Burt Lancaster | Burt Lancaster

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Author: Kate Buford
First Published: 2000
Type of Work: Biography
Time of Work: 1913-1994
Setting: New York, California, Italy, and elsewhere
Principal Characters: Burt Lancaster, Harold Hecht, June Ernst, Norma Anderson, Susie Martin
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, Acting or actors, Twentieth century, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, California, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Hollywood, Filmmaking or filmmakers, 1990’s, Italy or Italians, Acrobatics or acrobats
Locales: California, New York, Italy

Despite winning an Academy Award for Elmer Gantry (1960) and receiving three other Oscar nominations, Burt Lancaster has not always received appropriate recognition for his acting and other contributions to film. Perhaps the reason is that many of his popular films were bravura entertainments, while the “art films” that he liked to alternate with them were undervalued in their day, though discerning critics and film enthusiasts have subsequently discovered their merit. Having started his career with tough roles in The Killers (1946), Brute Force (1947), and...

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