Hollywoods Original Rat Pack

In the 1930s and 1940s, an untamed group of Hollywood notables, men mostly well-known for their talents on the silver screen, frequently met and behaved in a manner that no doubt made them infamous within their community. For a brief period, their insatiable appetites for women and strong drink made them the life of the party. The group included the likes of actors John Barrymore. Errol Flynn, W.C. Fields, and Anthony Quinn: writers Gene Fowler. Will Fowler, and Ben Hecht: art critic Sadakichi Hartmann: and the man who stood at the center of this gang of mischief makers: eccentric artist John Decker. Additional characters who were regulars on the scene included Pulitzer Prize winning poet Robert Hillver: artist and goldsmith Philip Paval: and actors Thomas Mitchell. Vincent Price. John Carradine. Burgess Meredith. Roland Young, and Lionel Barrymore. In time, the group became known as the Bundy Drive Boys - named for the location of their favorite hangout. Decker's home and art studio-and their adventures became legendary, if not downright scandalous.Jordan, Stephen C. is the author of 'Hollywoods Original Rat Pack', published 2007 under ISBN 9780810860322 and ISBN 0810860325.