In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Junior by Wil Haygood

Author:Wil Haygood [Haygood, Wil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Performing Arts, Film & Video, General, Cultural Heritage
ISBN: 9780804172523
Google: xxajAwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00KK0PI98
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2014-05-28T07:00:00+00:00

The movie merely featured Armstrong. Its star was actually Danny Kaye. It was a biopic about jazz trumpeter Red Nichols. The critics thought it too sentimental. Sammy must have made mental notes: In 1966 he would make his own jazz-themed movie. A Man Called Adam, and would cast Armstrong in a featured role.

Isard would stare at the Jewish star Sammy wore on his chest. She wondered what prompted his conversion. “He said, ‘I need all the help I can get.’ He said he liked Jewish people because they helped him the most. He said he wouldn’t be where he was if it weren’t for Jewish people.”

She fell for him and didn’t know why. She did not think he was particularly handsome. “One night we went to a big nightclub. We were at a long table. He turned around and grabbed me and pulled me into the kitchen. He said, ‘I would love to give you a kiss like you never had.’ Then he said, ‘Forget it,’ and went back to the table.”

He was Sammy, which meant he was soon gone. “I was so unhappy when he left,” she remembers.

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