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A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most important results, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees and shrubs? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get swept up to accelerate on the lives of America's most important men and women in enough time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long neglected or never known. In 1996, Kirk Douglas was presented with an Honorary Academy Prize "for 50 years as an innovative and moral make in the film community", and some years later, the North american Film Institute rated him the 17th best acting professional of the 20th century. About 15 years following the AFI compiled that list, Kirk Douglas is the one screen legend on the list who is still alive, the patriarch of your acting family that includes popular acting professional Michael Douglas as well. Obviously, Douglas didn't earn such honorary successes merely because of the longevity that has seen him appear in movies over the course of seven different decades. From 1950s until the end of the 1980s, Douglas starred in a number of classic films, including perhaps his most iconic role as history's most famous gladiator in Spartacus (1960). He also appeared in critically acclaimed films like Out of the Past (1947), Champ (1949), Ace in the Opening (1951), The Bad and the stunning (1952), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Lust for Life (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Vikings (1958), Unhappy Are the Brave (1962), A WEEK in-may (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Saturn 3 (1980) and Troublesome Guys (1986). And in addition to participating in strong lead character types, Douglas was also outspoken rather than afraid to share his views when he thought something was incorrect on the market, like the notorious blacklisting done as a result of the Red Scare in the 1950s. American Legends: THE LIFE SPAN of Kirk Douglas profiles the life and career of one of America's best stars. Along with pictures of important people, places, and happenings, become familiar with about Douglas like nothing you've seen prior, very quickly at all.
