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Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. An astute businessman, Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. Fairbanks was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. With his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became Hollywood royalty with Fairbanks constantly referred to as "The King of Hollywood", a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable.
As actor
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
The Image Book
I, Douglas Fairbanks
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Birth of the Tramp
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
The Tramp and the Dictator
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
The Many Faces of Zorro
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Glorious Technicolor
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
God Chose Paris
The Big Parade of Comedy
30 Years of Fun
The Great Chase
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Yesterday and Today
The Golden Twenties
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
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