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Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poiter in Paris Blues, 1961.
There’s an electrical storm overhead in London. I’ve decided to stay out the rain and watch Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poiter in Paris Blues on youtube here.
Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poitier in Paris Blues (full version!!!) 1961) Watch NOW while you can. You know how YouTube is…
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Dorothy Dandridge and actor Curd Jürgens (her co-star in 1958’s Tamango) enjoy hors d’oeuvres at a party thrown by producer Mike Todd (then-husband of Elizabeth Taylor) for his film “Around the World in Eighty Days” during the Cannes Film Festival in May 1957. Photo by Red Grandy, who has a great story about crashing the party to take this and other pictures.
Muhammad Ali and James Earl Jones after a performance of The Great White Hope in 1968. I wish I had found this picture for our Vintage Black Glamour Birthday party yesterday (Jan 17th!) Photo by Bob Gomel/Timepix.
Eartha Kitt was born on this day in 1927. Here she is with her ex-fiance Sammy Davis Jr. filming Anna Lucasta in 1958. They were very briefly engaged in 1952 (or, as Ms. Kitt told me in 2001 - before he lost his eye!) and starred in the film with a cast of greats from the black theater, particularly those who were members of the American Negro Theater. Kitt and Davis not only starred in the film, they had financial participation - which came with considerable headaches.
Eartha Kitt and Nat King Cole in St. Louis Blues, 1958. Via cinemasavage.
Diana Ross at the London premiere of “Lady Sings the Blues” with Tony Bennett on April 5, 1973. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis.
Eartha Kitt and Sidney Poitier in the opening scene of their 1957 film Mark of the Hawk.
Sidney Poitier and Eartha Kitt in the 1957 film Mark of the Hawk. Mr. Poitier portrayed a London-born African who returns home for a political position. His character’s name? Wait for it… Obam. Eartha Kitt plays his stylish wife Renee.
Diana Sands in the 1972 poster for the film, Georgia, Georgia. The screenplay was written by Maya Angelou.
Iconoclastic model Donyale Luna shoots pool with the legendary Groucho Marx in a scene from the film Skidoo in 1968. In the film, directed by Otto Preminger, Mr. Marx played “God” and Ms. Luna played his mistress. It’s a long story.
