This week in The Wall Street Journal's Mansion section, I interviewed Kirk Douglas, who is 100 years old and the last of the 1940s Hollywood studio stars (go here). The actor, who first appeared in the movies in 1946, overcame childhood poverty in Amsterdam, N.Y., and made it to Hollywood, thanks to talent, friendship and generosity of a young actress a…
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