Records of 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 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).

2/1927-3/1972

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/34831

Summary: VS, soldier audience watching the USO show with cut-a-ways of show. VS, group of soldiers climb up on stage and dance with the chorus girls. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. and his USO troupe entertaining soldier and civilian audience. INT, Timmy Rodgers going through his routine. Women and children are in the audience along with US Marines. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. singing as chorus girls dance. COMMENTS: Good variety of angles and distances of outdoor audience. First interior scenes, close ups are dark. The rest of the interior shots are adequate.

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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...