[rollei_list] Re: Sammy Davis, Jr. and his Rollei

  • From: "Ellestad" <ellestad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:04:45 -0600

Sammy was also given an SL 66 (I think by Rollei). Does anyone know if he
used it. I think I have a picture of the event in an old Rollei magazine.

Tim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Yoder" <s.yoder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:03 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Sammy Davis, Jr. and his Rollei


> Our local rag had a feature review yesterday of "Photo by Sammy Davis,
Jr." Text by Burt Boyar,
> Regan Books, $49.50.
>
> Apparently he started documenting his life/entertainer environment early
with a Brownie. Later on
> Jerry Lewis gave him a Rollei TLR. A couple of pix from the book were
included: Robert Kennedy, Judy
> Garland, and what seems to be a self-portrait showing Sammy with the
Rollei (finger on the release,
> L-R reversed,) and Jerry.
>
> Stan Yoder
> Pittsburgh
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