Born: Issur Danielovich Demsky, on Saturday, December 9, 1916,
in Amsterdam, New York. Read his bio @ Kirk Douglas IMDb. He is pictured above with actress Pier Angeli, and veteran flying act catcher, Dick Anderson (billed as Kenneth Anderson). The scene is from the Equilibrium segment of the 1953 MGM film The Story of
Three Loves. Kirk and Pier were trained for actual flying
tricks by
Harold and Eileen Voise, who were permitted to work on the
picture
by a special contract release from Clyde Beatty. Dick Anderson
told
me they had schooled Ricardo Montalban for three months on
the
flying rigging. Then MGM replaced him with Douglas, whose
own
long training started from scratch--which meant extended movie
paydays for the Voises and Anderson, who also landed a speaking
role.
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Monday, December 09, 2013
Dec. 9th Birthdays #2
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I have a cousin who lives in Amsterdam. She said the town named a park after him a few years back and he came and they had a parade and I guess a park dedication. Mr Douglas seems like a real nice fellow, at 97 Go Bless him.
I have a cousin who lives in Amsterdam. She said the town named a park after him a few years back and he came and they had a parade and I guess a park dedication. Mr Douglas seems like a real nice fellow, at 97 Go Bless him.
Kirk and Parley Baer had the same stroke, which robbed them of their speech. Kirk struggled for years and regained most of his ability to speak with clarity. Parley was progressing well with his therapist also, but when his beloved Ernestine died on his 86th birthday, he refused to continue trying. We took care of him at his home, and his mind was as sharp as ever. He made known what he wanted in running his household's daily affairs by relying on his resources as an actor.
With no little amount of effort, I obtained an address for Douglas and asked him to sign this photo. I can only presume what you see is his true signature.
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