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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2019 14:43:03 GMT
"Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York." My favorite of his MANY films is said to also be his favorite.   What a career he had ! Comments, essays, images are (as always) welcomed, encouraged and appreciated !
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Post by politicidal on Sept 30, 2019 14:54:30 GMT
One of the few leading men from the Golden Age of Hollywood that was at home playing either the hero or the villain, and doing so convincingly.
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 30, 2019 15:25:09 GMT
A close second to his personal favorite (LONELY) is also PATHS OF GLORY.
And Kirk did make an engaging 'Doc Holliday' in OK CORRAL -- stealing the picture from Lancaster's upright and uptight 'Wyatt Earp.'
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 30, 2019 15:59:20 GMT
As great as he was, my all time favorite movie was his dual roles in "The Man From Snowy River"
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 30, 2019 17:02:34 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Sept 30, 2019 17:16:24 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 30, 2019 17:42:33 GMT
The Burt and Kirk act.
(Eat your hearts out, Kelly & O'Connor -- this duo are really 'fit as a fiddle.')
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2019 18:02:06 GMT
Kirk did make an engaging 'Doc Holliday' in OK CORRAL -- stealing the picture from Lancaster's upright and uptight 'Wyatt Earp.'
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Post by teleadm on Sept 30, 2019 18:02:48 GMT
 Kirk's bad guy in In Harm's Way 1965.
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 30, 2019 18:27:27 GMT
Kirk's not really bad, Tele -- he's just drawn that way.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2019 18:35:39 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2019 18:37:49 GMT
Kirk on one of his calmer days .. he cleans up real nice, eh ?  |
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 30, 2019 20:38:08 GMT
My favorites: Seven Days in May  Cast a Giant Shadow  Spartacus  The Vikings  Paths of Glory  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea definitely gets an "honorable mention" |
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 30, 2019 21:08:16 GMT
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Post by biker1 on Sept 30, 2019 22:07:15 GMT
Douglas picks..for roles
champion (1949)
paths of glory (1957)
ace in the hole (1951)
lonely are the brave (1962)
seven days in may (1964)
young man with a horn (1950)
gunfight at the o.k. corral (1957)
i walk alone (1947)
In western man without a star (1955), he starts out in overbearing, happy-go-lucky mode - even breaking into song at one point - but then shifts into a brooding man of the west. I prefer him that way.
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Post by Stammerhead on Oct 1, 2019 0:29:17 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 1, 2019 0:48:59 GMT
Stammerhead Identifying title labels are our friends  ….. 
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Post by mikef6 on Oct 1, 2019 0:53:11 GMT
I don't think anyone has mentioned "A Letter To Three Wives" (1949) yet. Kirk plays one of the nicest guys in movie history. A school teacher, married to and very much in love with Ann Southern and, very unusual for the times, had absolutely no objection to her being a career woman.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 1, 2019 0:56:37 GMT
"I don't think anyone has mentioned "A Letter To Three Wives" (1949) yet." Glad that you did mikef6. It's a film I have never managed to see … yet ! |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Oct 1, 2019 0:59:26 GMT
I don't think anyone has mentioned "A Letter To Three Wives" (1949) yet. Well, they have and they haven't, Mike; see Stammerhead 's post one Page 1.
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