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 [...]
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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 »
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.:)
March 2009 Donation Drive Is Over, But We Still Need Your Help
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, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, economic woes for nonprofits, how the economic crisis affects cultural institutions, libraries, libraries in peril, museum funding, nonprofit donations declining on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR As our annual March Donation Drive comes to a close, we want to remind you that it’s not too late to send in a contribution and show your appreciation for the efforts of our hardworking volunteers. This is the time of year when we ask Fairbanks fans and silent film enthusiasts around [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 9 – Final Days
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged action adventure films, action films, Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Memorial, Errol Flynn, Gene Kelly, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood History, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Johnny Depp, Lady Sylvia Ashley, Mel Gibson, Santa Monica history, swashbuckler, swashbuckling, Tyrone Power on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We now conclude our 2009 March Donation Drive and month-long Fairbanks online film festival with the final episode from “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum. Pt. 9 explores the last days of Douglas Fairbanks: his constant jetsetting with new wife Lady Sylvia Ashley, his return to [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 8 – Divorce and Decline
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Alexander Korda, Bebe Daniels, Bing Crosby, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Don Juan, Douglas Fairbanks, Irving Berlin, Lady Sylvia Ashley, Mary Pickford on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throughout the month of March, we’ll be featuring a 9-part online film festival on the life of Douglas Fairbanks as part of our Spring Donation Drive. Continuing with another episode from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum. Pt. 8 continues from Pt. [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 7 – The Talkies
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, early sound films, Shakespeare in the movies, talkies, Taming of the Shrew, University of Southern California, USC Film School, William Shakespeare on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throughout the month of March, we’ll be exploring the life of Douglas Fairbanks with a 9-part online film festival as part of our Spring Donation Drive. Continuing this week with another episode from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum. Pt. 7 continues [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 6 – King of Hollywood
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged AMPAS, Chinese Theatre Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood History, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Oscars, University of Southern California, USC Film School on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We continue our 2009 March donation drive and online film festival with an excerpt from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum. Pt. 6 examines Fairbanks’ reign as Hollywood’s First King. At the peak of his popularity, Fairbanks progressed into even bigger and more [...]
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