KIRK DOUGLAS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1958 - HFSID 56469

KIRK DOUGLAS
Black and white movie still of Kirk Douglas in his role in the film Last Train From Gun Hill
Photograph signed: "Hi/Kirk Douglas". B/w, 10x8 overall, image 9¼x7 (one surface). Captioned at bottom margin. Movie still from the film Last Train From Gun Hill, ©1958 Hal B. Wallis and Joseph H. Hazen, and Paramount Pictures Corp. Kirk Douglas (1916-2020), considered by many to be the epitome of the Hollywood hard man, made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers in 1946. Three years later, he received his first Academy Award nomination for Champion (1949). Douglas, who received two other Oscar nominations, for The Bad and the Beautiful(1952) and Lust for Life (1956), both directed by Vincente Minnelli, also appeared in Spartacus (1960), Lonely Are the Brave (1962), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), In Harm's Way (1965) and numerous other feature and made for television films. In addition to his film work, which was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Film Institute in 1991 and an honorary Oscar by the Academy in 1995, Douglas has published two novels and an autobiography, The Ragman's Son (1988). Though he continued to appear in films, by the '80s Douglas began volunteering much of his time to civic duties. Since 1963, he had worked as a Goodwill Ambassador and, in 1981, his many contributions earned him the highest civilian award given in the U.S. - the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Lightly creased at corners. Fine condition.