{"id":23401,"date":"2012-10-14T22:43:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T02:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=23401"},"modified":"2026-03-07T22:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:13:46","slug":"kirk-douglas-remembered-hollywood-insider-looks-back-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=23401","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Douglas Remembered: Hollywood Insider Looks Back \u2013 Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=23401\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=23401\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23402 alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" title=\"Tony and Kirk\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tony-and-Kirk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>By Danny Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello readers from sunny Miami Beach where it was 81 degrees today. To my friends on the East Coast, I am sorry to rub it in. My old pal from my early days in Hollywood Kirk Douglas, was back in the news recently talking about his 1960 film classic, Spartacus. Douglas, an Acting Icon and still vibrant at 95, makes for good print which is\u00a0no different from when I first met him on the set of the 1958 movie, The Vikings, which co-starred my old chum, the late, Tony Curtis. Tony called my then assistant Misty, who he had a crush on and told her to pass on he was off shooting a \u201cViking\u201d picture with KD as he called Kirk and he wanted the \u201cMoxie Man\u201d to fly out with Misty as his guests for the first week of shooting.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Misty and I boarded a plane for Norway which at that time, took forever to fly to\u00a0on a TWA twin propeller airplane. When we arrived, Tony ever the prankster, had five guys standing in the off boarding area with roses for Misty and one overweight Norwegian broad standing in all things, a bikini while holding a sign, \u201cMoxie Man\u201d \u2013 Danny Allen, I am your limo driver. Misty fell on her ass laughing \u2013 and to be honest, I did too! In the wings, Tony in that Bronx accent yelled out, \u201cHey Jew don\u2019t be blue, I got you.\u201d We all embraced and went to Tony\u2019s limo with the rose guys following Misty.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis, talked our ears off and said KD really wanted to meet the man who saved his pal Errol Flynn\u2019s career from the abyss. As our limo arrived on the set, Kirk was having lunch and hollered over to Tony, \u201cget your Putz\u2019s over here and eat with me.\u201d Then as Tony did, he flirted with Misty who was pretty damn good at flirting back and with a wicked dirty sense of humor, she had Tony and Kirk in stitches.<\/p>\n<p>After lunch, we went back and watched the daily\u2019s which all of us knew, this movie was sure to be a hit. Later that evening, Misty, Tony, Kirk and I, went to dinner and for the next 7 hours, shared many laughs \u2013 that cemented our friendship in the years to come. Though Kirk and I had not seen each other in a few years, both Misty and I attended Tony Curtis\u2019 funeral in Las Vegas in September 2010 and Kirk was one of the many mourners in attendance. Though it was a sad occasion, Kirk, Misty and I shared our memories of 44 years earlier that included our dear friend Tony Curtis. We all hugged goodbye and wished each other well.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s great that Kirk at 95, is still with us. 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