Island In The Sun - The Harry Belafonte Hits Collection 1953-1962

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Harry "King of Calypso" Belafonte starred in the film (with Joan Fontaine) and wrote and performed the song. In 2017, Belafonte released the album When Colors Come Together: The Legacy of Harry Belafonte for his 90th birthday with the intention of fostering racial harmony, which included a new version of "Island in the Sun" titled "When Colors Come Together (Our Island in the Sun)" performed by a multi-ethnic children choir.

This was Dorothy Dandridge's "comeback" movie, as she hadn't made a film since 1954's Carmen Jones, in which she played the lead. a b c d e f HOVE TO ON 'ISLAND IN THE SUN': Relaxed Darryl Zanuck Shapes Waugh Novel To the Screen, Happy Crew Pre-Sold Realistic View, "Brutes" Abroad By STEPHEN WATTS.One of the most important and influential black men of the past sixty or so years, Harry Belafonte is still involved on the world stage as a political activist and UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador.

It was gutted by fire in the mid-1960s, and all that remains are the foundations and exterior walls.

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