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07-31-2016, 03:51 PM
1962: Iconic film star Burt Lancaster takes a pie to the face
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In 1962, Burt Lancaster was at the height of his film career, having won a Best Actor Oscar two years prior for his performance in Elmer Gantry.*
The muscular, blue-eyed star of From Here to Eternity was taking on diverse and challenging roles, from a Nazi war criminal in Judgment at Nuremberg to an Italian prince in The Leopard.
On Feb. 16, he appeared as a guest on The Soupy Sales Show, the slapstick children’s program which punctuated every gag with the host taking a trademark cream pie to the face.
Despite his dramatic pedigree and imposing presence, Lancaster was **t spared the same treatment. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/31/burt-lancaster-pie/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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In 1962, Burt Lancaster was at the height of his film career, having won a Best Actor Oscar two years prior for his performance in Elmer Gantry.*
The muscular, blue-eyed star of From Here to Eternity was taking on diverse and challenging roles, from a Nazi war criminal in Judgment at Nuremberg to an Italian prince in The Leopard.
On Feb. 16, he appeared as a guest on The Soupy Sales Show, the slapstick children’s program which punctuated every gag with the host taking a trademark cream pie to the face.
Despite his dramatic pedigree and imposing presence, Lancaster was **t spared the same treatment. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/31/burt-lancaster-pie/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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