Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964-1980. SAMMY DAVIS JR. USO SHOW (AF1F-232).

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964-1980. SAMMY DAVIS JR. USO SHOW (AF1F-232).

3/1972

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Summary: VS, large soldier audience outdoors. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. entertaining the troops. VS, girls dancing as he sings. George Rhodes and his orchestra accompany them in bg. VS, group of soldiers on stage dancing with the girls. INT, girls in their dressing room rehearsing their dance routine. VS, Lynn Kellogg and Ted Barret playing guitars. She is singing. COMMENTS: Mostly good quality. Some scenes slightly underexposed.

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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States." At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, he returned to the trio and became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) afte...