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Fast and Free 2-Day Shipping. Plenty of bubble wrap to ensure safe transit and on-time reliable delivery. Easton Press . "I Am Spartacus" Kirk Douglas Signed First Edition Personally hand signed by the author. Easton Press, Norwalk. CT. Kirk Douglas "I Am Spartacus!: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist". Signed First Edition of only 700 produced in this special collector's edition . Leather bound collector's edition. A wonderful leather bound heirloom, personally signed on a special limitation page by one of the world’s most iconic movie stars, Kirk Douglas. Certificate of Authenticity from Easton Press guarantees the signature as genuine. The COA is signed and dated by Douglas along with a witness. This edition also includes the original collector's notes and unattached "Signed First Edition" book-plate for your own personalization. 5.5" x 8.5" and 216 pages. Sealed. Condition As New - Still sealed in the original shrink-wrap. The condition is of the highest quality. No bumped corners. Clean & straight boards. Square and tight spine. Excellent original example. Collector's grade hardcover book worthy of your Easton Press library. Exceptional quality. Includes all the classic Easton Press qualities: * Premium Leather * Silk Moire Endleaves * Distinctive Cover Design * Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold * Satin Ribbon Page Marker * Gilded Page Edges * Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper * Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability * Beautiful Illustrations About From Kirk Douglas, Hollywood royalty and bestselling author of The Ragman’s Son and My Stroke of Luck, comes the candid story of the making of Spartacus, the blockbuster film that broke the blacklist One of the world’s most iconic movie stars, Kirk Douglas has distinguished himself as a producer, philanthropist, and author of ten works of fiction and memoir. Now, more than fifty years after the release of his enduring epic Spartacus, Douglas reveals the riveting drama behind the making of the legendary gladiator film. Douglas began producing the movie in the midst of the politically charged era when Hollywood’s moguls refused to hire anyone accused of Communist sympathies. In a risky move, Douglas chose Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted screenwriter, to write Spartacus. Trumbo was one of the “Unfriendly Ten,” men who had gone to prison rather than testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee about their political affiliations. Douglas’s source material was already a hot property, as the novel Spartacus was written by Howard Fast while he was in jail for defying HUAC. With the financial future of his young family at stake, Douglas plunged into a tumultuous production both on- and off-screen. As both producer and star of the film, he faced explosive moments with young director Stanley Kubrick, struggles with a leading lady, and negotiations with giant personalities, including Sir Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, and Lew Wasserman. Writing from his heart and from his own meticulously researched archives, Kirk Douglas, at ninety-five, looks back at his audacious decisions. He made the most expensive film of its era—but more importantly, his moral courage in giving public credit to Trumbo effectively ended the notorious Hollywood blacklist. A master storyteller, Douglas paints a vivid and often humorous portrait in I Am Spartacus! The book is enhanced by newly discovered period photography of the stars and filmmakers both on and off the set. Check out my other items ! Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! Sign up for my email newsletters by adding my eBay Store to your Favorites