Acting
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. An astute businessman, Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. Fairbanks was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. With his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became Hollywood royalty with Fairbanks constantly referred to as "The King of Hollywood", a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable.
Titles
American Experience
1988
The Oscars
1953
Hollywood
1980
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
The Image Book
2018
The Mark of Zorro
1920
Unknown Chaplin
1983
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
Show People
1928
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
Glorious Technicolor
1998
Our Mutual Girl
1914
The Iron Mask
1929
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Robin Hood
1922
Reaching for the Moon
1930
The Black Pirate
1926
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
30 Years of Fun
1963
The Mollycoddle
1920
Birth of the Tramp
2013
Headin' South
1918
In Again, Out Again
1917
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008