One of the finest actors, producers and forces of nature to ever step in front of a movie camera, Burt was born on this day in 1913.


"The first time I saw myself onscreen, I thought I looked TERIBBLE! My hair looked like a bird's nest!" - Burt Lancaster
There are still a number of Burt's films I have yet to see so this is not all inclusive as of yet, but here is my "Essential Burt Lancaster" list to date:
"The Killers" - 1946
"Brute Force" - 1947
"I walk Alone" - 1948
"Rope of Sand" - 1949
"The Flame and the Arrow" - 1950
"From Here to Eternity" - 1953
"Gunfight at O.K. Coral" - 1957
"Sweet Smell of Success" - 1957
"Run Silent, Run Deep" - 1958
"Seperate Tables" - 1958
"Elmer Gantry" - 1960
Birdman of Alcatraz" - 1962
"Seven Days in May" - 1964
"The Train" - 1964
"The Professionals" - 1966