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Trivia question: Did Kirk Douglas ever sing in a movie? (Original Post) Archae Jan 2018 OP
20,000 leagues under the sea. nt msongs Jan 2018 #1
Correct! Archae Jan 2018 #5
There was Mermaid Minnie, met her down in Madagaskar... trof Jan 2018 #9
He sang "Whale of a Tale" kskiska Jan 2018 #2
Yes, and they threw him out of the theater for bothering others in the audience jberryhill Jan 2018 #3
Playing an accordion? IADEMO2004 Jan 2018 #4
Yes. "If I were a rich man" from Spartacus. Raster Jan 2018 #6
it was such an honor to see him last night but he hasnt aged well... samnsara Jan 2018 #7
More than one... flotsam Jan 2018 #8
He actually sang a lot.... marble falls Jan 2018 #10
Mr. Douglas turned 101 on December 9 - not a song, but man, I love this guy!!: Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #11

trof

(54,256 posts)
9. There was Mermaid Minnie, met her down in Madagaskar...
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 07:59 PM
Jan 2018

She would kiss me, any time that I would ask her.

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
7. it was such an honor to see him last night but he hasnt aged well...
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 07:48 PM
Jan 2018

..my mother in law passed at 104 and she looked much better. It does look like hes had a cpl strokes but his wit was sure intact!!

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
11. Mr. Douglas turned 101 on December 9 - not a song, but man, I love this guy!!:
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 08:03 PM
Jan 2018

September 2016:

"I was 16 when that man came to power in 1933. For almost a decade before his rise he was laughed at ― not taken seriously. He was seen as a buffoon who couldn’t possibly deceive an educated, civilized population with his nationalistic, hateful rhetoric.

The “experts” dismissed him as a joke. They were wrong.

A few weeks ago we heard words spoken in Arizona that my wife, Anne, who grew up in Germany, said chilled her to the bone. They could also have been spoken in 1933:

“We also have to be honest about the fact that not everyone who seeks to join our country will be able to successfully assimilate. It is our right as a sovereign nation to choose immigrants that we think are the likeliest to thrive and flourish here…[including] new screening tests for all applicants that include an ideological certification to make sure that those we are admitting to our country share our values…”

more :
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-road-ahead_us_57e03be4e4b08cb1409749f2

So much more at link...I simply couldn't do justice to his words in 4 paragraphs!

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