Douglas Fairbanks
Actor and Director
Douglas Fairbanks the fraudAlthough D'Artagnan became what Vance describes as a "French cowboy with Doug characteristics rather than an unrepentant Gascon", Fairbanks required that his travesties of old world literature be furnished with authenticity. In this article: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Hollywood, Robert Redford, Raoul Walsh, and Louis Mountbatten |
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New York Times | November 30, 2007
'Zeroville'
...in his first seven hours in Los Angeles. Vikar crosses Hollywood Boulevard to the Roosevelt Hotel, built by Louis B. Mayer, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford in the year the movies discovered sound. 10. Vikar walks through the Roosevelt...
In this article: Montgomery Clift, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Taylor, Philippe's, Los Angeles, Double Indemnity, Natalie Wood, French dip sandwich, Roosevelt Hotel, and James Dean
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Wikipedia | December 21, 2008
Musso & Frank Grill
...written here. Legend has it that Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, and Douglas Fairbanks raced each other down Hollywood Boulevard on horseback, the loser having to pick up the dinner tab at Musso & Frank's. The restaurant is...
In this article: Hollywood, Musso & Frank Grill, Hollywood Boulevard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Bukowski, Raymond Chandler, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, William Faulkner, and Orson Welles
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Douglas Fairbanks
...same year, and he presented the first Academy Awards in his studio office. Fairbanks also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard. His last silent film was the lavish The Iron Mask (1929), a sequel to 1921's...
In this article: Mary Pickford, Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin, United Artists, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., D. W. Griffith, Beverly Hills, and Denver, Colorado
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Hollywood Masonic Temple
...dancer Lucille Means. Many of Hollywood's elite over the years have been Masons, including Oliver Hardy, Harold Lloyd, Douglas Fairbanks, W.C. Fields, Cecil B. DeMille, D.W. Griffith, John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. There are stories,...
In this article: Masonic Temple, Hollywood, Disney, John C. Austin, Hollywood Boulevard, Harold Lloyd, D. W. Griffith, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Roosevelt Hotel (Hollywood)
...in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Named after Theodore Roosevelt and financed by a group including Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Louis B. Mayer, it first opened its doors on May 15, 1927. It cost $2.5 million to complete this...
In this article: Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Marilyn Monroe, Academy Awards, David Hockney, From Here to Eternity, Louis B. Mayer, Theodore Roosevelt, and Montgomery Clift
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
...New York City memorial service. Fairbanks died of a heart attack in New York at the age of 90 and is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, in the same crypt as his father. Fairbanks has two stars on the...
In this article: Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr., Joan Crawford, World War II, United States Navy, New York City, Hollywood Boulevard, Our Modern Maidens, H. Kent Hewitt, and Mommie Dearest
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Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman Fairbanks, Sr., (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, 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".
- Name At Birth:
- Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman
- Birth Date:
- May 23, 1883
- Birthplace:
- United States
- Death Date:
- December 12, 1939
- Place of Death:
- United States
- Spouse:
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- Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes (1936-1939)
- Anna Beth Sully (1907-1919)
- Mary Pickford (1920-1936)
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