Sammy Davis Jr. group, she said, "You all look like a pack of rats." The nickname caught on, and they were called the Rat Pack, the name of its earlier incarnation led by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who originally made the remark of the "pack of rats" about the group around her husband Bogart. The group around Sinatra made several movies together, including "Ocean's 11" (1960), "Sergeants 3" (1962), and "Robin and the 7 Hoods" (1964), and they performed onstage together in Las Vegas. Davis was a headliner at The Frontier Casino in Las Vegas, but he was required (as were all
SLS Las Vegas hotel was purchased by Del Webb. In 1962, a Don the Beachcomber restaurant opened in the hotel, becoming a top attraction to not only hotel guests but a variety of celebrities as well. The 24-story Alexandria Tower was added in 1963, which made the hotel the tallest building in Las Vegas. The resort was the site of the annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon for many years, mostly in the 1970s, and for a brief time in the 1990s. Performers at the resort over the years have included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Judy Garland, Marlene