Article: THE NOT-SO-ROUGH CUT.(Kirk Douglas)(Brief Article)

Kirk Douglas made a career out of playing tough guys with human frailties. This month he returns to the screen in Diamonds, the 83-year-old actor's 83rd movie

Eighty-three years after issur Danielovitch, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, was born in Amsterdam, New York, the driven actor he became is still plying his trade in the movies. Screen acting is a vain occupation and most stars would be expected to retire after suffering a stroke, but "retirement" is not a word in Kirk Douglas's lexicon. As for vanity, Douglas's portrayal of a former boxing champion recovering from a stroke in this month's Diamonds required him to reveal much of the physical ...

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