Posts Tagged ‘black’

Early Sammy Davies Jr. Autograph on Movie Still. CoA

Hatena Bookmark for this entryHatena Bookmark - Early Sammy Davies Jr. Autograph on Movie Still. CoA Clip this entry on Livedoor ClipLivedoor Clip - Early Sammy Davies Jr. Autograph on Movie Still. CoA Bookmark this on Yahoo Bookmark Bookmark this on BuzzURLBookmark this on BuzzURL Add to @nifty clip Post to TwitterTweets for this web page Share on Tumblr Bookmark this on FC2 Bookmark newsing it! Choix it! Add to Google Bookmark Bookmark this on Delicious Digg This Share on FriendFeed
Sammy Davis Junior: b/w movie still used to announce the TV premiere in Berlin on Aug. 3rd, 1974.
Signed Color Photo: Peace + Love Sammy Davis Jr.

Size: 6,2 x 8,4 inches. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Samuel George Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925 –1990) was an American entertainer. He was a dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist (vibraphone, trumpet, and drums), impressionist, comedian, convert to Judaism, and Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor. He was a member of the 1960s Rat Pack, which was led by his old friend Frank Sinatra, and included fellow performers Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. By age seven he had made his film debut in the Vitaphone short Rufus Jones for President (1933) opposite Ethel Waters.
After army service during WWII, he was signed by Decca records in 1951 after a triumphant engagement at Ciro’s nightclub in Hollywood. By the mid-50s Davis’ career was in full swing. In 1955 he made his feature film debut as Fletcher Henderson in The Benny Goodman Story. In Otto Preminger’s 1959 lavish film version of Porgy and Bess, he used his lithe, wiry body, snake-like grace and insinuating, seductive drawl to create an almost definitive portrayal of the drug dealer, Sportin’ Life……

Incoming search terms for the article:

 
Improve the web with Nofollow Reciprocity.