Buckles Blog: The Flying Thrillers

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Roy Deisler, Eileen Voise and Harold Voise.

Anonymous said...: Harold and Eileen Voise had trained Ricardo Montalban for three months for the flying sequences for the "Equilibrium" segment of MGM's THE STORY OF THREE LOVES (1953). The studio abruptly decided to re-cast the role of Pierre Narval with Kirk Douglas, and they had to start all over again. Dick Anderson was catching then, and told me Kirk worked hard with them and learned three tricks for the camera, complete with flying returns. Douglas wrote in his bio, THE RAGMAN'S SON, that he realized he could have been very happy with a trapeze career. Dick, billed as Richard Anderson, wrangled a speaking role as the catcher, Marcel.; 04 July, 2006 16:46
Anonymous said...: I have that book Roger. Have read it three times. Never really thought about Mr Douglas before the book. He was one nice human being. I can relate to living in a stable like he did when very young.; 04 July, 2006 19:04
Anonymous said...: Mr. Douglas suffered among the most detrimental reputations out here as being one of the most difficult stars. That changed over time, to the point where our government sent him around the world as an Amabassador of Good Will--for which jaunts he insisted on paying his own expenses. He is acknowledged with countless awards for this work, and his charitable efforts with his wife of 54 years, Anne, continues. Douglas had the same stroke as Parley Baer, but has re-gained most of his speech.; 05 July, 2006 13:17

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