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Island in the Sun
film by Rossen [1957]
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- In Robert Rossen: After the blacklist
…of Alexander’s remarkable conquests, but Island in the Sun (1957) marked the first time in many years that Rossen neither produced nor scripted one of his own films, and it suffered from his absence. The 1959 historical drama They Came to Cordura set Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth during the…
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role of Belafonte
- In Harry Belafonte
…starring role in the film Island in the Sun (1957), which also featured Dandridge. He produced the film Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), in which he starred. He also starred in the TV special Tonight with Belafonte (1959), a revue of African American music; Belafonte won an Emmy Award for his…
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