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Jul 6, 2024 · Douglas Fairbanks was an American motion picture actor and producer who was one of the first and greatest of the swashbuckling screen heroes. His athletic prowess, gallant romanticism, and natural sincerity made him “King of Hollywood” during the 1920s silent era of film.
Jul 17, 2024 · Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. was an American actor, socialite, and businessman who had a successful film career before moving on to meritorious World War II service and later pursuing business interests and acting as executive producer and host of a television show as well as giving support to a number.
1 day ago · In the late 1940s, beer company Pabst Brewing Company ran a series of paper advertising for Pabst Blue Ribbon in magazines featuring prominent people and war veterans from the time such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gary Cooper, Lawrence Tibbett, Hap Arnold, Jascha Heifetz, F. Warren Pershing, Jean Hersholt, Charles Laughton, and Sid Luckman.
3 days ago · Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood. Robin Hood is a 1922 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery. It was the first motion picture ever to have a Hollywood premiere, held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October 18, 1922. The movie's full title, under which it was copyrighted, is Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood.
2 days ago · Together with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, Griffith founded the studio United Artists in 1919 with the goal of enabling actors and directors to make films on their own terms as opposed to the terms of commercial studios.
Jul 15, 2024 · The Iron Mask is a 1929 US part-talkie D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers adventure film directed by Allan Dwan. Some of the film has dialogue, and some fea...
4 days ago · For the past decade, Jeff Rapsis has improvised live scores for silent films starring Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks.
Jul 20, 2024 · The silent film actor Douglas Fairbanks was an avid boxing and wrestling fan. Champion Jack Dempsey was the toast of Paris. He was feted and fawned over, the women obliging, the men in awe, and...
Jul 9, 2024 · Hardly ever more so than in Allan Dwan's 1922 version of Robin Hood, which stars a dashing Douglas Fairbanks, his balletic athleticism on full display as he leaps, sneaks, and climbs all over...
Jul 2, 2024 · Douglas Fairbanks. By Ed Will Denver Post Staff Writer. Nov. 4 - Douglas Fairbanks was as Colorado as one could get. He was born May 23, 1883, in Denver. He attended public schools here and...
