“Burt Lancaster: An American,” by Kate Buford. Alfred A. Knopf. 430 pages. $27.50. Burt Lancaster was a Hollywood movie star who sought independent and challenging projects before it became ...

I ran into Burt Lancaster last week. I was walking through Macy’s in the Loop, which used to be the home of Marshall Field & Company and where long ago Lancaster worked. Of course it was not Lancaster ...

Kirk Douglas will be paying tribute to his old friend and frequent co-star Burt Lancaster at the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s June 7 screening of their classic 1957 western, “Gunfight at the O.K.

Burt Lancaster was the first movie star I ever met. I’ve encountered others since, but the circumstances have never been so dramatic. The year was 1971 and I was a young reporter for the Washington ...

In 1971, Michael Winner directed his first Western with iconic actor Burt Lancaster leading the cast. Now, a new generation has discovered the film and was introduced to the legendary actor in his ...

Few Hollywood careers are more impressive than that of Burt Lancaster, the subject of a retrospective at Turner Classic Movies to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. For 48 busy years, ...

Burt Lancaster went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. By age 18, Burt was 6'2" and blessed with the athletic physique and ...

Burt Lancaster stars in "The Swimmer," one of a dozen titles in the Northwest Film Center's retrospective "Forever Burt." (Northwest Film Center) Burt Lancaster was many things on screen: sap and ...

At the end of production on Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero – re-released this week to mark its 40th anniversary – there was a wrap party in a local hotel in the north of Scotland. The cast and crew chipped ...

If you’re among those who say film critics don’t matter, consider this story. It begins in the pouring rain in Manhattan in 1982, with two men – the late, legendary actor Burt Lancaster and a newly ...