Kirk Douglas

DID KIRK DOUGLAS ASSAULT NATALIE WOOD?

The Beverly Hills home where Kirk Douglas and his wife lived is up for sale and it includes a backyard Hollywood Walk of Fame with cement squares signed by Kirk’s celebrity friends. You can plainly see Frank Sinatra and Natalie Wood’s autographs in this photo. Coincidentally, Natalie’s younger sister Lana just wrote a book in which she charges Spartacus star Kirk Douglas with sexually assaulting Natalie during a meeting they had at the Chateau Marmont in the mid-fifties. Natalie was around 17 and Kirk was in his 30’s. Natalie and her mother decided not to press charges or tell anyone because it might ruin her career. If the assault story is true, were there more victims’ names on Kirk’s Walk of Fame? (No #MeToo in those days)

Photo: Realtor.com

3 Comments

KIRK DOUGLAS ON THE GOLDEN GLOBES: MOST DEPRESSING LIVE MOMENT IN TV HISTORY?

Who’s bright idea was it to invite a 101 year old stroke victim in a wheelchair to appear on The Golden Globes? Granted, Kirk Douglas was a big boxoffice star in the 50’s and 60’s and he did deserve recognition for that, however he would have been better served if his daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta-Jones had appeared alone and presented clips of Kirk in his famous roles. Not only did poor Kirk look awful, but he cannot speak clearly. It was an unnecessarily sad and disturbing segment of the show. Also, one cannot ignore the fact that Kirk had an unfortunate history with women – in the past he was kindly described as a “womanizer” and has been accused of raping a teenage Natalie Wood.

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA

7 Comments