Douglas Fairbanks
Date of birth: 1883-05-22
Place of birth: Denver, Colorado, United States
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman, The King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
God Chose Paris
1969-09-05
An interesting mixture of filmed scenes with Belmondo and archival footage regarding cultural aspect
Wilson
1944-08-01
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932-08-19
Steve Drexel voluntarily strands himself on a deserted island on a bet. He intends to re-create civi
Reaching for the Moon
1930-12-29
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian B
Hollywood
1923-08-19
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She l
The Thief of Bagdad
1924-03-18
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
The Mark of Zorro
1920-12-05
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Z
Yesterday and Today
1953-12-02
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the m
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934-01-01
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His
The Black Pirate
1926-03-08
A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrat
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916-06-11
Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and
Robin Hood
1922-10-18
Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince Joh
When the Clouds Roll By
1919-12-28
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in th
The Three Musketeers
1921-08-28
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and h
The Image Book
2018-10-11
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, tele
His Majesty, the American
1919-09-01
A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-
The Iron Mask
1929-02-21
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when th
Our Mutual Girl
1914-01-19
Our Mutual Girl was unique. Not quite a serial, not quite a newsreel and not strictly an advertiseme
Mr. Fix-It
1918-04-15
A young man impersonates his best friend, and in doing so upsets the decorum at a stuffy family gath
The Mollycoddle
1920-06-13
An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time
The Gaucho
1927-11-21
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed wit
Flirting with Fate
1916-01-01
In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon pa
In Again, Out Again
1917-04-30
A young man drowns his sorrows in strong drink when jilted by his girl. His drunkenness gets him thr
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925-06-15
Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affectio
A Modern Musketeer
1917-12-30
A young man grows restless living in a small Kansas town, dreaming of the adventures of the Three Mu
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998-05-10
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), f
Wild and Woolly
1917-06-24
A rich Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. U
His Picture in the Papers
1916-02-13
Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established
The Matrimaniac
1916-12-16
A young couple attempts to elope, with the bride's irate father in hot pursuit. The train stops brie
The Nut
1921-03-06
Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to h
American Aristocracy
1916-11-05
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daught
Manhattan Madness
1916-10-01
Steve O'Dare, a young New Yorker who has gone off to Wyoming to be a cowboy, returns to New York to
Reggie Mixes In
1916-06-10
Reggie, a wealthy young man about town, is eager for excitement, so he takes to visiting the rougher
I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018-06-01
The dashing and dazzling Douglas Fairbanks was the movie star who "swashbuckled in Zorro, dueled exu
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927-09-08
Goga is a Russian man who has no luck with women. He has a chance meeting with Mary Pickford, and af
Reaching for the Moon
1917-11-16
A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famou
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945-09-06
A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the live
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942-01-01
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of editio
Double Trouble
1915-12-06
Double Trouble is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film written and directed by Christy Cabann
The Good Bad-Man
1916-04-21
An outlaw calling himself Passin' Through halts his "evil" ways long enough to help out some childre
The Half-Breed
1916-07-30
In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starre
He Comes Up Smiling
1918-09-09
Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the g
The Lamb
1915-11-06
Gerald, the somewhat frail son of a wealthy New York family, is bested at the beach by Bill, a strap
The Taming of the Shrew
1929-10-26
Adapted from Shakespeare's play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Kath
Our Film Stars
1919-11-22
First episode of a series of reports on movie stars. Those seen include Douglas Fairbanks, Montague
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003-07-01
African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on
The Man from Painted Post
1917-09-29
In order to find out who's behind a cattle rustling operation that's hurting ranchers, a detective f
The Americano
1916-12-23
Doug is an American mining engineer. Pres. Valdez of Paragonia wants him to reopen the country's min
Arizona
1918-12-09
A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not lov
The Golden Twenties
1950-04-08
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles
The Habit of Happiness
1916-03-12
Douglas Fairbanks stars as "Sunny" Wiggins, who believes in eternal optimism and good spirits. This
Down to Earth
1917-08-16
A healthy outdoors-type follows the girl he loves to a resort for wealthy hypochondriacs. In order t
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989-08-17
Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting i
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988-06-05
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and inter
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990-09-10
Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident.
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930-09-12
Film in the style of a magazine. Various topics, e.g. reading from the book "Ich lasse Dich nicht";
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961-03-21
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023-11-19
Mary Pickford's name remains inseparable from the legend of American cinema. She invented the star s
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924-01-01
The world-famous stars and married couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks are warmly welcomed to
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917-10-01
Short film with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford & W.S. Hart promoting war bonds.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916-09-04
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit
One of Many
1927-10-31
A Soviet film-obsessed girl has met Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford during their visit to Moscow
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008-08-29
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, sil
Character Studies
1927-11-20
Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each we see him applyin
Headin' South
1918-02-25
A lost film. As described in a film magazine Exhibitors Herald on March 16, 1918: "a forest ranger k
Say! Young Fellow
1918-06-16
A lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter for
Bound in Morocco
1918-07-28
A lost film. George Travelwell (Fairbanks), an American youth motoring in Morocco, discovers that th
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919-05-25
A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fi
Show People
1928-11-20
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic s
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
1985-11-16
Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC televisio
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman of
Glorious Technicolor
1998-12-07
The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998-01-01
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled c
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002-02-14
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creat
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007-05-23
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well
The House That Shadows Built
1931-07-08
The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pict
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018-05-29
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995),
Birth of the Tramp
2013-12-29
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall succ
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931-11-19
With the advent of sound, the world's leading screen idol, Douglas Fairbanks, experienced a downturn
Cupid Angling
1918-07-18
Cupid Angling is a 1918 silent film starring Ruth Roland and Albert Morrison, with walk-on appearanc
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017-06-14
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o
30 Years of Fun
1963-02-10
Three decades of fun packed into one convenient package with this compilation of classic black-and-w
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005-08-09
Douglas Fairbanks, the screen's great swashbuckler, charmed millions with his energetic athleticism,
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000-02-15
The true story of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide fa
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937-10-29
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an A
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915-11-20
The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexica
The Great Chase
1962-12-20
A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000-12-26
An enjoyable trip that includes all Zorro's movies, from Douglas Fairbanks to Antonio Banderas with