Kirk Douglas 1916-2020 : He Cast a Giant Shadow
More often than not when pressed by friends and associates who know I’m a student of movie history I name two actors as my all time favorites. Kirk Douglas being […]
Boxing Movies for Boxing Day
Keeping up with my annual theme of Boxing Day Brawlers and Bruisers (which can be revisited here) it’s time to shine the light on classic film posters of movies that […]
Sharing the Screen With Kirk Douglas
Count the candles. 103. Yes Kirk Douglas is 103 years young today. Each year since starting up Mike’s Take On the Movies I set aside December 9th to celebrate the […]
At the Earth’s Core (1976)
This fantasy film clearly aimed at youngsters hit a bullseye when I was indeed a youngster seeing this on TV in the late 1970’s. Even then I knew exactly who […]
The Indian Fighter (1955)
Following in the tracks of Burt Lancaster, the actor he is most closely associated with, Kirk Douglas, made The Indian Fighter his inaugural production under his new company banner, Bryna […]
First Blood (1982)
Having seen this film at the dawning of my teenage years during it’s first release to movie theaters in 1982 was needless to say a testosterone fueled night at the […]
Sabata (1969)
With the arrival of Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars, the so called spaghetti western genre was born and would continue to evolve and bend the accepted way westerns were filmed, […]
Spotlighting Susan Hayward Via The Movie Poster
Susan Hayward is one of a small group of actresses including Maureen O’Hara, Olivia de Havilland and Virginia Mayo who I was always aware of at a young age. It […]
Casting the Western Songs of Marty Robbins
Back when Country Music could be found in the Country & Western section of your local music stores, one name that was bound to have a number of LP’s in […]
Now Playing December 28th, 1968 At a Theater Near You
Thankfully Malcolm McDowell has given his consent to allow me to borrow his personal time machine that he used to great acclaim in the Nicolas Meyer sci-fi adventure Time After […]
Bringing Beauty and Grace to the Movie Poster with Jean Simmons.
I can’t speak for anyone else but I still know the exact moment I fell for the dark haired beauty who hailed from London, England. The VHS age was upon […]
I Walk Alone (1947)
In the five films they actually starred in together not counting a couple cameo bits in another pair, Burt Lancaster always had billing over Kirk Douglas and in all likelihood […]
Looking Back at 2018 …. Where Does The Time Go?
Here I am a full 5 years into Mike’s Take On the Movies and hopefully still displaying a passion for classic movies from 1999 back to the silent era. I […]
Kirk Douglas and the Leading Ladies
Yes I’ve been celebrating the films and career of Kirk Douglas since starting this online project 5 years ago so with December 9th upon us and the cleft chinned icon […]
Town Without Pity (1961)
I’ve always been at odds with my overall view of this Kirk Douglas effort that sees him back in a military court of law four years after the magnificent Kubrick […]
Return From the Sea (1954)
Let me ask you this. Are you a fan of westerns, gangster films and low budget fodder from the 1970’s? If the answer is yes then surely I don’t have […]
