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Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckling roles in silent films. One of the biggest stars of the silent era, Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He was also a founding member of United Artists as well as the Motion Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards…
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business · American actor and filmmaker (1883–1939) · screenwriter · film director · film producer · writer · businessperson · film actor · stage actor · stunt performer · actor · producer · also Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman, Douglas Ullman, Doug Fairbanks, Fairbanks
Born 23 May 1883 · Died 12 December 1939 · Q104127
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Douglas Fairbanks - The Thief of Bagdad - selected scenes 1924
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2015· 1 entry
IndieWire: This Exclusive Book Excerpt Offers a Rare Glimpse Inside the Life of Silent Film Superstar Douglas Fairbanks
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2012· 3 entries
TheWrap: Douglas Fairbanks’ Great-Grandson Joins Mary Pickford Project ‘The First’ (Exclusive)
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The festival concluded with a sold-out screening of the Fairbanks film held at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood
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For a Golden Globe award as Best Actor for his performance, actor Jean Dujardin added, "As Douglas Fairbanks would say", then moved his lips silently as a comedic homage
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2009· 1 entry
AMPAS mounted a major Fairbanks exhibition at its Fourth Floor Gallery, titled "Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood"
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2008· 1 entry
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrated the publication of their "Academy Imprints" book on Douglas Fairbanks, authored by film historian Jeffrey Vance, with the screening of a new restoration print of
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2005· 1 entry
Moviefone: Douglas Fairbanks The Great Swashbuckler (2005)
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2004· 1 entry
AV Club: The Douglas Fairbanks Collection
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2002· 1 entry
AMPAS opened the "Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study" located at 333 S
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1998· 1 entry
A group of Fairbanks fans started the Douglas Fairbanks Museum in Austin, Texas
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1992· 1 entry
Fairbanks was portrayed by actor Kevin Kline in the film Chaplin
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1939· 3 entries
Died 1939-12-12.
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Fairbanks suffered a heart attack
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Awarded Academy Honorary Award (1939).
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1936· 1 entry
With Pickford keeping the Pickfair estate
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1933· 1 entry
After he began an affair with Sylvia, Lady Ashley
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1928· 1 entry
At Pickford's bungalow, United Artists brought together Pickford, Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Norma Talmadge, Gloria Swanson, John Barrymore, D
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1927· 1 entry
Fairbanks and Pickford placed their hand and footprints in wet cement at the newly opened Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
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1921· 1 entry
He, Pickford, Chaplin, and others, helped to organize the Motion Picture Fund to assist those in the industry who could not work, or were unable to meet their bills
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1920· 1 entry
And the couple came to be regarded as "Hollywood royalty"
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1919· 2 entries
Co-founded United Artists alongside Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D
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Which created their own distributorships and gave them complete artistic control over their films and the profits generated
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1917· 2 entries
Joined Fairbanks's friend Charlie Chaplin selling war bonds by train across the United States and delivering pro-war speeches as Four Minute Men
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Fairbanks capitalized on his rising popularity by publishing a self-help book, Laugh and Live, which extolled the power of positive thinking and self-confidence in raising one's health, business and social prospects
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1916· 1 entry
Fairbanks established his own company, the Douglas Fairbanks Film Corporation, and would soon get a job at Paramount
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1915· 2 entries
And began working under the supervision of D
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And quickly became one of the most popular and highest paid actors in Hollywood
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1907· 1 entry
Fairbanks married Anna Bethany Sully, the daughter of wealthy industrialist Daniel J
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1883· 1 entry
Born 1883-05-23.
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