ZORRO SLASHES INTO AUSTIN! Rick Benjamin’s PARAGON ORCHESTRA plays the original score to Douglas Fairbanks’ ‘The Mark of Zorro’ January 30, 2011 4 PM Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, TX “Listening to a full band perform the complete scores, written and timed to the action, became a surprising delight…The audience chuckled [...]
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“The Mark of Zorro” Coming to the Long Center Jan. 30th
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, libraries and museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Long Center Austin, Long Center for the Performing Arts, The Mark of Zorro, Zorro on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Museum Artifacts Stolen in Holiday Burglary
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, libraries and museums, Mary Pickford, nonprofit arts organizations, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged art theft, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., museum burglary, museum robbery, museum security, museum theft, stolen artifacts, stolen cultural property on January 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2011 CONTACT: THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM (830) 444-0523 Email BURGLARS NAB RARE FAIRBANKS FILMS, PHOTOS, ARTIFACTS IN HOLIDAY HEIST Items dating back to the early 1900s and valued at more than $10,000 (USD) were stolen from the museum’s collections during a late night burglary over the New Year’s holiday. Original [...]