100 New Yorkers of the 1970s

has returned the money because of the enormity of the task. The life of Douglas

ed in countless stage plays and musicals, made numerous recordings, written screenplays, published his articles and drawings in many of the nation's leading magazines, and given

pulls. But in our long discussion, it becomes obvious that he has never actually retired, either as an entertainer or as a force in public affairs. His office is fairly cluttered with mementoes of his wo

r plays. This summer I'm doing My Fair Lady again in Reno for eight to 10 weeks. ... I didn't want to copy Rex Harrison, but I was prevailed upon by Lerner and Loewe to do this. I've known them since bef

ilms include Sinbad the Sailor and The Prisoner of Zenda. He acted in his first movie in 1923 while barely in his teens, and in 1932 he was designated a star. He continued to make fil

guage. Actually Charlie Chaplin may have been a superstar, but he's one of the very few." He laughs and tells about another aspect of modern-day moviemaking that amuses him. "Very few of the great

l. They were limited to people being polite and nice, but that wouldn't necessarily lead to any jobs. It usually meant that I woul

n 1919 to found United Artists. The following year she married Fairbanks, and together they virtually ruled Hollywood. Douglas Junior, who became close to his

r had a heart attack and my story editor had a nervous breakdown, just from the pressure of getting out these films. I thought I would be next, so I decided to quit," he

Florida, an office in London, and, since 1956, an apartment on the Upper East Side. He and his

f themes. Maybe it's cacophonous. The things I find most interesting don't pay a penny. But possibly all my activities blended

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