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Kirk Douglas - 100 years old today!
Congratulations to Kirk who celebrates his Centenary today.
![]() He made his debut 70 years ago as Barbara Stanwycks weakling husband in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. He is probably known best as Spartacus, but my favourite of all his films is as the ruthless director in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). This also starred Lana Turner giving an Oscar worthy performance. |
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I'd maybe have to go for Lonely are the Brave as my fave although having said that I think he, like Richard Widmark and Jimmy Stewart, was incapable of a bad performance so pick any film really. A fine human being by all accounts too.
Not strictly him but for anyone yet to see this, you're in for a treat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izy2ittIe7A |
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Congratulations to Kirk who celebrates his Centenary today.
![]() He made his debut 70 years ago as Barbara Stanwycks weakling husband in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. He is probably known best as Spartacus, but my favourite of all his films is as the ruthless director in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). This also starred Lana Turner giving an Oscar worthy performance. ![]() I think that The Bad And The Beautiful is also my favourite closely followed by Seven Days In May. |
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A good actor and a good man. His autobiography
'The Ragmans Son' is probably my favourite auto written by any star, anytime! I must re-read it soon! |
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Well done, Spartacus.
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There were some photos of him earlier this week and he looked fairly sprightly. Good to see that there are a few of Kirk's films on tv today, including Lonely are the Brave (mentioned earlier in the thread).
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...mount-rushmore
Great Guardian article on this! Well Done Walter and Happy congratulations to Kirk! |
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Film 4 are showing Detective Story today which has another great performance from Kirk along with Eleanor Parker.
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...mount-rushmore
Great Guardian article on this! Well Done Walter and Happy congratulations to Kirk! |
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Happy 100th, Kirk.
They certainly don't make 'em like you any more. |
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Film 4 are showing Detective Story today which has another great performance from Kirk along with Eleanor Parker.
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I recommend him in 'Build My Gallows High' - an underrated gem. (You're only a youngster, Kirk - my mum's 101 in a couple of weeks, lol!
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They're also showing The Lonely Are the Brave, one of my favourite Kirk Douglas movies.
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I recommend him in 'Build My Gallows High' - an underrated gem.
... Watching Man Without a Star now - Nice print. Kirk whistling the Frankie Laine feem toon as he combs his hair is a nice touch. |
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Underrated?!?!? Out of the Past/BMGH is one of the most highly acclaimed film noirs.
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Last edited by SapphicGrrl : 09-12-2016 at 13:37. Reason: typo |
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Radio Times can't be trusted to get the days of the week right. They had Green Lantern as Film of the Day on Sunday! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Past Quote:
Film historians consider the film a superb example of film noir due to its convoluted, dark storyline, dark cinematography and classic femme fatale. The film's cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca also shot Tourneur's Cat People. In 1991, Out of the Past was added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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Out of the Past is so perfect a film noir that it is considered practically a textbook example of the genre.
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In spite of suffering a severe stroke 20 years ago he's still around today and, apparently, he's the oldest celebrity blogger in the world!
One of my earlier memories of going to the cinema was to see the 1958 film The Vikings, in which he starred with Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine. I remember being horrified when Douglas' character lost an eye as the result of a falcon attack. Happy birthday to you Kirk! |
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Radio Times can't be trusted to get the days of the week right. They had Green Lantern as Film of the Day on Sunday!
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All Movie Guide: BIB - now THAT I totally agree with (and have seen similar statements before). If anyone is reading this, and saying, "What's film noir?", that's a good place to start...Out of the Past is so perfect a film noir that it is considered practically a textbook example of the genre.
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Ace in the Hole
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How wonderful Kirk is still going strong, even at 100! There can't have been many Hollywood stars that have reached that age.
Olivia de Havilland is the only other one i can think of, who is still with us. And Zsa Zsa Gabor will turn 100 in February! |
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Amazing. But he always was a very fit man. Happy birthday.
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This is fantastic news, I mean for anyone to make a century so congrats to Kirk and the only other longevities I'm aware of are Geoffrey Bayldon and the magnificent Tony Bennett who is now in his mid-nineties.
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This is fantastic news, I mean for anyone to make a century so congrats to Kirk and the only other longevities I'm aware of are Geoffrey Bayldon and the magnificent Tony Bennett who is now in his mid-nineties.
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Film 4 are showing Detective Story today which has another great performance from Kirk along with Eleanor Parker.
I liked a lot of his films - The Bad and the Beautiful - Paths of Glory - Ace in the Hole- Spartacus - A Letter to Four wives?? Happy Birthday Kirk! |
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