Kirk Douglas Acting Legend - 05 août 2016
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916) is an American actor, producer, director, and author. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he had his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s and 1960s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war movies. During a sixty-year acting career, he has appeared in over 90 movies, and in 1960 was responsible for helping to end the Hollywood Blacklist.
In 1949, after a lead role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion, for which he was nominated as Best Actor, Douglas became a star. His style of acting relied on expressing great concentration, realism, and powerful emotions, and he subsequently gravitated toward roles requiring strong characters. Among his early films were Young Man with a Horn (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall, Billy Wilder's controversial Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951). He received a second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), where he played opposite Lana Turner. His powerful acting performance as Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956) is considered one of his finest roles. Douglas played the lead with an all-star cast in Spartacus (1960). He was the executive producer as well, raising the $12 million production cost, making it one of the most expensive films made up to that time. He is among the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
On January 28, 1996, he suffered a severe stroke, impairing his ability to speak.
He wrote about this experience in a book, My Stroke of Luck, which he hoped would be an "operating manual" for others on how to handle a stroke victim in their own family.
Sent him his book "My Stroke Of Luck" on 22 Jul and got it back signed on 5 Aug.. Was not holding my breath in getting it signed due to his health, age, and some unsigned returns that have been mentioned in here.. I am thinking that they sent me a book that he had already pre-signed cause it was not dedicated to the person who is getting it..
Kirk Douglas
Renaissance Literary & Talent
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