinatra and Marilyn, Newport Beach, Ca :

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He was Marilyn's partner in  "Something's Got to Give".

Pictures off set 

in the dressing-room

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Marilyn's birthday

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Pictures of the shooting 

black and white

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colors

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He courageously supported her when the Fox dismissed her and replaced her by Lee Remick; so he invoked one of his contract clause stipulating that he could refuse his partner and claimed he wouldn't shot the movie without Marilyn. The Fox sued him, he sued the Fox in his turn, and the shooting could start again, mainly because of his intransigence.

After Marilyn had been re hired, she made 2 movie projects with him : a comedy "I Love Louisa" and a detective movie, with no title at the moment, in which the whole team of the Rat Pack would appear.

Among his movies : "The Stooge"' (1952), "Pardners" (1956), "Rio Bravo" (1959), "Kiss Me, Stupid" (1964) :

on the set of  "Kiss Me, Stupid", of Billy Wilder:..

 

1962 : shooting of a publicity with Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford, "Sargeants Three" 

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Picture, at home 

 

1963 : he attended a party with Sammy Davis Jr, Paul Newman and Robert Mitchum, among others

 

1964 : he participated to a party organized by Frank Sinatra in honor of the composer Irving Berlin, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel


 

1965 : en route for the Dodger Stadium, with Milton Berle and Jack Benny:.

 

1967 : at a golf course 

 
1969 : party "Airport"

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other party

 

On April 25, 1973, he married Catherine Mae : .

 

He died on December 25, 1995 () and was buried at the Westwood Memorial Park.

Websites

www.deanmartinfancenter.com
Wikipedia

 

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