Born Izzy Danielovitch into a poverty-stricken Jewish family in 1916, Douglas legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas on joining the navy during the second world war.
By now Douglas had another company, Joel Productions, and Seven Days was produced through it, with Douglas instrumental in securing Lancaster’s participation.
Douglas received his second Oscar nomination for yet another SOB, film producer Jonathan Shields in The Bad and the Beautiful.
Douglas wanted the lead role in Ben-Hur, but when it went to Charlton Heston he set up his own Roman epic.
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Greedy Official Trailer #1 - Kirk Douglas Movie (1994) HD