Coleman Domingo About to make his feature directorial debut scandalA period drama about the love story between movie stars in the 1950s Kim Novak and singer Sammy Davis Jr.and the paranoid scrutiny the two faced after their relationship was revealed. Sydney Sweeney and david johnson He is in talks to play the two leading roles.
Miramax is working to quickly move forward with the project, which is still in the early stages of development. Producers hope to film next year after Domingo and Sweeney wrap up filming for HBO’s third season Euphoria.
Kim Novak and Sammy Davis Jr. were first connected when they both appeared as guests on the steve allen show The two continued to meet in 1956, with Davis visiting the set. alfred hitchcock Vertigo over the next year.
They met again at a Thanksgiving charity ball in California and the two spent the holidays together. Harry Cohn, the head of Novak’s Columbia Pictures studio, expressed uneasiness about their relationship.
In 1958, a Chicago columnist published a report on Davis and Novak’s relationship and claimed that the two might soon marry, and the romance quickly came into public view.
Nowak publicly denied the account. A few days later, Davis married black choral singer Loree White. The couple’s union lasted for a year.
Novak marries white actor Richard Johnson 1965. Robert Malloy 1976. Davis died in 1990 at the age of 64.
via: Variety
