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Happy Birthday, Kirk Douglas
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Posted on 12/08/2011 12:35:37 PM PST by DemforBush
On Friday, the legendary actor Kirk Douglas celebrates his 95th year and almost a century of accomplishment. Best known for his iconic roles in "Spartacus," "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," and "Lust for Life," the self-described "ragman's son" made his way from poverty to screen legend...
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So many great movies from Kirk Douglas. Spartacus, Paths of Glory, etc. Even some of his lesser known (relatively speaking) films are great. Two of my personal faves are Champion and Young Man with a Horn.
Also loved him in Tough Guys with Eli Wallach and the late, great Burt Lancaster.
To: DemforBush
Happy Birthday, Kirk! You were a great actor and a brilliant producer. My husband just showed “Paths of Glory” to his film students. My favorite of yours was “Lonely are the Brave.”
(But, please, don’t go on the Oscars again...)
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:38:05 PM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Still heartless after all these years...)
To: DemforBush
I had no idea he was still alive. I particularly liked his character in the Disney version of “20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea”.
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:39:01 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: DemforBush
Douglas is a great actor. I especially like some of the film noir films he did in the late 40s.
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:40:18 PM PST
by
Signalman
To: DemforBush
I Am Spartacus!
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:41:17 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(even Jesus knew the poor would always be with us)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:44:08 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(even Jesus knew the poor would always be with us)
To: Bobalu
YES! I’ve got that one on my hard drive. Gorshin was just an amazing talent. His impressions/impersonations were always just spot on.
BTW, here’s a clip of Gorshin on the Dean Martin show. Lancaster, Douglas, Brando and Rod Steiger all in the span of two minutes. Just amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-YX4d2s0xs
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:48:59 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(A Repo man is *always* intense!)
To: DemforBush
One of our last living American movie greats.
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:50:46 PM PST
by
patriot08
(TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:53:08 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Bobalu
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posted on
12/08/2011 12:55:44 PM PST
by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: Bobalu
What memories. Sammy, Freddy Prinze Sr., and Phyllis Diller. I always thought that Frank Gorshin was better than Rich Little.
A great Kirk Douglas was done by Phil Hartman in the SNL sketch “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.”
BTW web rumor claims that Phyllis Diller died today. Tracking that one down.
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:03:06 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Those who trade land for peace will end up with neither one.)
To: DemforBush
Its sad seeing the old Commie at events and interviews. I prefer to remember him gorgeous and dangerous in "The Bad and the Beautiful" and "Out of the Past" over the propaganda pieces of crap he produced with is leftist partner, that were designed to undermine our military.
Its hard to forgive him for championing Dalton Trumbo.
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:06:36 PM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: DemforBush
Kirk Douglas is also a great philanthropist in the Old Hollywood style. He financed the Motion Picture Home facility for Alzheimer’s patients, named for his father, Harry’s Haven. Unfortunately, they’re not making stars like Kirk anymore.
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:08:06 PM PST
by
Argus
To: DemforBush
Ace in the Hole. Douglas plays the perfect media creep. Talk about
noir -- this movie explores a soul so black it's well beyond the heart of darkness.
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:09:23 PM PST
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
To: Bobalu
The late, not-so-great gossip columnist, Sheilah Graham, used to call Burt and Kirk “the terrible twins.”
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:09:59 PM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Still heartless after all these years...)
To: DemforBush; mrreaganaut
Very nice man in person as well. I met him one day when I in my 20’s and was walking my bosses dog downtown Palm Springs (where he lived) and ‘my’ dog attacked his dog. I apologized, offered to pay for any vet bills and gave him my card. A few hours later, I got called into my bosses office to be told that Kirk Douglas called to tell her how nice and polite I was and that the dog was fine.
For some reason, all of my ‘celebrity’ stories are embarrassing. LOL.
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:13:50 PM PST
by
reaganaut
(Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see".)
To: dfwgator
"...I am Spartacus!..."
No. I AM Spartacus.
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:37:11 PM PST
by
NCC-1701
(In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
To: Cincinatus
One of his greatest movies. But you almost want to open your veins after seeing it...
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:41:01 PM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Still heartless after all these years...)
To: Deb
I’m certainly not a fan of the politics of Dalton Trumbo - and he deserved what he got - but he was an excellent writer. Lonely Are the Brave is a beautiful movie about the lone American spirit. Kirk and his horse, Whiskey, gave performances for the ages.
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:44:41 PM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Still heartless after all these years...)
To: miss marmelstein
Agreed. And what about that truck driver...Carroll O’Connor?
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posted on
12/08/2011 1:56:13 PM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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