Biography - Sammy Davis Jr.: Mr. Entertainment [VHS]

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	Artist(s):	Biography
	Video by:	A&E Home Video
	Sales Rank:	279295

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Recording label: A&E Home Video
EAN: 9786304155646
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 6304155646
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC,
Release Date: 1998-11-11
Universal product code (UPC): 733961104820
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)

Description
Saga of one of show biz's most talented and popular performers. Traces his long career from tap-dancing days in vaudeville--he was a smash at the tender age of 3--to his many triumphs in nightclubs, movies, and on Broadway. Covers the story of the auto accident which cost him an eye, and his sensational marriage to May Britt.

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They didn't call him "Mr. Entertainment" for nothing. Everyone of Gen-X age--or younger--should pop this baby in the VCR to see what made a star a star before postproduction technology could bail out the "talent." Filled with clips that date to the 1930s, the producers were smart enough to let them speak for themselves. There's Davis tap dancing away as a little boy, showcased in footage from a 1964 television special, and appearing on TV talk shows in another era, with his cigarette smoke swirling about him. There's no shortage of intriguing details--he helped break the color barrier in Las Vegas, had "Frank Sinatra envy" despite considering the fellow Rat Packer a close friend, postponed his wedding to his second wife until after JFK's inaugural (because she was white), and once tried to commit suicide by driving off a cliff. Punctuating the human drama is a lot of sensational footage, including his last public performance, when, although weakened by chemotherapy, he still went toe-to-toe with Gregory Hines, another tap-dance great, and won. --Valerie J. Nelson

Running time: 50 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)