Anna Lucasta
(1959)

Director: Arnold Laven

Key Cast : Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Frederick O’Neal, Henry Scott, Rex Ingram, James Edwards, Isabella Cooley, Rosetta La Noire, Georgia Burke, Claire Leyba, Alvin Childress, John Proctor

Rating: Not Rated

Genre(s): Drama

"Anna Lucasta" - Mambo Scene

Eartha Kitt is “vibrantly sexy” (Los Angeles Times) as a lascivious lady of the night, and cool cat
Sammy Davis, Jr., displays “tremendous appeal and power” (Cue) is this torrid tale of love and greed.

When wild child Anna Lucasta (Eartha Kitt) is thrown out of the house by her self-righteous father, she falls into the life of prostitution…and into the arms of street-wise sailor Danny Johnson (Sammy Davis Jr.). 

But after Anna shocks them all by finally finding true love with a well-heeled young suitor, her unforgiving father sets a vengeful plan in motion to remind his daughter of her sordid past…and destroy her future forever!

• This movie provides an opportunity to see African-American stage performers who were rarely on screen such as Sammy Davis Jr., Eartha Kitt and Frederick O’Neal.

• This movie is based on the successful Broadway play, Anna Lucasta, which was the first major success on Broadway for Harlem’s American Negro Theatre (ANT).  The Harlem ANT is credited with launching the careers of many notable African-American actors including Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee.

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