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What is the film Anna Lucasta about?
Anna Lucasta (Eartha Kitt) has been walking the streets in San Diego since being thrown out of home, at 19, by her alcoholic father, Joe (Rex Ingram). She’s estranged from her family, but when her father and brother-in-law (Frederick O’Neal) see greedy potential in an arranged marriage to affluent Rudolph (Henry Scott), Anna is called back home. Old wounds have hardly healed, though. Just as Anna starts to feel for Rudolph, Danny (Sammy Davis Jr.), an old friend, returns to make life difficult.
Anna Lucasta/Film synopsis
How does Anna Lucasta end?
Rudolph says that he still loves her, and Anna agrees to marry him. As Anna is alone in the family home after the wedding, Danny arrives, responding to her letter asking him to come. She informs him that after sending the letter, she fell in love and got married.
What year did the movie Anna Lucasta come out?
November 1958 (USA)
Anna Lucasta/Release date
How old was Eartha Kitt when she passed away?
81 years (1927–2008)
Eartha Kitt/Age at death
What does Eartha Kitt’s daughter do?
Kitt McDonald
Eartha Kitt/Daughters
Who is Kitt Shapiro’s father?
John William McDonald
Kitt McDonald/Fathers
Who is Eartha Kitt’s mother?
Mamie Kitt
Annie Mae Keith
Eartha Kitt/Mothers
Who did Eartha Kitt married?
John William McDonaldm. 1960–1964
Eartha Kitt/Spouse
Who are the actors in the movie Anna Lucasta?
Anna Lucasta is a 1958 film directed by Arnold Laven and written by Philip Yordan. It stars Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., and Henry Scott. It is a remake of the 1949 version (directed by Irving Rapper and starring Paulette Goddard), which itself was an adaptation of Yordan’s 1936 stage play.
Who was Sammy Davis Jr and what did he do?
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, musician, dancer, actor, vaudevillian, comedian and activist known for his impressions of actors, musicians and other celebrities.
Who is Anna Lucasta in the movie Noah?
The title character she plays is a street walker (to use the euphemism of what is often referred to as the “world’s oldest profession”) in San Diego who likes it whenever sailor Danny Johnson (Sammy Davis Jr.) stops in at Noah’s (Alvin Childress) bar.
Why did Sammy Davis join the Will Mastin Trio?
Davis joined the act as a child, and they became the Will Mastin Trio. Throughout his career, Davis included the Will Mastin Trio in his billing. Mastin and his father shielded him from racism by, e.g., explaining race-based snubs as jealousy.