There are entertainers, and then there is Sammy Davis Jr. To call him a “triple threat” feels almost insulting because the man didn’t just sing, dance, and act – he commanded the very air in the room.
NEW YORK — How many people does it take to summon the multiple talents, decades-spanning career and complicated life of Sammy Davis Jr.? Laurence Maslon, who wrote the 2017 documentary “Sammy Davis, ...
Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Preface: The Long Civil Rights Era -- 1. Star Rising ...