All because she had dared to place her white, English fingers upon the black Caribbean-American arm of her friend and fellow singer, Harry Belafonte. He doesn’t want a black person on the show.’ I was speechless.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Harry Belafonte, centre, with Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King. Inside, he feels the same way because of how I look on the outside Harry BelafonteThe script said nothing about Clark and Belafonte touching. “The first few takes, Petula walked up and stopped a few steps behind Harry, but I felt it wasn’t working. He was literally shouting ‘You’ll never work in this town again’ and threatening to fire me.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Forget my best interests’ ... Petula Clark.

Source: The Guardian April 02, 2018 09:00 UTC