People about her life, career and upcoming documentary, “Kim Novak: Hollywood’s Golden Age Rebel,” she described how she felt the immense “pressure to be seen and not heard” when it came to her love affair with the multifaceted entertainer during Hollywood’s Golden Age.“I told them a lot of revealing things,” Novak said about her doc. “I was very open.
I told them about my life in Hollywood, I also told them about the real story of Sammy and me. That was often misunderstood.”Novak is hoping to set the record straight, which she feels is a “catharsis.”“I just wanted to be totally open about everything that had been more secretive in the past,” the former actress said. “While you’re still alive, to be able to be questioned and answer truthfully, to clear up all kinds of mistaken views and all, it’s catharsis.”Davis and Novak’s forbidden love began to blossom in 1957 when the pair locked eyes at the Chicago nightclub, Chez Paree, where Davis was singing and Novak was a guest.However, they received a hefty amount of backlash from the industry’s top executives due to their interracial relationship, which was still illegal in half the states, Smithsonian Magazine reported.
Around that time, only 4% of Americans approved of interracial marriage, a Gallup poll found.So, “The Man with the Golden Arm” star and the Rat Pack member’s association was short-lived, as Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn (also known as one of the most feared people in the film biz) ordered that the two should break up.Cohn then instructed Davis to marry a woman of color within 48 hours and threatened his life if he didn’t end his rendezvous with Novak, according to Smithsonian.Cohn — who allegedly had mob connections — scared the “Ocean’s 11” actor by.
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