Douglas Fairbanks Sr

"Like Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly or Nureyev and Baryshnikov, Douglas Fairbanks was a body in perfect motion — one for all time. His form should be committed to popular memory in every generation. " - Katherine Yee

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“The Mark of Zorro,” starring Douglas Fairbanks Joins Library of Congress National Film Registry! 

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Doug is slowly getting the credit he deserves. Take a look at this article published in the Guardian.

“It’s time for a reappraisal of the movie star who swashbuckled in Zorro, duelled exuberantly in Robin Hood and soared magnificently in The Thief of Bagdad”

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Fairbanks Friends, If you get TCM you will be excited to hear that they are finally doing a Fairbanks retrospective this month, for the first time including several of his films restored that have yet to be released! Click here for the complete schedule.

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CELEBRATING THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS FILM CENTENARY! September 23, 2015 marks the one hundredth anniversary of Douglas Fairbanks in films. Fairbanks' first feature film, THE LAMB (1915), premiered on September 23, 1915 at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York City. (Photo & Text courtesy of Jeffrey Vance)

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Douglas Fairbanks à Saint-Moritz, 1935-1936, par les Frères Seeberger

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“The Thief of Bagdad,” starring the late Douglas Fairbanks, is considered one of the greatest films of the silent era, and will be screened with live musical accompaniment when it opens this year’s Denver Silent Film Festival. - See more here.

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sr.

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Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. 

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Just another day in Douglas Fairbanks' life (1916)

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"Mind you, physical training doesn't necessarily mean going to an expert for advice. One doesn't have to make a mountain out of a molehill. Get out in the fresh air and walk briskly - and don't forget to wear a smile while you're at it. Don't over-do. Take it easy at first and build on your effort day by day."

Douglas Fairbanks

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"Real laughter is spontaneous. Like water from the spring it bubbles forth a creation of mingled action and spontaneity - two magic potions in themselves - the very essence of laughter - the unrestrained emotion within us!"

Douglas Fairbanks

 Gif: "He Comes Up Smiling" (1918)

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" If you read the story of Peter Pan and Wendy, you will know a great deal more about Mary and Doug than you do now."

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— Charlie Chaplin

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"In 1920 Fairbanks made his first foray into a new genre -- adventure -- in The Mark of Zorro. In the years that followed, Fairbanks made some of his most popular films, with lavish sets, brilliant costumes, and Fairbanks's signature swashbuckling: The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924), The Black Pirate (1926), and The Gaucho (1927)."

PBS

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The poster for Douglas Fairbanks’s 1924 masterpiece.

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→Parkour Douglas Fairbanks style

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Cartoon Douglas Fairbanks in Одна из Многих | One of Many (USSR 1927)

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Directed by Raoul Walsh. 1924. Watch.