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Mark Steyn writes: ‘ I owe Kathy Shaidle my thanks…’

April 14, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

…for drawing attention to TCM’s first ever screening of Sammy Davis Jr’s 1966 labor of love A Man Called Adam.

I hadn’t seen it in years and I didn’t realize quite how rare it is on this side of the Atlantic.

Lots of great things in this picture, starting with the cast (Cicily Tyson, Louis Armstrong in an unusually serious role) and a marvelous score by Benny Carter. But I do love the three-minute cameo by Mel Tormé below, doing Carter’s “All That Jazz”…

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