"I don't think the relationship was scandalous, Novak said in an interview with The Guardian, as she also was promoting Kim Novak's Vertigo, a documentary about her life and career. He's somebody I really cared about, Novak continued. We had so much in common, including that need to be accepted for who we are and what we do, rather than how we look. But I'm concerned they're going to make it all sexual reasons."
"The Columbia Pictures chief thought that a romance between Hollywood's top female star and a Black man would be very bad for business. Cohn also took credit for discovering Novak and was so intent on protecting his investment that he put out a contract on Davis not to kill him but to send him a message by breaking both his legs and putting out his remaining good eye."
"Ahead of Kim Novak returning to the spotlight Monday night to accept a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival, the 92-year-old Vertigo legend voiced concerns about ScandaloFus, an upcoming movie starring Sydney Sweeney about her clandestine love affair in the late 1950s with entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. Actually, the affair between Novak and Davis wasn't so secret, because her powerful studio boss Harry Cohn got wind of it and became angry."
Kim Novak, 92, will accept a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival and has voiced concerns about an upcoming movie chronicling her clandestine late-1950s romance with entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., which features Sydney Sweeney. Novak rejects calling the relationship scandalous and stresses that she cared deeply for Davis, citing shared needs for acceptance. Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn learned of the relationship, viewed an interracial romance as damaging to business, and reportedly ordered violent intimidation against Davis to protect Novak's career. Gossip columns published blind items about the pair. Novak worries the film will overemphasize sexual aspects.
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