The Douglas Fairbanks Museum will be closed from Nov. 21-27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will close on Dec. 19, 2011 for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, and reopen to the public on Jan. 2, 2012. Thanks for all your support this year and happy holidays!
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Museum Holiday Hours
Posted in Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, libraries and museums, nonprofit arts organizations, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, tagged Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fairbanks Estate Auction in NY Sept. 13
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, tagged Douglas Fairbanks Estate, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Hollywood auctions, Johnston McCulley, Mary Pickford, Zorro on September 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. ESTATE AUCTION SEPT. 13th Doyle New York will hold a major auction of items from the estate of the late Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. on September 13th at 10 a.m. Eastern time. In addition to rare personal items of Doug Jr.’s, the auction catalog also contains several pieces that once belonged to [...]
Museum Celebrates Fairbanks’ 128th Birthday at Grand Reopening
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 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, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, United Artists, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. on May 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
MUSEUM RE-OPENS IN SPITE OF HARDSHIPS By Dr. Laura Murray, museum volunteer Despite of the national economic recession, a mold infestation in the museum’s former building, and a burglary that resulted in the loss of hundreds of rare artifacts last year, the Douglas Fairbanks Museum is finally back open again. On what would have been [...]
Museum Reopening in May 2011
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, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, United Artists, tagged classic movie news, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Silent Film Museums, Texas Museums on February 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
MUSEUM RE-OPENING ON SCHEDULE We are pleased to announce that the Douglas Fairbanks Museum will re-open to the public in May of 2011 as scheduled. Our doors will open Monday, May 23rd, on what would have been Mr. Fairbanks’ 128th birthday. The museum’s hours of operation are from 2-6 p.m, Monday through Friday. All [...]
February Features Fairbanks Films Every Week at the Silent Movie Theatre
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, libraries and museums, nonprofit arts organizations, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged Art Deco movie theatres, Cinefamily, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Los Angeles Art Deco theaters, Los Angeles movie theaters, silent movie screenings, Silent Movie Theater, Silent Movie Theatre on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our sincere appreciation and thanks to the Cinefamily for featuring an entire month of Douglas Fairbanks’ classic films at the Silent Movie Theatre, a Los Angeles landmark.(611 N. Fairfax Ave.) All throughout the month of February, Fairbanks films will be playing every Wednesday night in this vintage Art Deco movie house. All screenings are open [...]
“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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Museum Consults on New History Channel Documentary
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 Stars, silent movies, Uncategorized, tagged Allan Dwan, classic films, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., film history, movie censorship, profanity in movies, silent movies, The History Channel, Victor Fleming on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Douglas Fairbanks Museum recently provided research materials to the History Channel for an upcoming documentary about the use of language in film. Vintage news articles from the museum’s newspaper and magazine archives were requested by the network specifically pertaining to the 1916 Douglas Fairbanks comedy, The Habit of Happiness – reportedly the first [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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