The Silver Lining: 23 Of the World's Most Distinguished Actors Read Their Favorite Poems

by Kirk Douglas (Narrator)

In this wonderful compilation, an incredible array of stage and screen stars lend their voices to the works of the world's finest poets. Among the classic performances gathered here are James Earl Jones reading The Stolen Child by W.B. Yeats, Rod Steiger's rendition of e.e. cummings' pity this busy monster, manunkind, Jeremy Irons reading Snake by D.H. Lawrence and Emily Dickinson's Hope is the Thing with Feathers, read by Julie Harris.This is poetry as it should be read. -- AudioWorldThoughtful...chilling...charming....humorous...well-done collection. -- Billboard

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First published December 1, 1991

About the author

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, ) was an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past (1947), Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Lust for Life (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Vikings (1958), Spartacus (1960), Lonely Are the Brave (1962),The Fury (1978) and Tough Guys (1986)

He is No.17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. In 1996, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community."

He was one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's "golden age". He passed away on February 05, 2020 at the age of 103.