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Calypso was introduced to Hollywood by Trinidadian Lancelot Pinard, better
known as Sir Lancelot. Given his upper middle-class background, Lancelot
would not have performed calypso in Trinidad. After migrating to New York
in 1939, however, he began singing the music for American audiences. A
tour of the West Coast with Lionel Belasco's band led to a small role
in the movie Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942). Lancelot went on to
appear in many other films, often singing calypsos. Among his best-known
movies were Happy Go Lucky (1943), I Walked with a Zombie
(1943) and The Buccaneer (1958). Lancelot's light-hearted style
and clear enunciation made his calypso performances very appealing to
American audiences.
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Two Yanks in Trinidad
"Scandal in the Family"
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