![]() ![]() Zanuck-produced Island in the Sun (1957), his politician character is romantically pursued by a rich white woman ( Joan Fontaine), a storyline that created much controversy (and big box office) at the time.Īnd in two films released in 1959, he played a bank robber opposite a racist partner (Robert Ryan) in Robert Wise’s Odds Against Tomorrow and survived a nuclear disaster - and then battled Mel Ferrer over Swedish actress Inger Stevens - in The World, the Flesh and the Devil. On the big screen in the late 1950s, Belafonte was a matinee idol and rarely seen non-white sex symbol. ![]() ![]() It was one of three albums he had that year that made it into the top 3. ![]() Striking Writers Mock 'Wednesday' Star Jenna OrtegaĪ master at blending pop, jazz and traditional West Indian rhythms, the Caribbean-American Belafonte released more than 30 albums during his career and received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy from the Recording Academy in 2000.Ĭalypso, which featured “Day-O” and another hit, “Jamaica Farewell,” topped the Billboard pop album list for an incredible 31 weeks in 1956 and is credited as the first LP to sell 1 million copies. ![]()
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