Douglas Sirk Overview:

Director, Douglas Sirk, was born Hans Detlef Sierck on Apr 26, 1897 in Hamburg, Germany. Sirk died at the age of 89 on Jan 14, 1987 in Lugano, Switzerland and was laid to rest in Cemetery of Castagnola in Lugano, Switzerland.

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Lured (1947, )

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Lured (1947, )

By Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 9, 2019 From The Stop Button

If Lured had gone just a little bit differently, it could?ve kicked off a franchise for Lucille Ball and George Sanders. He?s the high society snob, she?s the New York girl in London, they solve mysteries. But Lured isn?t their detective story; it?s Charles Coburn?s detective story, they?re just the... Read full article


Lured (1947, )

on Apr 9, 2019 From The Stop Button

If Lured had gone just a little bit differently, it could?ve kicked off a franchise for Lucille Ball and George Sanders. He?s the high society snob, she?s the New York girl in London, they solve mysteries. But Lured isn?t their detective story; it?s Charles Coburn?s detective story, they?re just the... Read full article


Lured (1947, )

on Apr 9, 2019 From The Stop Button

If Lured had gone just a little bit differently, it could?ve kicked off a franchise for Lucille Ball and George Sanders. He?s the high society snob, she?s the New York girl in London, they solve mysteries. But Lured isn?t their detective story; it?s Charles Coburn?s detective story, they?re just the... Read full article


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Director John Waters has cited him as one of his greatest influences.

Was of Danish heritage but grew up in Germany.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 779-782. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

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