RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) Kirk Douglas has passed on Definitely one of the greats of the Golden Age of Cinema - for me he will have entered Valhalla.... Condolences to Michael and the family.... but 103 is a good time to leave this mortal realm.... Edited February 6, 2020 by Phil Bullock 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 RIP Kirk, a genuine legend with charisma, looks and talent, he had the lot - he also stood his ground over the rampant McCarthyism of the '50s that infested Hollywood at the time, by taking on a blacklisted screenwriter for 'Sparticus' and insisting on giving him full credit using his own name when many others had to use pseudonyms. There can't be many of his generation left now. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2020 Also did the oar walk in Vikings against the advice of producers .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted February 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2020 I'm Spartacus ! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devo63 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: There can't be many of his generation left now. Dame Olivia de Havilland is still going at 103. Kirk Douglas always seemed to excel in his movies. Some of my favourites are 'Lust for Life' where he played Vincent van Gogh and Kubrick's 'Paths of Glory'. I also liked him in the western parody 'The Villain' in which his Cactus Jack character always fails in his attempts to steal the money from the heroine using various tricks straight out of Loony Tunes cartoons. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 +1 for Paths of Glory, I'd usually shirk from a movie where, in the first place the language isn't native and secondly an American won't even attempt to disguise his accent but his performance and Kubrick's direction is stellar. C6T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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