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riorating. Many are as alert as youn Douglas' shows no signs of slowing downl Tonight at 9 he DnncinG 1 Thur -at 9 pm $6 Complimentary Champagne Thurday Monday Night Football no cover mi 715 HARRISON (AT 3RD I 7774 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30 BAY AREA EXCLUSIVE FROM THE U.K. THE LUCY SHOW Mrs. Green Alan Robinson Doors 9 pm Show 10:30 pm $5 S1 oft wvalid student ID) 21 over MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 GIRLS FROM THEM. 546 DJ: 1748 HAIGHT ST.

668-6006 "fxr POISON TUES: The Return of "The Great BEAT RODEO from new york WEDS THURS: "Students' Night" Students tree wvalid ID, 21 TUES-SAT: NEW ROCK DANCING, Video Lasers, 21 over ger people. Life does not end at 60. Douglas is certainly a positive role model. "I'm in verv eood shaDe. I work out 15 minutes each day with basic exercises.

I walk up steps in stead of using an elevator. An actor must be in tOD Dhvsical shane Hp must have vitality. In this business, there is so much pressure on you, so many anxieties that will pull you oown, you must start with the physi' cal to have any chance at longevity." That theory remains one of the few pieces of acting advice that has been welcomed by his four sons Michael, Joel, Peter and Eric all of whom are active in the entertain ment industry. "I discouraged all of them from entering this profession," the elder Douglas maintains. "I strongly tried to keep each one out.

The chances for success are remote. You are constantly faced with personal rejection. Yet they wanted it so badly that I lost each argument. Later, I suggested they join me here at Bryna. Again I lost each argument because they all wanted complete independence." He laughs, the trademark dimpled chin as dominant as ever.

"I guess I don't possess much control over my --i While he may not exert control, he surely displays pride. Rarely does a sentence go by without some mention of his four proteges. "I learn from them," he says. "They keep me up to date with the new actors and new writers. You know, if I've attained immortality it isn't because my movies will go on long after I'm dead.

It's because my four kids will continue to make movies." Douglas is not an avid viewer of today's movies. Nor is he impressed by many of today's young, hot properties. "Most actors have not done a body of work to pass judgment on. You've got to do three or four in a row. For example, 'Champion' catapulted me but it wasn't until I had built on that, beginning with detective movies, Westerns and adventures, that I truly felt confident.

A body of work cannot evaporate." Indeed, hardly a night passes that the films of Kirk Douglas are not seen on late-night or cable television. "I rarely see them," he adds. "Out of the 70-plus movies, I'm happy with maybe 20. That's not a bad percentage. Actually, one time I did watch a movie where the scene was darkly lit.

I asked myself, 'What movie was this that I Then I realized it was my son Michael!" In addition to politicking for gray rights, Douglas hopes to return before the cameras as soon as possible. He and longtime buddy Burt Lancaster have recently been talking to Disney about the idea of reteaming in a live-action movie. And, of course, Douglas is continuously asked about his availability for series television. Sure, he counters, "you can make a lot of money, but I don't want to grind it out. I'm at a point in my life where I don't have to worry about finances or commercial acceptance.

Just as long as it's as challenging as playing a 78-year-old man." 985 Stu Schieiberg; distributed by los Angeles Timci stars in a CBS movie, "Amos, produced by son Peter Douglas under the Bryna Company (Kirk's production company since 1955) banner. Peter came to me and said, 'Dad, people come to you with lots of projects and some say that you may be too old for some of them. Well, I have a project that you are too young for." The role was that of Amos, a man of 78 who, as Douglas says, "commits the crime of getting old and his punishment is a nursing home called Sunset House." The research stunned Douglas. "My education has always come from the movies that I did," he explains. "I did 'Lust for Life' and suddenly became interested in art.

With 'The I toured the Scandinavian countries and learned their With 'Amos' I became interested in Douglas: Virile hero of the '50s the problems of older people and found shocking statistics about elderly abuse." Douglas is not just speaking the party line to promote an upcoming movie. He has become a genuine crusader for the rights of senior citizens. His intensity finds him constantly repositioning himself in his chair he crosses and uncrosses his legs, he gestures with his arms. Nearby, a desk is covered with reports on the plight of the elderly. "These people have been abused emotionally, physically and financially," Douglas says.

"Our perception of the elderly must change and hopefully this movie is the beginning. At the start of this century, one out of every 16 people was over 60. By this century's end, one in four will be over 60. I'm ready to lead a campaign. I'm ready to take the nursing homes on with this stack (Douglas points to the reports and reads several case studies of nursing care, each more gruesome and brutal than the previous one).

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