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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 , , , , , , , , , , 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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Douglas Fairbanks: The Silent Superstar

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, Uncategorized, United Artists, tagged , , , on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

*The latest issue of the New York Review of Books includes a wonderful article on Douglas Fairbanks, probably the best biographical feature about him we’ve seen in years. We wanted to share it with you: Volume 56, Number 3 · February 26, 2009 The Silent Superstar By Robert Gottlieb New York Review of Books Douglas Fairbanks by [...]

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“Douglas Fairbanks: In His Own Words” – Recommended by “Forget the Talkies!” Website

Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, 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 , , , , , on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

* We’d like to thank the folks over at Forget the Talkies! for recommending Douglas Fairbanks: In His Own Words – a book recently published by the Douglas Fairbanks Museum, on their site. In a review of Jeffrey Vance’s new Fairbanks biography, the reviewer recommends picking up a copy of our book instead, thanks to [...]

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Fairbanks/Pickford Rarity to Screen on Valentine’s Day

Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“A KISS FROM MARY PICKFORD” ON VALENTINE’S DAY Description Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:40pm – A KISS FROM MARY PICKFORD (1927) Co-Presented by The Mary Pickford Foundation and The San Francisco Film SocietyMovie stardom gets a gleeful once-over in this madcap slapstick farce from Russia. Goga is a brash young ticket-taker smitten by aspiring actress [...]

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New Fairbanks “King of Hollywood” Exhibit Opens

Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Mary Pickford, silent cinema, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

AMPAS PAYS TRIBUTE TO FOUNDING FATHER FAIRBANKS The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences announced on January 15th, 2009 the premiere of its new exhibit dedicated to movie idol Douglas Fairbanks. Fairbanks lived a multitalented, multifaceted life. His career as a silent film star who made the transition successfully to talkies is only one aspect [...]

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