Kirk Douglas, Indio, CA, 1970

Kirk’s home away from home. Kirk Douglas in his trailer yard, at the location site for There Was a Crooked Man. 40 miles outside Indio, California, is the Colorado Desert, smack in the middle of the Joshua National Monument. The actors were housed in trailers during the location and the prop men on the film became so fond of Kirk that they began redecorating and adding to his. First they put up an awning and a picket fence, then an umbrella covered patio set, a working fountain pool, mail box, and finally the inevitable signs warning peddlers and visitors alike. In the background is the helicopter he uses to fly back and forth from his home in Palm Springs to the location site. -- John R. HamiltonThis photo of Kirk Douglas is estate stamped.