In the mid-1940s, Dean Martin found himself in the same lineup as a boisterous young comic at New York's Glass Hat Club. The kid's name was Jerry Lewis, and right away Martin could tell …

Dec 25, 2015 · They just thought, 'We'll put a drink in his hand and a cigarette.' Every man wanted to be him, and every woman wanted to be with him." The truth of the matter, she said, was her …

Aug 25, 2016 · With his dark good looks, mellifluous voice, hilarious one-liners, and ever-present rocks glass, Dean Martin was a walking, talking, singing advertisement for getting soused. He …

Jul 23, 2021 · Dean Martin was a heavy smoker for most of his life. By 16, he was chain-smoking, and he often couldn’t go on stage without a drink in one hand and a cigarette in another. He …

Description Dean Martin's Personal Sands Casino Lighter and Ashtray. A 2" x 1.5" stainless steel Hestia cigarette lighter with a Sands Casino logo on one side and the initials "DM" embossed …

Jan 8, 1996 · He spends most of 1959’s Rio Bravo, his best film, staring mournfully at a whiskey bottle he’d like to suck dry. Defeat glazes his eyes; it’s the rare movie portrait of an alcoholic …

Oct 14, 2021 · As for his club performances, it turns out that Martin's shtick of singing songs while simultaneously drinking "from a whisky glass" was taken from Phil Harris in the late 1950s — a …

When he sang onstage or on television, he always had a cocktail glass with him. Most people thought he was drinking whiskey as he performed. However, he actually drank apple juice the …

Jun 6, 2017 · Dean’s son, Dean Paul Martin, revealed in later years that his father usually drank apple juice onstage rather than the liquor that many believed was in his glass during his …

Jan 14, 2019 · He went on, “I’ll have a slug of a liquid in an Old Fashioned glass that looks like scotch right in front of everybody, but it’s really apple juice. Then, in the middle of my act, I …