The Films Kirk Douglas is Proudest Of (1 Viewer)

Adam Lenhardt · May 9, 2015

In December, Kirk Douglas wrote an article for the Huffington Post highlighting the films he's most proud of.

It's worth reading in its entirety, but here's the list without the commentary, in chronological order:

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Champion (1949)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Act of Love (1953)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
The Indian Fighter (1955)
Lust for Life (1956)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Spartacus (1960)
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Seven Days in May (1964)
Bonus: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (ie. the film he wished he'd been able to make)

What an incredible career.

RMajidi · May 9, 2015

Great article. Thanks for the link Adam.

Paths of Glory, Spartacus and Ace In The Hole are among my all-time favourite films, and I love Lust For Life and several more of his films, but I've never seen Lonely Are The Brave, which Mr Douglas rates as his absolute favourite.

I just did a search for this on Blu and found that Koch Media, Germany has released it. It supports English language and sub-titles, but is marked Region B, which suits me, but may not be playable for US players. I'm definitely going to order this Blu. For anyone else interested, the link via Amazon Germany is here:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00AQZWZ0M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

Josh Steinberg · May 10, 2015

Douglas wrote a book a couple years ago about making Spartacus that's definitely worth a read!

Thanks for sharing the article!

todd s · May 12, 2015

No "Final Countdown"?!? My Dad and I love that film.

JoeDoakes · May 12, 2015

I think the oddest exclusion is Out of the Past.

David_B_K · May 12, 2015

In addition to Out of the Past, I was kind of surprised to see The Indian Fighter on the list, and not, say, Last Train From Gun Hill, Gunfight at the OK Corral and The Vikings. In any case, Mr. Douglas has many films of which to be quite proud!

RMajidi · May 13, 2015

David_B_K said:
In addition to Out of the Past, I was kind of surprised to see The Indian Fighter on the list, and not, say, Last Train From Gun Hill, Gunfight at the OK Corral and The Vikings. In any case, Mr. Douglas has many films of which to be quite proud!

Maybe that's one yardstick to measure a film career by - i.e. the number of exceptional movies they made that don't even make it into their own top dozen!

classicmovieguy · May 13, 2015

I was happily surprised to see "Strange Love of Martha Ivers" on the list - a delicious noir title any way you cut it.

Keith Cobby · May 13, 2015

No reason to expect his list to correlate with any of ours. My favourite is Gunfight.

Radioman970 · May 13, 2015

I remember him talking about his least favorite on one of the shows, maybe Letterman? Years ago... The Big Trees!

I just bought The Villain. Haven't seen it in many a years. Hopefully that's not a least for him too since it means a lot to me regardless if it's aged well or not. saw it with mom when it came out. we loved it.

David_B_K · May 13, 2015

I think he made The Big Trees for free to get out of his contract. It used to show up on the Late Show when I Was a kid; haven't seen it since.

Vic Pardo · May 13, 2015

I just read an interview with Orson Welles from 1958 where the subject of Kubrick came up and he praised THE KILLING but trashed PATHS OF GLORY.

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