Sammy and Dino Episode 7: Yes I Can

You Must Remember This

Karina Longworth

Tv & Film

4.6 • 15.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Released in 1965, Sammy Davis Jr.'s autobiography became an instant classic, one of the most dynamic celebrity memoirs ever published and a testament to Davis’s barrier-breaking success as a black man in America. But the story behind the book, which was conceived and developed by two white ghostwriters -- and the racial and sexual dynamics of Davis's life during the years leading up to its release, which included two marriages and one relationship with a white movie star which almost got him killed -- are even more fascinating.

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1:26.9	Welcome to another episode of You Must Remember This, the podcast dedicated to exploring
1:34.8	the secret and or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century. I'm your host,
1:42.2	Carina Longworth, and this is another installment of our ongoing series,
1:48.4	Sammy and Dino.
2:18.8	Gangster Samgian Kana once told his brother not to trust anyone in movies.
2:36.2	They're all worthless bums and whores. But he and his compatriots did tons of business
2:43.2	with the movie stars in the rat pack. mobsters had a complicated relationship with Frank Sinatra,
2:50.0	all tied up with his utility to them, and vice versa. Some felt he was too openly friendly to them,
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