Peebs Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 7. She co-starred with Tyrone Power in four movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 8. She appeared uncredited as the Virgin Mary in The Song Of Bernadette. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 9.) Although she died by fire in real life, she also died twice by fire in her movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 10. Darnell reportedly called No Way Out (1950) the "only good picture" she ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 The thread is open ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Let's try: Kirk Douglas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 1. Kirk Douglas's real name was Issur Danielovitch Demsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 2.) He was nominated three times for an Oscar, but never won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 3) He was a lifelong member of the Democratic Party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 4.) Hehad four sons by his first wife, Diana Douglas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 5. Starred in the Broadway production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He retained the rights to make a film version but no studio would make it with him in the lead. He eventually gave the rights to his son Michael who produced 1975 movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 6) He was voted Best Actor by the NY Film Critics for Lust For Life (1956) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 7.) His first movie was "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers", where he played Stanwyck's weak-willed husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 8. Douglas wrote 12 books including his autobiography The Ragman's Son (1988), several works of fiction, and a book of Old Testament stories retold for young readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 9) He lived to be 103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 10.) He was close friends with Burt Lancaster. Next: Jean Peters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 1.) Her first movie was "Captain from Castille". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2. Was married to Howard Hughes from 1957- 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 3.) Winning a beauty pageant in Ohio led to her contract with 20th Century Fox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 4. During her marriage to Hughes she retired from acting, After their divorce Peters took a few TV roles including her last in an episode of Murder She Wrote in 1988. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 5.) There were plans for her to be re-teamed with Tyrone Power for "Ways of a Gaucho" but the parts went to Rory Calhoun and GeneTierney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 6) She starred in a "Murder, She Wrote" playing a reclusive retired Hollywood star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 7.) She starred with Jeanne Crain in "Vicki", a remake of "I Wake Up Screaming". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 8.) She died of leukemia in 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 9. Was a Republican and worked on the campaigns of Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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