RIP Kirk Douglas

[MTM]

Actor was 103

Kirk Douglas dead at 103; 'Spartacus' star helped end Hollywood blacklist

 

[heyabbott]

One of the great movie stars of all time. And a man who put his money where his convictions were.

ברוך אתה ה' אלוהינו מלך העולם, דיין האמת

 

[DanOregon]

I'm sure the guy putting the finishing touches on the Oscar In Memoriam segment is thrilled. Really enjoyed Seven Days in May.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

If you’ve never seen it, Champion is fantastic. It was his breakout role, and he turned down a bigger-budget picture because he believed the story of a sleaze-driven boxer was better. The big budget film flopped and he earned his first Oscar nod.

I recently watched Paths of Glory for the first time, which was amazing and I have no real reason why I never watched it before.

 

[garrow]

The Big Carnival. Great, cynical newspaper picture. RIP.

 

[wicked]

I did not know about his role in fighting the red scare in Hollywood until watching “Trumbo.”

 

[Songbird]

She does not work at the WaPo.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I am Kirk Douglas! No, I am Kirk Douglas! For the record, yesterday on the Showtime Western channel they played "Gunfight at the OK Corral"with Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk as Doc Holliday. Pretty damn good. He didn't make many movies that were worse than pretty damn good. RIP. Last of the legends left except for Olivia deHavilland.

 

[heyabbott]

She does not work at the WaPo.

If Barron and rush’s cancer are off limits, this lunatic’s accusation should be too

 

[Chef2]

RIP Chester J. Lampwick

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Paths of Glory, he and Kubrick. Pretty good collaboration.

 

[goalmouth]

She does not work at the WaPo.

****, everyone knows pedo/direector Robert Wise was raping Natalie Wood during "West Side Story".

 

[goalmouth]

 

[Cosmo]

His greatest accomplishment in life was making it to 103

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

 

[bigpern23]

Man ... Paths of Glory, Spartacus and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. That's a hell of a career. Oddly enough, as a kid, I was introduced to his acting in "Tough Guys" with Burt Lancaster and loved it. I haven't seen it in 30 years, and it's probably far more terrible than I remember, but that was the movie that made me seek out more of his work.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the next one I saw. My Nana used to babysit my sister and I on Friday nights (overnight), and on Saturday mornings we would watch a show called Dialing for Dollars with George Allen. It showed all kinds of old sci-fi movies, like The Blob, Planet of the Apes and such. That's when I saw 20,000 Leagues.

I knew I liked him, but it wasn't until college that I saw Paths of Glory and Spartacus and that was a whole new level. The guy was great. And his son was no slouch either. Hollywood royalty. RIP.

 

[DanOregon]

I'd never heard the Wood rumor before. Apparently the story has been around for a while - not something that came up as part of the MeToo stuff. Bad week for celebrities accused of rape dying I guess.

 

[Bubbler]

Yep. I was watching a Natalie Wood movie the other night and found the rumor out for the first time too. If you Google search, "who raped Natalie Wood?", Kirk Douglas's bio is the first thing that comes up.

Really sad about that. I admired him as an actor, especially in "Paths Of Glory" and "Seven Days In May", but Wood's alleged rape was particularly brutal.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

For some reason, the wood rumor made me think of this old sctv bit with joe flaherty as douglas

 

[Chef2]

His greatest accomplishment in life was making it to 103