almost exactly 70 years ago, you went over 70 movies, the example of career of Kirk Douglas. He visited places of 20,000 leagues under the sea, fell as Vincent van Gogh to madness, or to put the entire Roman Empire. On 9. December expected to be the father of Michael Douglas, the next big event he’s celebrating his 100. Birthday. Monumental stories seem to be him…
The struggle for success
Often it is just a phrase, but in the case of the 1916 under the name of Issur danielo witsch Demsky born Kirk Douglas, it is true: He had to fight to the beginning, literally, of his success. Because it is only thanks to a wrestling scholarship, he landed the opportunity to study at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York. For the son of Jewish-Russian immigrants, this opportunity meant the world. When he came by a second scholarship from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts on Broadway.
From the villains to the heroes
As the first movie, chartered offers a purely flat, it took a bit before Kirk “the chin” Douglas was allowed to earn his hero’s pores. Due to his distinctive facial features to cast it at the beginning as the villain, the ruthless villains. So around 1947 in “the Golden Gift” or “four-ten years in Sing-Sing”, in each case as a crime boss.
it was Only in the 50s Douglas screwed his hero Image. Not least thanks to his own production company, Mrs. bryna Productions, which he founded in 1955, and after his mother notified. His most famous works of this period, paths of glory,” “The Vikings” or “last train from Gun Hill””. But his greatest success was up to the year 1960, “Spartacus”. The unknown Stanley Kubrick as a Director, because of Communist Beliefs on the “Blacklist” of Hollywood, located in Dalton Trumbo as a screenwriter, and Douglas as the title character and producer of the Monumental strip: This combination wrote film history.
For an Oscar, it was enough. Although Douglas in 1996 received an honorary Oscar for his life’s work, in all of his three nominations (“Champion”, “city of illusions”, “Vincent van Gogh – A life of passion”) he went out but always empty.
It remains in the family
The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and he but landing injuries. So, kirk’s son is a matured Michael quickly-to a less successful performer. One was as a producer for “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest” and as best actor in “Wall Street” even two gold boys win.
grief prepares the two, however, a long time ago and Michael’s son Cameron. Because of continuing drugs-antics, this was initially sentenced to five and, later, to ten years in prison. Nothing seemed to be in 2003, but the family happiness in the way: In the strip with the appropriate title “keep It in the family” from this year, all three generations, consisting of Kirk, Michael and Cameron Douglas were to be seen in front of the camera.
Long marital bliss
is That Kirk Douglas is not a man for a quickie, that alone should be in “Spartacus” and a duration of 198 minutes. But even in love he has a long breath. His marriage to actress Diana Dill, of the sons, Michael and Joel sprang, holding at least eight years – not a matter of course in the fast-paced Hollywood. Even more impressive his second marriage with the Hanover master Anne Buydens in 1954, the ends of they married in, to even this day together – after 62 years of marriage. however, On that, Mr. Douglas!
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