treeduck Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Kirk is a screen legend and the last of his era of Hollywood superstars. I grew up watching his films, his and Chuck Heston, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Lee Marvin, Gregory Peck, Burt Lancaster, Henry Fonda, Tony Curtis, Paul Newman, Jack Lemmon, Cary Grant, Ernest Borgnine and many others of his era. All those guys are dead now and only Kirk remains... Here he is a couple of days before his birthday: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/12/08/17/3B282F1900000578-0-image-a-1_1481217557040.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/12/08/17/3B282D2600000578-4014232-image-a-15_1481218673773.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/12/08/17/3B282D0200000578-4014232-image-a-21_1481218803075.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/12/08/17/3B282F3100000578-4014232-image-a-25_1481219055459.jpg Edited December 8, 2016 by treeduck 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Hope he makes it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Nice. Way to go, Kirk. He's got a sweet set of wheels, too. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Please, God! In a year of such loss, please let this icon make it to 100 orbits. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Nice. Way to go, Kirk. He's got a sweet set of wheels, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EagleMoon Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 That's awesome! Hope he makes it through 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Looks like he's giving his nurse (?) some sass! http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/12/08/17/3B282D0200000578-4014232-image-a-21_1481218803075.jpg But she ain't takin' it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I really like that woman's scarf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dwarf Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Great actor.Love his films,but my favourite is still The Vikings!One of my father's friend's was an extra on the film as a Viking,and he met Douglas when they were filming in Scandinavia and he told my father that he was so professional on the set but made all the extras feel at home! Met Tony Curtis too!By the way does anyone remember Tough Guys,a film he made with Burt Lancaster in the eighties? Quite a hoot!Respect! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Great actor.Love his films,but my favourite is still The Vikings!One of my father's friend's was an extra on the film as a Viking,and he met Douglas when they were filming in Scandinavia and he told my father that he was so professional on the set but made all the extras feel at home! Met Tony Curtis too!By the way does anyone remember Tough Guys,a film he made with Burt Lancaster in the eighties? Quite a hoot!Respect!Yeah the Vikings is one of my favourites of Kirk's too. And yeah I remember Tough Guys, I saw it when it came out back in 1986. I was just looking up his girlfriend from that picture Darlanne Fluegel, she's 58 now and pretty much retired since 1996. http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/3553625/688full-darlanne-fluegel.jpg Edited December 8, 2016 by treeduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Kirk was born in New York state so he'll be 100 in just a few hours. I didn't know this but he was born Issur Danielovitch of immigrant parents and had an impoverished childhood and 6 sisters. He was originally cast in First Blood as Colonel Troutman. According to Sly in the DVD commentary, Kirk had some different ideas about what to do with some of the scenes. One scene in particular was towards the end: Kirk thought it'd be better if the Colonel knocked out Rambo ((the Colonel being the better soldier since he trained Rambo)) with the last scene being the Colonel driving away in the army truck [headband on] and Rambo tied up in the back. Sounds bad. But yeah, he quit and Richard Crenna was speedily brought in to take over the role. AND, in one scene you can see that the Colonel's uniform was a bit smaller for Crenna...because Crenna was much taller than Kirk (who had already been fitted for his costumes). I feel i need to watch Paths of Glory to celebrate. :hail: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) Kirk was born in New York state so he'll be 100 in just a few hours. I didn't know this but he was born Issur Danielovitch of immigrant parents and had an impoverished childhood and 6 sisters. He was originally cast in First Blood as Colonel Troutman. According to Sly in the DVD commentary, Kirk had some different ideas about what to do with some of the scenes. One scene in particular was towards the end: Kirk thought it'd be better if the Colonel knocked out Rambo ((the Colonel being the better soldier since he trained Rambo)) with the last scene being the Colonel driving away in the army truck [headband on] and Rambo tied up in the back. Sounds bad. But yeah, he quit and Richard Crenna was speedily brought in to take over the role. AND, in one scene you can see that the Colonel's uniform was a bit smaller for Crenna...because Crenna was much taller than Kirk (who had already been fitted for his costumes). I feel i need to watch Paths of Glory to celebrate. :hail:Yeah Kirk was later known as Izzy Demsky before he changed his name officially to Kirk Douglas. And his parents emigrated from what is present day Belarus. Edited December 9, 2016 by treeduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 It is sad he may out live Michael who has had his share of health problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 It is sad he may out live Michael who has had his share of health problemsMichael looks like he's aged about 30 years in the last 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) It is sad he may out live Michael who has had his share of health problemsMichael looks like he's aged about 30 years in the last 5.Well, he IS in his early 70s so he's not young or even late middle aged Edited December 9, 2016 by JohnnyBlaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 It is sad he may out live Michael who has had his share of health problemsMichael looks like he's aged about 30 years in the last 5.Well, he IS in his early 70s so he's not young or even late middle agedI know but he looks 90. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/12/14/3413D5F300000578-3586975-image-a-208_1463060934009.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Did they invite you to the birthday party, Treeduck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Did they invite you to the birthday party, Treeduck?Yeah I'm at Kirk's house now watching the Chiefs vs the Raiders. :hail: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 It is sad he may out live Michael who has had his share of health problemsMichael looks like he's aged about 30 years in the last 5.Well, he IS in his early 70s so he's not young or even late middle agedI know but he looks 90. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/12/14/3413D5F300000578-3586975-image-a-208_1463060934009.jpgOh wow yeah. Didn't know that was modern day Michael looked like since the last I saw was the CGI'd and movie made up of version of him as Hank Pym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 It is sad he may out live Michael who has had his share of health problemsMichael looks like he's aged about 30 years in the last 5.Well, he IS in his early 70s so he's not young or even late middle agedI know but he looks 90. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/12/14/3413D5F300000578-3586975-image-a-208_1463060934009.jpgOh wow yeah. Didn't know that was modern day Michael looked like since the last I saw was the CGI'd and movie made up of version of him as Hank Pym.Yeah even though he was supposed to be the "old guy" they made him look about 30 years younger than he actually looks. http://ayresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/84f0752a9aa7c07b6ea7f72ea52ab880.jpg http://www.newsx.com/sites/default/files/styles/home_image/public/field/image/michael%20douglas.jpg?itok=kJG8mEVwhttp://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article260012.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/m4-image-5-887566348.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 It is sad he may out live Michael who has had his share of health problemsMichael looks like he's aged about 30 years in the last 5.Well, he IS in his early 70s so he's not young or even late middle agedI know but he looks 90. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/12/14/3413D5F300000578-3586975-image-a-208_1463060934009.jpgOh wow yeah. Didn't know that was modern day Michael looked like since the last I saw was the CGI'd and movie made up of version of him as Hank Pym. He's always looked like a slightly softer version of his dad but he's getting to look even more like him as he gets older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 I still think of Douglas as Detective Steve Keller from The Streets of San Francisco. http://www.ivy-style.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TSOSF_MaldenDouglasAtStand-1024x685.jpg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vital signz Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Did Kirk just shit himself?? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38250250 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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