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    Kirk Douglas has passed away

    I'm sorry to say, I wasn't sure whether he was still alive.

    My favorites of his movies: Paths of Glory and Ace In The Hole.

    Kirk Douglas, a Star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103

    Kirk Douglas, one of the last surviving movie stars from Hollywood's golden age, whose rugged good looks and muscular intensity made him a commanding presence in celebrated films like "Lust for Life," "Spartacus" and "Paths of Glory," died on Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 103.

    His son the actor Michael Douglas announced the death in a statement on his Facebook page.

    Mr. Douglas had made a long and difficult recovery from the effects of a severe stroke he suffered in 1996. In 2011, cane in hand, he came onstage at the Academy Awards ceremony, good-naturedly flirted with the co-host Anne Hathaway and jokingly stretched out his presentation of the Oscar for best supporting actress.

    By then, and even more so as he approached 100 and largely dropped out of sight, he was one of the last flickering stars in a Hollywood firmament that few in Hollywood's Kodak Theater on that Oscars evening could have known except through viewings of old movies now called classics. A vast number filling the hall had not even been born when he was at his screen-star peak, the 1950s and '60s.

    Kirk Douglas, a Star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103 - The New York Times

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    Paths of Glory
    Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax attempts to defend them against a charge of cowardice in a court-martial.

    Ace In The Hole
    Ace in the Hole, also known as The Big Carnival, is a 1951 American film noir starring Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who stops at nothing to try to regain a job on a major newspaper.
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    The story is a biting examination of the seedy relationship between the press, the news it reports and the manner in which it reports it. The film also shows how a gullible public can be manipulated by the press.

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    Quote Originally Posted by njtom View Post
    Paths of Glory
    Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax attempts to defend them against a charge of cowardice in a court-martial.

    Ace In The Hole
    Ace in the Hole, also known as The Big Carnival, is a 1951 American film noir starring Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who stops at nothing to try to regain a job on a major newspaper.
    ...
    The story is a biting examination of the seedy relationship between the press, the news it reports and the manner in which it reports it. The film also shows how a gullible public can be manipulated by the press.
    We have certainly witnessed this for the past 4 years!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezekiel 33 View Post
    We have certainly witnessed this for the past 4 years!
    Indeed. I'd say that throughout our nation's history, there have been quite
    a few instances of "orchestrated outrage".

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