European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lancaster s films theatrical and to movies of Burt Lancaster who died 10 Days ago the killers 1946 desert fury 1947 variety girl 1947 brute Force 1947 i walk alone 1947 sorry wrong number 1948 kiss the blood off my hands 1948 All my sons 1948 cams Cross 1949 rope of Sand 1949 the flame and the Arrow 1950 vengeance Valley 1951 ten ta/7 men 1951 Jim Thorpe All american 1951 the Crimson pirate 1952 come Bacic let a Sheba 1 952 South sea woman 1953 from hereto eternity 1953 his majesty o Keefe 1954 Apache 1954 Vera Cruz 1954 the kentuckian 1955 also director the Rose Tattoo 1955 trapeze 1956 the rainmaker 1956 gun fight at the of Corral 1957 Sweet smell of Success 1957 separate tables 1958 run silent run deep 1958 the Devil s disciple 1959 the unforgiven 1960 Elmer Gantry 1960 the Young Savages 1961 judgment at Nuremberg 1961 Birdman of Alcatraz 1962 a ch7d is via Fng 1963 the Leopard 1963 the a of of Adrian messenger 1963 seven Days in May 1964 the train 1964 the hallelujah Trail 1965 the professionals 1966 the swimmer 1968 the Scalp Hunters 1968 cafe jeep 1969 the Gypsy Moths 1969 ,i970 Lawman 1971 Val deals coming 1971 Luzana said 1972 scorp/0,1973 executive action 1973 the Midnight Man 1974 conversation piece 1975 Moses the lawgiver to 1975 Buffalo Bill and the indians 1 976 Twilight s last gleaming 1976 a Cory of Entebbe to 1976 the Cassandra crossing 1977 the Island of or. Moreau 1911 go Tell the spartans 1978 zu7u Dawn 1979 arthurm or on Home ground 1979 Vul am Coty 1980 Catt Eann a and Little britches 1980 Marco poo to. 1982 Loca hero 1983 \ the Osterman weekend 1983 be treasure 1985 Scanda sheer to 1985 Tough Guys 1986 barn us to 1986 on Vav Vegs of eagles to 1986 suspect 1987 \ Koca erg Brahar 1988field of dreams 1989. Voyage of terror to 1990 the Jeue or s shop 1990 sep irate but equal to 1991 Paramount Hurt Lancaster in / wac alone died on oct. 20. Lancaster s act came alive on screen by Roger Anderson Scripps Howard the one movie i hate More than any other Ever produced is Field of dreams be cause of its smarmy invitation to senti mental self love and yet right now would almost be willing to sit through it again to get to that Short scene in the Middle where an aged Hurt Lancaster who died oct. 20 at age 80, comes out of nowhere to remind you what screen acting is All about. The Kevin Costner charac Ter has gone Back through time to meet Burl s character an old baseball figure of some kind i be blocked but the details. Suffice it to say that in the scene Burt delivering a Solilo Quy about a Winter morning in the Days of his you a works that legerdemain that s the specially of great movie actors from Jimmy Cagney to Cary Grant to Jack Nicholson giving you the illusion that you could reach out from your scat and touch his Arm. Like Marlon Brando at his Best Burl at his Best always seemed to be playing himself whether he was supposed to be Jim Thorpe or Elmer Gantry or the Birdman of Alcatraz or the italian Nobleman hero of the Leopard or the italian Nobleman hero of Bernardo Bertolucci s 1900. It was hard to shake the feeling that Burl s Range As an actor was woefully limited. Like Kirk Douglas there were a whole slew of character types you could t possibly imagine him bringing off. Romantic Lead maybe but at the same time he had to be a bitter adulterous military Man from Here to Eter nity or a hypocritical preacher Elmer Gantry. In fact Burt Lancaster s acting was a film taste i spent a Good part of my adult life acquiring. Maybe the moment of my conversion came during the broadcast in the late 70s of a huge made for to Moses epic. Here was Burt As the Man who parted the red sea who came Down from the Mountain with the tablets of the Law who led the hebrews through the desert for 40 years who watched them again and again ignore his warnings and stray from obedience to god. Starving his fractious people come to him for re Lief. He sits by the Side of the endless Trail terribly weary painfully discouraged. But he promises them what they need. In the morning he says looking up at them with a smile both charming and mocking bread to the  during the night manna descends from the sky. That Charm and mockery so similar to the Charm and mockery of the preacher Gantry the complexity of the weariness behind it suddenly i viewed what i was watching As being different from Charleton Heston doing magic tricks for Yul Brynner. This was a Man who had put vast emotions and a human pulse within my reach. Range i realized in t everything. An actor who can convey on the screen the presence of tempestuous flesh and blood human life gives audiences an incalculable gift. Burt Lancaster was one of postwar Hollywood s greatest givers. Filo Lancaster on the Day after winning Best actor Oscar in april 1961 for his role in 1960 s Elmer Gantry. October 30,. 1904 sunday paged