Mold: The Whole Picture Pt. 1 by Ellen McCrady Mold is fascinating, despite the fact that it can be destructive and unhealthy, even deadly sometimes. For me it is an intellectual challenge, almost like playing a magical game of chess with an opponent who can become invisible, change into an animal and back again at [...]
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Mold: The Whole Picture
Posted in Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, libraries and museums, mold, mold infestation, nonprofit arts organizations, sick building syndrome, silent cinema, Silent Film, Uncategorized on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Museum Moves Out of Moldy Building
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, libraries and museums, mold, mold infestation, nonprofit arts funding, nonprofit arts organizations, sick building syndrome, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, mold health risks, mold in public buildings, mold infestation, mold remediation, toxic mold, toxic mold in homes on March 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAR. 7, 2010 CONTACT: THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM PHONE: (830) 444-0523 MUSEUM MOVES OUT OF MOLDY BUILDING Since the discovery of mold inside the Douglas Fairbanks Museum’s new building over a month ago, museum staffers have been busy packing and moving the collections to safe climate-controlled storage offsite. The move was completed [...]
Museum Building Infested With Mold
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 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, mold, mold infestation, nonprofit arts funding, nonprofit arts organizations, sick building syndrome, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged classic movie news, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Film Museums, mold, sick building syndrome, silent film news on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAR. 1, 2010 CONTACT: THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM PHONE: (830) 444-0523 MUSEUM’S NEW BUILDING INFESTED WITH MOLD On January 1, the Douglas Fairbanks Museum relocated to Gonzales, Texas, after nearly four years of occupying temporary office and exhibit spaces during their search for a new permanent location. The museum moved into an 1890s vintage [...]
Planned Museum Faces New Problems
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Film Museums, Gonzales Texas, home mold infestations, mold remediation, Texas History, Texas Museums, toxic mold on February 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Planned museum faces new problems The Gonzales Inquirer February 16, 2010 For Keri Leigh and Greg Jackson, moving to Gonzales seemed to be the answer to their life-long dream of permanently locating a very unique museum. The two indeed moved to Gonzales just a few short weeks ago to open the Douglas Fairbanks Museum, [...]
Museum Postpones Mar. 1 Grand Re-Opening
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, Gonzales, historic home preservation, historic home renovation, mold remediation, Silent Film, Texas, Texas Museums, The Douglas Fairbanks Museum, toxic mold on February 15, 2010 | 7 Comments »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEB. 15, 2010 CONTACT: THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM KERI LEIGH, CURATOR PHONE: 830-444-0523 EMAIL: DouglasFairbanksMuseum@gmail.com WEB: http://DouglasFairbanks.org DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM RE-OPENING POSTPONED The Douglas Fairbanks Museum’s re-opening, originally scheduled for Monday, March 1, 2010 is being postponed due to the discovery of toxic [...]
Silent Screen Legend Has a New Home in Gonzales
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, Gonzales Texas, Keri Leigh, Silent Film, silent movie, Texas film industry on January 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
SILENT SCREEN LEGEND HAS NEW HOME IN GONZALES The Gonzales Cannon January 22, 2010 The city of Gonzales is known for its history and museums. Now there is a new attraction to add to the list of tourist destinations. “I have been a silent movie fanatic since I was about five years old,” said Keri [...]
Silence Is Golden: Museum Pays Tribute to Fairbanks Sr.
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, Gonzales Texas, Texas Museums, The Douglas Fairbanks Museum on January 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Silence is golden: New museum pays tribute to silent film star Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. The Gonzales Inquirer January 21, 2010 If you have never heard of the famed silent movie star Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., before, chances are you will be hearing about him more and more if you live [...]
Opinion: New Museum Is Positive Step For Gonzales County
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, Uncategorized, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., film history, Gonzales Texas, Texas History, The Douglas Fairbanks Museum on January 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Our Opinion: New museum is positive step for Gonzales County The Gonzales Inquirer January 22, 2010 On the front page of today’s newspaper is a story about a new museum in Gonzales. It’s the Douglas Fairbanks Museum. Sure, some might just blow this off as another fly-by-night thing in Gonzales. They are completely wrong. Museum [...]
We’ve Moved!
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Gonzales Texas on January 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
MUSEUM MOVES TO NEW LOCATION We are pleased to announce that the Douglas Fairbanks Museum has completed our move from Austin to Gonzales, Texas. Please update your records to reflect our new contact info: The Douglas Fairbanks Museum *NEW* Phone: (830) 444-0523 *New* Email: DouglasFairbanksMuseum@gmail.com Website: http://DouglasFairbanks.org We are working fast and furious to uncrate [...]
Museum To Re-Open in 2010
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, tagged Austin Texas, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Film Museums, Gonzales Texas, San Antonio Texas, Silent Film Museums, Texas Cultural Attractions, Texas History, Texas Independence Trail, Texas Museums, Texas Tourism, The Alamo on December 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
GOOD NEWS! More than two years after the flood that totaled our old building, The Douglas Fairbanks Museum will re-open in 2010! Our long search for a suitable site to house and display our collections led us to look at relocating outside our original home of Austin, Texas, where we have been for more than [...]
The 2010 Douglas Fairbanks Wall Calendar
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, tagged Classic Movie Stars, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., film history, Hollywood Calendar 2009, Hollywood History, Hollywood Hunks 2009 calendar, Hollywood Memorabilia, Movie Calendar 2009 on October 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
TWELVE MONTHS OF FILM FUN The Douglas Fairbanks Museum is pleased to announce the new 2010 Douglas Fairbanks Wall Calendars are now available in the museum gift shop. Pick one up for the silent film fanatic on your holiday shopping list! These lovely wall calendars each feature 12 classic images of Douglas Fairbanks from our extensive [...]
Fairbanks Made Invaluable Contributions to Film Industry
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Charles Chaplin Museum, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, libraries, Mary Pickford, museums, Pickfair, Silent Film, silent movies on October 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
THE MUSEUM’S FALL 2009 DONATION DRIVE RUNS THROUGH OCT. 31 WHY A MUSEUM FOR AN OLD SILENT FILM STAR, ANYWAY? Donation Drives for the Douglas Fairbanks Museum’s relocation effort have been considerably more difficult since the American economy went into a recession. Like all small nonprofits; libraries, museums and performing arts/cultural organizations, we’re faced with [...]
Museum Seeks a New Location
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, Uncategorized, tagged charitable giving, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, economic woes for nonprofits, how the economic crisis affects cultural institutions, libraries closing, museum funding, museum grants, nonprofits in crisis, troubled economy on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MUSEUM FACES FUNDING OBSTACLES TO RELOCATION As our fall Donation Drive kicks off October 5th, we wanted to update you on the current challenges we face and what the museum’s goals are for the coming year. Since our building suffered extensive flood damage last year, we were forced to close our doors and move the [...]
“A Modern Musketeer” DVD Review
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, tagged 1910s, action adventure films, D'Artagnan, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, silent comedians, silent comedy, Silent Film, silent movies, silent stars, The Three Musketeers, Victorian films on October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
* We thought this review was too clever and wanted to share it with all of you! THE SUNDAY INTERTITLE A MODERN MUSKETEER, directed by the redoubtable Allan Dwan and starring the insuperable Douglas Fairbanks, is the first Fairbanks I’ve seen that really delivers on the stuntwork with the kind of excess and largesse I’ve [...]
Happy Birthday, Doug!
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged D'Artagnan, Douglas Fairbanks birthday, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, famous birthdays May 23, Hollywood History, May 23 in history, The Three Musketeers on May 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
On May 23, 1883, a ray of Colorado sunshine was born in Denver. He grew up to become our swashbuckling hero of the silent silver screen and everyone’s favorite all-American boy! Happy Birthday, Mr. Fairbanks…and *thank you* for all the smiles you’ve given the world.:)
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