Legendary performer Sammy Davis, Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.: Me and My Shadow by Arthur Silber, Jr.
Marilyn Monroe and Hollywood Columnsit James Bacon
Sammy Davis, Jr., Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Silber, Jr. at 20th Century Fox Stuidos when Marilyn Monroe was filming How to Marry a Millionaire
Arthur Silber, Jr. and Sammy Davis Jr. en route for Sammy's first trip overseas for Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II
Sammy Davis Jr., hamming it up by the poolside at Lord Calvert Hotel in Miami where all black performers and athletes had to stay while in Miami.
Oceans 11 Movie Poster with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop
The Rat Pack in Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop
Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., Frank was a big booster for Sammy's career when the color barriers were still up. Sinatra helped him get book at the Copacabana, where he broke house records, and at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, when blacks could sing and dance but not gamble or stay at the hotel.
Kim Novak, Beautiful movie actress and the lost love of Sammy Davis, Jr.
Kim Novak, Beautiful movie actress and the lost love of Sammy Davis, Jr.  Kim Novak grew up in Chicago and was famous for movies like Vertigo with Jimmy Stewart
National Enquirier story about love affair between Kim Novak and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings Soulfully in a style all his own and loved around the world.
Arthur Silber, Jr. Received the IRWIN Award for Best Entertainment Book from Book Publicists of Southern California for Sammy Davis, Jr: Me and My Shadow
Sammy Davis, Jr. and Arthur Silber, Jr. sign the busienss licence application for Samart Enterprises, February 19, 1962.  The company is still in operation
Sammy Davis, Jr. singing with the Will Maston Trio at Ciro's on New Years Eve 1954 after the car accident that almost killed him coming back from Las Vegas to sing in a Tony Curtis movie.
Sammy Davis, Jr. singing at Club Pigalle in London while in town for Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II
Sammy Davis, Jr. and Arthur Silber, Jr. in 1950 at the beginning of a 25 year professional collaboration and a lifeime friendship
The Rat Pack during filming of Oceans 11 in Las Vegas; Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, Dean Martin and Peter Lawford
Autographed picture of Marylin Monroe signed for Arthur Silber, Jr. during filming of How to Marry a Millionaire
Picture of Rat Pack in Las Vegas during the filming of Ocean's 11.  Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra yucking it up on stage at the Sands Hotel one evening while days were filled making the movie Ocean's 11.
Sammy, A Life in Pictures: From Vaudeville to the Rat Pack and Beyond by Arthur Silber, Jr.
Sammy Davis, Jr. on cover of Historic Black Vegas calendar dealing black jack.  He broke down the color barrier that didn't allow blacks to gamble in Las Vegas casinos.
Kim Novak, beautiful movie actress and lost love of Sammy Davis, Jr.
Kim Novak had an affiar with Sammy Davis Jr. and it almost cost him his life, and Arthur Silber, Jr.'s nect was also on the line.  Sammy was told to marry a woman in 48 hours or they were both dead, this coming from the studio heads and related organized crime interests who ran Las Vegas.
Kim Novak, beautiful movie actress and the lost love of Sammy Davis,Jr.
Arthur Silber, Jr. received the IRWIN
Award for Best Entertainment Book in
2005 from the
Book Publicists
of Southern California.
Sammy Davis, Jr. is best known
for his singing and dancing
Marilyn Monroe and
James Bacon
Sammy's First Trip Overseas
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Arthur Silber's Official Sammys
Book You Tube account has
a number of different videos.
Most compelling are the many
dancing and singing videos
with stars like Frank Sinatra,
the Rat Pack with Johnny
Carons, Andy Williams, Nat
King Cole, Dihann Carroll and
the Will Maston Trio.  These
give a view into how truly
alented Sammy really was.  
Visit the Offiical Sammys Book You Tube account from Arthur Silber, Jr., author of Sammy Davis Jr.: Me and My Shadow, which chronocles his close association with Sammy Davis, Jr. from 1950 to 1975.  During this 25 year period Sammy went from bit player with the Will Maston Trio to internnational superstar dancing, singing, acting, playing instrubments, he did it all, and he broke down many color barriers in the 1950s before the big gains were made later.
Visit the Offiical Sammys Book You Tube account from Arthur Silber, Jr., author of Sammy Davis Jr.: Me and My Shadow, which chronocles his close association with Sammy Davis, Jr. from 1950 to 1975.  During this 25 year period Sammy went from bit player with the Will Maston Trio to internnational superstar dancing, singing, acting, playing instrubments, he did it all, and he broke down many color barriers in the 1950s before the big gains were made later.