61. A Nick In Time | Bogart & Bacall, Frank Sinatra, Swifty Lazar and the Original Rat Pack

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this week's episode, we continue through our arc of 'A Nick In Time,' advancing Dominick Dunne into his first act in Hollywood in 1957. Dunne's entry into the scene is provided by Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart, who were connected initially by the legendary literary agent Irving "Swifty" Lazar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dun & Done. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn, where nothing is linear and everything is absolutely connected. I am so delighted you're here. Thank you for joining us today as we continue our investigation. We are in a little bit of a mini loop of a nick in time. In our last
0:24.8	episode, we set Dominic Dunn up for his first act in Hollywood, ready to make his entry in
0:31.8	1957. Investigators, this really is the fun stuff. In this episode, we're going to intersect Dominic Dunn into his first round by talking about
0:43.7	a number of the players who intersect in his tail.
0:48.1	We're going on a real ride in time here in this one with a lot of spiderwebs.
0:53.6	In this episode, we're going to put ourselves back
0:56.4	into the 1940s and 1950s. We will have appearances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall,
1:04.2	Swifty Lazar, and Frank Sinatra too. Also, the first iteration of the rat pack let's investigate y'all, Dominic Dunn, you know he thinks he is the best in the business from his days back in New York City.
1:37.9	Best stage manager in the business.
1:40.0	And to be sure, Dunn's career success will get him notice to get him to Hollywood.
1:48.2	Remember that Dunn has managed Frank Sinatra in Our Town.
1:53.1	Frank Sinatra will give the recommendation to his pal Humphrey Bogart for Dunn to assist
2:00.1	and manage the petrified forest for Bogie.
2:04.6	It's the concert of these two that get Dominic Dunn to Hollywood in 1957.
2:12.7	But we know that Dominic has always been in love with Hollywood, from the 10-year-old child visiting Aunt Harriet,
2:22.1	telling the tour guides what is real and what is not, all the way to getting into the brand new
2:29.0	medium of television, where Dominic Dunn is meeting the up and coming stars in their early days.
2:37.2	Joanne Woodward, Elizabeth Montgomery, Paul Newman, but Dunn is also intersecting with
2:43.9	legendary stars as well. Dominic Dunn's first taste, getting back to Hollywood, happens in
2:50.5	1955.
2:51.6	This is even a year earlier than the taste that he had last week in that John O'Hara party from 1956.
3:01.6	This first 1955 visit I'm going to let Nick tell you about.
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