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With irresistible charm, a sharp sense of humor and a repertoire of stories and jokes drawn from his adventures as a movie star, Douglas brings back all too briefly the magic of Hollywood, the legendary city of the stars, in his "Before I Forget," which on Friday began a four-night run (the remaining two nights are Friday and Sunday) at the venue that bears his name. Although he is the only actor onstage during the 90-minute performance, he is amply supported by a screen on which a generous selection of clips from movies, Oscar and other formal presentations and home movies give him an occasional breather while occasionally acting as a straight man. Before an audience of family, colleagues and adoring fans, he flashes the fire and determination that fueled his success. In the most conventionally touching part of the evening, there is the lineup of Hollywood royalty about whom he reminisces: Lana Turner ("Lana, Lana," he sighs), Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, Ava Gardner, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and, with special admiration, Burt Lancaster. He describes his decision when making "Spartacus" to pull down the Hollywood blacklist with an admirable kind of "what else could I do?" humility. He faces the sometimes stormy realities of his personal life with a more authentic courage ("Was I a good father?" he asks, as if he still had a chip on his shoulder). By the time the show is over, even though he is showing signs of fatigue and his speech is beginning to slur, he has guided the audience along the journey he made, fighting his way out of grinding poverty and cultural invisibility to create a life, a family and a persona that literally moved professional barriers and mountains of national prejudice. Along the way, the bent but unbowed lion drops clues about why he's doing this enormously demanding series of performances: The unquenchable need of an actor to act. The desire of a great artist to show pride in the "peasant hands" with which he beautified and ennobled life as well as many lives. And, perhaps above all, the unfulfilled desire for a paternal embrace that enabled Issur Danielovitch to become Kirk Douglas. (Editing by Dean Goodman at Reuters) © Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Winehouse unable to make U.S. gig after assault case also on reuters Microsoft and Google are among Barron's top picks Blog: Wildlife, water replacing oil and cattle in Texas? 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