HARRY BELAFONTE - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/11/1957 - HFSID 948
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HARRY BELAFONTE
Harry Belafonte signs a release form authorizing the Chicago
Tribune-New York News Syndicate to use his name or picture for editorial or
promotional purposes, excluding commercial advertising.
Document signed: "Harry Belafonte", 1p, 8½x11. New York,
New York, 1957 December 11 (dated in his hand "12/11/57". He signs a
release form authorizing the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate to use his
name or picture for editorial or promotional purposes, excluding commercial
advertising. Harold George Belafonte, Jr., the son of Jamaican immigrants,
studied at the Actors Studio, the drama workshop at the New York School for
Social Research and the American Negro Theater. After appearing on the New York
stage and singing in cabarets, he made his film debut in Bright Road
(1953). The following year, Belafonte won a Tony Award for John Murray
Anderson's Almanac and starred in Carmen Jones, the second film in
his string of hits. In 1956, he spearheaded the Calypso music craze with his
album Calypso. The album was number one on the charts for an amazing 31
weeks. Belafonte, who also became television's first Black producer, won Emmy
Awards in 1960 for his TV special, Tonight With Harry Belafonte, and in
1985 for initiating the all-star We Are the World video. Fine
condition.
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