Eartha Kitt and Sammy Davis, Jr. in one of the best scenes from their film, Anna Lucasta. Kitt and Davis not only starred in the film, they had "financial participation" (in other words, they put their own money into it). On top of that, just before Anna Lucasta’s world premiere in 1958, the MPAA Advertising Code Administration refused to approve several ads for the film claiming (according to The Hollywood Reporter) “that the ads blatantly portray the femme lead as a prostitute” and that the "a

Born this day in 1927 was Sammy’s friend and co-star of Anna Lucasta, the legendary Eartha Kitt. Here’s an original publicity photo for their film. | Sammy Davis Jr.