Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas in The Bad and the Beautiful 1952
Born	Issur Danielovitch December 9, 1916 (1916-12-09) (age 91) Amsterdam, New York
Other name(s)	Izzy Demsky
Spouse(s)	Diana Dill (1943-1951) Anne Buydens (1954-)
Awards won Academy Awards Academy Honorary Award 1996 Lifetime Achievement César Awards Honorary César 1980 Lifetime Achievement Golden Globe Awards Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1956 Lust for Life Cecil B. DeMille Award 1968 Lifetime Achievement Other Awards AFI Life Achievement Award (1991)

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch^[1] on December 9, 1916) is an iconic Academy Award-winning American actor and film producer known for his cleft chin, his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as "sons of bitches". He is also father to Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. He was #17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 MGM melodramatic film which tells the story of a film producer who alienates all around him. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Amsterdam is a city located in Montgomery County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,355. ... This article is about the state. ... Diana Dill Darrid, is a Bermuda-born actress, and mother of actor Michael Douglas. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Honorary Award is given irregularly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate motion picture achievements that are not covered by existing Academy Awards. ... The César Award is the national film award of France first given out in 1975. ... César: Prize (César dhonneur) ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. ... Lust for Life is a 1956 film about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, based on the 1934 novel by Irving Stone and adapted by Norman Corwin. ... The Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures has been given annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Golden Globe Award ceremonies in Hollywood, California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A cleft chin is unique trait resulting in a dimple on the chin. ... ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation) Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Part of the AFI 100 Years. ...

Early life

Douglas was born in Amsterdam, New York, USA to Herschel (Harry) Danielovitch (1884 - 1950) and Bryna Sanglel (born 1884), poor Russian Jewish^[2] parents who emigrated from Gomel, now in Belarus. Herschel Danielovitch's brother, who had emigrated earlier, was going by the surname of Demsky, a name which Douglas' family adopted.^[1] For a time, Douglas was known as Izzy Demsky, although his name was never legally changed to that.^[1] While doing summer stock theater during a college vacation, he began using the name Kirk Douglas, to which he legally changed before entering the Navy in World War II.^[1] Amsterdam is a city located in Montgomery County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,355. ... This article is about the state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The vast territories of the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest Jewish population in the world. ... Homel (Belarusian and Russian: Гомель, Gomeľ; Yiddish: , Homl), also known as Gomel, is the second-largest city of Belarus and the main city of Homel Province. ...

He was on the wrestling team at St. Lawrence University. To help make his way through college, he thought getting an acting scholarship might work. His talents got him noticed at the acclaimed American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, where he soon received a scholarship, alongside classmate Betty Joan Perske (soon to be better known as Lauren Bacall). Another classmate was aspiring Bermudian actress, Diana Dill. He then served in the United States Navy from the entry of the US into World War II in 1941 until it ended in 1945. On 3 May, 1943, his former classmate, Diana Dill, appeared on the cover of Life magazine. Seeing her photograph, Douglas told his fellow sailors that he would marry her, which he did on November 2, 1943. After the war, he returned to New York City and started doing radio theatre and commercials, while trying to break in on Broadway. Wrestling can be: Sport wrestling Professional wrestling Another term for grappling This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... St. ... This article is about scholarship (noun) and scholarship as a form of financial aid. ... The Colony Club location in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Betty Joan Perske (born on September 16, 1924), better known as Lauren Bacall, is a Golden Globe– and Tony Award–winning, as well as Academy Award–nominated, American film and stage actress. ... Diana Dill Darrid, is a Bermuda-born actress, and mother of actor Michael Douglas. ... USN redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Philippe Halsmans famous portrait of Marilyn Monroe Life generally refers to two American magazines: A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936; A publication created by Time founder Henry Luce in 1936, with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. ... is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Advert redirects here. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...

Douglas was helped by actress Lauren Bacall in obtaining his first screen role in the Hal B. Wallis movie The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), starring Barbara Stanwyck. Wallis was on his way to New York to look for new talent when Bacall suggested he look up her old drama school classmate, who was working in an off-Broadway play at the time. Hal B. Wallis (September 14, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American motion picture producer. ... The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a black-and-white film noir released in the U.S. in 1946. ... See also: 1945 in film 1946 1947 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Bells of St. ... Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was a four-time Academy Award-nominated, three-time Emmy Award-winning, and Golden Globe-winning American actress of film, stage, and screen. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ...

Career

Kirk Douglas received three Academy Award nominations for his work in Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life (as Vincent Van Gogh). Douglas did not win any competitive Oscars, but received a special Oscar in 1996 for "50 years as a moral and creative force in the motion picture community". Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Champion is a 1949 American film noir drama based on a short story by Ring Lardner. ... The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 MGM melodramatic film which tells the story of a film producer who alienates all around him. ... Lust for Life is a 1956 film by Norman Corwin adapted from a biographical novel of the life of Vincent Van Gogh, by writer Irving Stone, first published in 1934. ... van Gogh redirects here. ...

He also played an important role in breaking the Hollywood blacklist by making sure that Dalton Trumbo's name was mentioned in the opening and ending credits of 1960's "Spartacus" for the outstanding screenplay he had written for the film.^[1] Douglas had collaborated closely with Kubrick in Paths of Glory, where Douglas played one of his most memorable roles, as Colonel Dax, the commander of a French regiment during World War I who volunteers, against harsh criticism, to defend three innocent men on trial for their lives. Protestors opposing the jailing of the Hollywood Ten in 1950 (from the 1987 documentary Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist). ... Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist, and a member of the Hollywood Ten, one of group of film professionals who refused to testify before the 1947 House Un-American Activities Committee about alleged communist involvement. ... Spartacus is a 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. ... Paths of Glory (1957) is a debatedly anti-war black and white film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Jimmy Carter greets Kirk Douglas and Mrs. Douglas, March 16, 1978

Douglas made several films over the decades with Burt Lancaster, including I Walk Alone (1948), Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), The Devil's Disciple (1959), Seven Days in May (1964), and Tough Guys (1986), which fixed the notion of the pair as something of a team in the public's imagination. Douglas was always second-billed under Lancaster in these films but, with the exception of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, their roles were more or less the same size. Image File history File links Kirk_Douglas_Jimmy_Carter. ... Image File history File links Kirk_Douglas_Jimmy_Carter. ... For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Burt Lancaster (2 November 1913 – 20 October 1994) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor, noted for his athletic physique, distinct smile (which he called The Grin) and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial tough guy image. ... I Walk Alone is a 1948 film noir starring Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, and Kirk Douglas. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a 1957 movie starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday about the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... The The Devils Disciple is a 1959 British- American film directed by Guy Hamilton based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seven Days in May is a political thriller novel published by Harper & Row, New York in 1962(current hardcover edition: ISBN 0-06-012436-9) written by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Tough Guys is a 1986 comedy starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Eli Wallach and Dana Carvey. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Kirk Douglas has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6263 Hollywood Blvd. In 1984, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... Bronze Wrangler The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum and art gallery, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, housing one of the largest collections of: Western, American cowboy, American rodeo, and American Indian; art, artifacts, and archival materials, in the world. ... Nickname: Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized...

In October 2004, the avenue "Kirk Douglas Way" in Palm Springs, California was named in his honor by the Palm Springs International Film Society and Film Festival. For other uses, see Road (disambiguation). ... Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California approximately 110 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles and 140 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego. ... Palm Springs International Film Festival is a film festival held in Palm Springs in the U.S. state of California. ...

Popular at home and around the world, Kirk Douglas received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981, the French Legion of Honor in 1985, and the National Medal of the Arts in 2001. The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States and is bestowed by the President of the United States (the other award which is considered its equivalent is the Congressional Gold Medal, which is bestowed by an... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ...

Personal life

Douglas married twice, first to Diana Dill (born January 22, 1923; married November 2, 1943; divorced in 1951), with whom he had two sons, actor Michael Douglas and producer Joel Douglas. His second wife is Anne Buydens (married May 29, 1954 to present) with whom he has two sons, producer Peter Douglas born November 23, 1955 and actor Eric Douglas (born June 1958; died July 6, 2004 of an accidental drug overdose). Diana Dill Darrid, is a Bermuda-born actress, and mother of actor Michael Douglas. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation) Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: not notable other than family relationship If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Eric Douglas (June 21, 1958 – July 6, 2004) was a stand up comedian who occasionally acted in low budget movies. ... is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term drug overdose (or simply overdose) describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced. ...

In 1996, he suffered a stroke, partially impairing his ability to speak. On December 8, 2006, Douglas appeared on Entertainment Tonight, where the entire staff wished him a happy 90th birthday the night before. His son Michael, along with his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, were among the many celebrities who attended his birthday celebration. On the show, he discussed the books he has written, and the death of his son, Eric in 2004. For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is syndicated by CBS Paramount Domestic Television throughout the United States, Canada, on the Nine Network in Australia and on UBC Inside in Thailand. ... Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress based in the United States. ...

A portrait of Douglas, titled "The Great and the Beautiful," which encapsulated his film career, art collection, philanthropy and rehabilitation from a deadly helicopter crash and the aftermath of a severe stroke, appeared in Palm Springs Life magazine in 1999. The article said "For years, this energetic performer could be seen jogging several miles to get his morning paper, playing tennis with locals or posing for snapshots and signing autographs for star-struck out-of-towners. He has been a veritable one-man tourist promotion over the past four decades, extolling the virtue of the city he loves to virtually anyone who'll listen."^[3]

Family tree

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Filmography

Kirk Douglas in The Big Trees (1952)

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Features

• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
• Out of the Past (1947)
• Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
• I Walk Alone (1948)
• The Walls of Jericho (1948)
• My Dear Secretary (1949)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• Champion (1949)
• Young Man with a Horn (1950)
• The Glass Menagerie (1950)
• Along the Great Divide (1951)
• Ace in the Hole (1951)
• Detective Story (1951)
• The Big Trees (1952)
• The Big Sky (1952)
• The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
• The Story of Three Loves (1953)
• The Juggler (1953)
• Act of Love (1953)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• The Racers (1955)
• Ulisse (U.S. title: Ulysses) (1955)
• Man Without a Star (1955)
• The Indian Fighter (1955)
• Lust for Life (1956)
• Top Secret Affair (1957)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• The Vikings (1958)
• Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
• The Devil's Disciple (1959)
• Strangers When We Meet (1960)
• Spartacus (1960)
• Town Without Pity (1961)
• The Last Sunset (1961)
• Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
• Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
• The Hook (1963)
• The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
• For Love or Money (1963)
• Seven Days in May (1964)
• In Harm's Way (1965)
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
• Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
• Is Paris Burning? (1966)
• The Way West (1967)
• The War Wagon (1967)
• Once Upon a Wheel (1968) (documentary)
• A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
• The Brotherhood (1968)
• The Arrangement (1969)
• There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
• To Catch a Spy (1971)
• The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
• A Gunfight (1971)
• A Man to Respect (1972)
• Scalawag (1973)
• Posse (1975)
• Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975)
• Holocaust 2000 (1977)
• The Fury (1978)
• The Villain (1979)
• Saturn 3 (1980)
• Home Movies (1980)
• The Final Countdown (1980)
• The Man from Snowy River (1982)
• Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
• Tough Guys (1986)
• Oscar (1991)
• Veraz (1991)
• A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
• Greedy (1994)
• Diamonds (1999)
• It Runs in the Family (2003)
• Illusion (2004)

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See also: 1970 in film 1971 1972 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... // Top grossing films The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Diamonds Are Forever Whats Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan ONeal Dirty Harry The Last Picture Show A Clockwork Orange Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli The Hospital Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Academy Awards Best Picture... In the United States, a Scalawag was a Southern white who joined the Republican party in the ex-Confederate South during Reconstruction. ... // Events The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. ... Posse may refer to: Look up Posse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 1977 in film involved some significant events. ... The Fury is a 1978 sci-fi/horror/thriller film directed by Brian de Palma. ... // Events February 1 - Bob Dylans film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour premieres in Los Angeles, California March 1 - Charlie Chaplins coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery 3 months after burial March - Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for Star Wars Episode... For the 1917 film starring Oliver Hardy, see The Villain (1917 film). ... // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... Saturn 3 is a 1980 science fiction film starring Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel. ... The year 1980 in film involved some significant events. ... Home Movies is a 1980 film directed by Brian De Palma. ... The year 1980 in film involved some significant events. ... For other meanings, see The Final Countdown (disambiguation). ... The year 1980 in film involved some significant events. ... For other uses, see The Man from Snowy River. ... // This is the year of film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which will become the highest grossing movie for almost 15 years (until Titanic), earning double or triple against any major film of the 1980s. ... // February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York North Americas Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance Staying Alive Octopussy Mr. ... Tough Guys is a 1986 comedy starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Eli Wallach and Dana Carvey. ... // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... Oscar is a 1991 comedy movie directed by John Landis The film is a remake of Oscar from 1967. ... The year 1991 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 1991 in film involved some significant events. ... A Century of Cinema is a 1994 documentary directed by Caroline Thomas about the art of filmmaking (coinciding with cinemas 100th anniversary), containing numerous interviews with some of the most influential characters of the twentieth century. ... The year 1994 in film involved some significant events. ... Greedy is a 1994 film starring Michael J. Fox and Kirk Douglas. ... The year 1994 in film involved some significant events. ... Diamonds is a 1999 movie with Kirk Douglas and Dan Aykroyd. ... The year 1999 in film involved some significant events. ... It Runs in the Family is a 2003 movie directed by Fred Schepisi and starring a large number of the Douglas family. ... The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ...

Short subjects

• Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light (1956)
• Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)

The year 1956 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 1968 in film involved some significant events. ...

Bibliography

• Wisdom of the Elders. 1986.
• The Ragman's Son. Simon & Shuster, 1988. ISBN 0671637177.
• Dance With the Devil. Random House, 1990. ISBN 0394582373.
• The Gift. Warner Books, 1992. ISBN 0446516945.
• Last Tango in Brooklyn. Century, 1994. ISBN 0712648526.
• The Broken Mirror: A Novella. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. ISBN 0689814933.
• Young Heroes of the Bible. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0689814917.
• Climbing The Mountain: My Search For Meaning. Simon and Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0743214382.
• Kress, Michael. Rabbis: Observations of 100 Leading and Influential Rabbis of the 21st Century. (foreword by Kirk Douglas.) Universe, 2002. ISBN 9780789308047.
• My Stroke of Luck. HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN 0060014040.
• Let's Face It. John Wiley & Sons, 2007. ISBN 0470084693.

See also

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References

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Further reading

• Johns, Howard. Palm Springs Confidential: Playground of the Stars. Barricade Books, 2004. ISBN 1569802696.
• McBride, Joseph. Kirk Douglas. Pyramid Publications, 1976. ISBN 0515040843.
• Munn, Michael. Kirk Douglas. St. Martin's Press, 1985. ISBN 0312456816.
• Press, Skip. Michael and Kirk Douglas. Silver Burdett Press, 1995. ISBN 0382249410.

Howard Johns (born January 2, 1962 in Sydney, Australia) is a well-known television personality, film historian and author based in Palm Springs, California. ... Joseph McBride is an American film columnist, screenwriter and professor of film and literature. ...

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