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Movies By Douglas Fairbanks
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 | "Days of Thrills and Laughter" [Fox March 1961]
features silent comic actors Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Charlie Chaplin, Charley Chase, Douglas Fairbanks, Oliver Hardy, Harry Houdini, Boris Karloff, The Keystone Cops, Stan Laurel, Mabel Normand, Warner Oland, 'Snub' Pollard, Ruth Roland, Mack Sennett, Al St. John & Ford Sterling Co-produced, written & directed by Robert Youngson; narrated by Jay Jackson Wham! USA b&w DVD [8/2009] for $22.49 full credits at IMDb |
| "Douglas Fairbanks Collection" DVD Box Set [2004]
Kino Video b&w DVD box set [2/2004] 5 disks for $89.99 contains "The Mark of Zorro" [1920] directed by Fred Niblo, with Noah Beery, Sr.; "The Three Musketeers" [1921] directed by Fred Niblo; "Robin Hood" [1922] directed by Allan Dwan, with Wallace Beery & Alan Hale, Sr.; "The Thief of Bagdad" [1924] directed by Raoul Walsh, with Anna May Wong; "Don Q, Son of Zorro" [1924] with Mary Astor; and "The Black Pirate" [1926] with Billie Dove & Donald Crisp; extras include, outtakes,, commentary, home movies, "The Making of ..." & other featurettes |
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"The Lamb" [1915]
"Wild and Woolly" [1917]
"Down To Earth" aka 'The Optimist'
[Fairbanks/Artcraft Aug 1917 silent comedy feature]
 | A boatload of sanitarium patients are purposely stranded on a desert island so that they can overcome their problems and develop a healthy outdoor lifestyle.
Produced, co-written by & starring Douglas Fairbanks; co-written & directed by John Emerson; co-written by Anita Loos; cinematography by Victor Fleming; musical score by ragtime-era composer George L. Cobb (modern recording by Frederick Hodges); also starring Eileen Percy, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Charles McHugh, Charles K. Gerrard, William H. Keith, Ruth Allen, Fred Goodwins, Florence Mayon, Herbert Standing, David Porter & Bull Montana
Unknown Video DVD [11/2007] for $19.95 Extras on the DVD include "A Ten-Minute Egg" [1924 silent short] starring Charley Chase, and action excerpts from Fairbanks's "The Lamb" [1915] & "Wild and Woolly" [1917] credits at IMDb |
"The Knickerbocker Buckaroo" [1919 lost film] with Douglas Fairbanks
"The Mark of Zorro" [1920]
directed by Fred Niblo, with Noah Beery, Sr.; El Zorro Page
"The Three Musketeers" [1921] directed by Fred Niblo
"Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood"
[United Artists Oct 1922 silent feature]
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The first movie to have a gala premiere, conceived by Sid Grauman for the opening of his new Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. When England's King Richard leaves for a Crusade to the Holy Land, he appoints his brother Prince John as regent. But John is a tyrant, and when the Earl of Huntingdon learns from Maid Marian of England's peril, he returns to oppose John's schemes. Prince John outlaws Huntingdon and his followers, so they hide out in Sherwood Forest ...
Produced & written by & starring Douglas Fairbanks; directed by Allan Dwan; also starring Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, Paul Dickey, William Lowery, Willard Louis, Alan Hale, Bud Geary & Lloyd Talman
Kino Video b&w DVD [2/2004] for $26.99 Kino Video b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used 11"x17" 'arm' poster {above left} for $14.99 from AllPosters.com 12"x16" 'forest' poster {lower left} for $14.99 from AllPosters.com 11"x17" 'embrace' poster for $14.99 from AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Thief of Bagdad"
[United Artists March 1924 silent]
Produced & co-written by and starring Douglas Fairbanks; directed by Raoul Walsh; co-starring Snitz Edwards,
Julanne Johnston, Sojin, Anna May Wong & Brandon Hurst; listed on National Film Registry (1996)
full credits from IMDb
"Don Q, Son of Zorro" [1924]
with Mary Astor; El Zorro Page
"The Black Pirate"
[Elton Corp. March 1926 silent]
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A nobleman infiltrates a pirate band to avenge the death of his father; NOTE: filmed in 2-strip color.
Directed by Albert Parker; produced & co-written by & starring Douglas Fairbanks; also starring Billie Dove & Donald Crisp; listed in the National Film Registry (1993) Image Ent. color DVD [8/99] for $26.96 Kino Video color VHS [6/96] for $24.95 full credits from IMDb |
"The Iron Mask" [1929] starring Douglas Fairbanks
"The Taming of The Shrew" [1929 talkie]
starring Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks
"Reaching For The Moon" [1930 musical]
starring Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels & Edward Everett Horton
Books By Douglas Fairbanks
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"Laugh and Live" [1917 bestseller] by Douglas Fairbanks Dodo Press 9x6 Illustrated Edition pb [1/2007] for $10.99 Fredonia Books 8x5 pb [6/2003] for $24.95 Classic Books library hardcover [5/2000] for $48.00 |
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"Douglas Fairbanks: In His Own Words" [2006] From the archives of The Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Foreword by curator Keri Leigh iUniverse 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $23.95 |
Works About Douglas Fairbanks
 | "Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler" [Kinetic 1975]
90-minute documentary, plus "The Three Musketeers" [1921 silent] & sequel "The Iron Mask" [1929: sound added] Delta 2-sided DVD [11/2005] for $9.99 full credits at IMDb |
the academy's new "Douglas Fairbanks" biography by Jeffrey Vance
"Douglas Fairbanks: The Laughing Swashbuckler" [work in progress] by Sparrow Morgan
his son Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. [1909-2000]
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"Wild Horse Mesa" [Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Aug 1925 silent] When the ranch boss is ambushed & killed, a cowboy and his pard hunt for clues while trying to halt the rustlers stealing the ranch's horses. Directed by George B. Seitz, script by Lucien Hubbard, based on the novel by Zane Grey (published in 1928); starring Jack Holt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Billie Dove & Noah Beery, with Gary Cooper & Tom Tyler 11"x17" color poster from Amazon for $19.42 full credits at IMDb |
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"The Power of The Press" [Columbia silent feature Oct 1928]
A cub reporter discovers the daughter of the mayor at the scene of a murder; when he agrees to help clear her, he loses his job. Directed by Frank Capra; starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris, Philo McCullough, Wheeler Oakman & Robert Edeson; listed on National Film Registry (2005) video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb |
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"Little Caesar" [First National Jan 1931]
The story of a man who works his way up the ranks of the mob until he reaches its upper heights. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy; based on the 1929 novel by W.R. Burnett; starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Stanley Fields & Maurice Black; Oscar nomination for Best Script/Adaptation, listed National Film Registry 2000 Warner b&w VHS [5/97] for $19.98 full credits from IMDb |
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"Gunga Din" [R.K.O. Jan 1939]
In XIXth Century India, three happy-go-lucky British sergeants and a native water-bearer stand off an army of Thugee rebels at Khyber Pass. Directed by George Stevens; story by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur, based loosely on the Rudyard Kipling [1865-1936] poem; script by Joel Sayre & Fred Guiol; starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & Sam Jaffe; Oscar nomination for Best B&W Cinematography, listed on National Film Registry (1999) Warner b&w DVD [12/2004] for $14.99 Turner b&w VHS [5/93] out of prodn/used 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters [dot] com full credits from IMDb |
"Morning Glory" [1933]
Katharine Hepburn won Oscar for Best Actress, co-starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & Adolphe Menjou;
Works About Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
 | "Children of Hollywood: Accounts of Growing Up As The Sons & Daughters of Stars" [2005] by Michelle Vogel Drawn from interviews with celebrity offspring – sons, daughters & grandchildren of Eddie Cantor, Douglas Fairbanks, W.C. Fields, Ruth Hussey, Boris Karloff, Mario Lanza, Jerry Lewis & the Marx Brothers – who also provided never-before-published snapshots of Hollywood legends at home. McFarland & Co. 8¾x6 pb [3/2005] for $35.00 |
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