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Kirk Douglas Turns 100 — The Centenarians Updated, TCM Snub, Other TV Listings, Etc.

December 9, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 9 Comments

Kirk Douglas 1950s Promotional Photo

Posted on December 9, 2016, Kirk Douglas’ one hundredth birthday. Archived posts including “The Centenarians,” TV Listings, and some Douglas favorites.

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Kirk Douglas

Lust for Life (1956) – Van Gogh from Irving Stone to Kirk Douglas

May 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 22 Comments

Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life

Irving Stone’s novel Lust for Life from rejections through 1934 publication and compared to Kirk Douglas’ eventual portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh in the 1956 film directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1956, Adaptations, Anthony Quinn, Biopics, Irving Stone, John Houseman, Kirk Douglas, Norman Corwin, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Vincente Minnelli

The Centenarians – Movie Folk Who Lived 100 Years or More

December 30, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 32 Comments

A list of the best-known Hollywood centenarians of all-time. Movie folk who lived to a hundred or more. Includes the living and the long since departed. Movie cards illustrate where appropriate with additional centenarians listed on the page as well. Updated September 2019, up to and including Marge Champion joining the list.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Baby Peggy Montgomery, Barbara Kent, Bob Hope, bruce bennett, Carl Esmond, centenarians, Danielle Darrieux, doris eaton, dorothy dickson, Fay McKenzie, francis lederer, george burns, Gloria Stuart, gwen ffrangcon davies, irving berlin, Kirk Douglas, leni riefenstahl, liane haid, lucile taft, Luise Rainer, Lupita Tovar, mabel trunnelle, Marge Champion, Marsha Hunt, marta eggerth, Mary Carlisle, mary ellis, Nehemiah Persoff, Norman Lloyd, Olivia de Havilland, Patricia Morison

His Warts, Their Warts: The Ragman’s Son by Kirk Douglas

September 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Thoughts after reading Kirk Douglas’ 1988 autobiography The Ragman’s Son. Written during TCM’s September 2011 tribute to Douglas as their Star of the Month.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: autobiography, biography, book reviews, Dalton Trumbo, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, movie book reviews, the ragmans son

Kirk Douglas TCM Star of the Month September 2011

September 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The complete TCM Star of the Month schedule for Kirk Douglas along with brief biographical notes, comments on two favorites: Lust for Life and Paths of Glory; movie collectibles and more!

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: champion, Kirk Douglas, lust for life, other books, paths of glory, SOTM, Star of the Month, TCM, the ragmans son, Turner Classic Movies

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