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Feb 13, 2023 · The “Vertigo” icon, who celebrated nine decades around the sun on Feb. 13, gave a rare interview in which she revealed how her relationship with Sammy Davis Jr. was misconstrued by others.
Sep 3, 2013 · African-American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. was loved by all racial communities. And yet many could still not accept his relationship with white Hollywood starlet Kim Novak.
Oct 15, 2023 · How Racism Doomed Kim Novak and Sammy Davis Jr.’s Relationship in 1950s: ‘I Was Told Not to See Him’. The new book 'Hitchcock's Blondes' reveals details about the two Hollywood stars'...
Jun 4, 2018 · That threat didn’t stop Hollywood’s top starlet, Kim Novak, from in 1957 beginning a sizzling secretive affair with “the greatest living entertainer in the world,” Sammy Davis Jr. At least, it didn’t stop her until the Mob became involved and lives were put at risk.
Aug 9, 2017 · Kim Novak and Sammy Davis Jr.'s relationship endangered both of their careers. Alamy/Illustration by Shaylyn Esposito. In 1957, Sammy Davis Jr. was a rising star. He’d just completed an...
Oct 4, 2023 · Kim Novak said she loved Sammy Davis Jr. but wasn't in love with him. (Getty Images) It was 1957 when the star, who was about to film "Vertigo," saw the showman perform in a Chicago...
Nov 10, 2022 · Sammy Davis Jr. and Kim Novak's relationship led to the singer being threatened by the mob and warned of only one way out.
Mar 12, 2021 · In between, she says she suffered abuse from mogul Harry Cohn and an untold dark moment in the era’s big “are they or aren’t they?” romance with Sammy Davis Jr. Either way, as The New York...
Oct 4, 2023 · Best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock‘s Vertigo, she caused a ruckus when she started dating Sammy Davis Jr. in the ’50s, during a time when interracial relationships were often criticized and interracial marriage was even illegal in parts of the country.
Aug 6, 2020 · Sammy Davis Jr and Kim Novak. Sammy Davis Jr had 48 hours to find and marry a black woman or a mobster was going to break his legs. Months prior, he had become close to the most...
