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- Sammy Davis Jr, Porgy and Bess, 1958. Producer Samuel Goldwyn couldn’t convince Harry Belafonte to be Porgy - “a black man on his knees… that was not where my head was at.” And Calloway refused Sportin’ Life – the role Davis was fighting for. “Him?” said Goldwyn, watching Sammy sing at a Judy Garland party. “That monkey?”
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