GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
There's a Douglas Fairbanks revival going on, notes Susan King, and she counts the ways in the Los Angeles Times: Tonight in Beverly Hills the academy will screen a new print from New York's Museum of Modern Art of...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
With a new book and DVD set honoring his work, and a screening of a new print of 1927's "The Gaucho" taking place tonight in Beverly Hills, it seems Douglas Fairbanks is as popular as ever.
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
From 1952, a French swashbuckler to rival Douglas Fairbanks.
digitallyOBSESSED.com DVD Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
From: Mont Alto Private Reserve - Year: 1920 - Rated: Not Rated - Release Date: September 16, 2008 - Features: Extras! * - Recommended! An attractive look at the origins of the modern superhero, with Fairbanks' trademark acrobatics and swordplay already fully developed. The transfer is excellent, and the disc supplies some first-rate extras.
University of California Press Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
We are pleased to announce that Episode 8 of the UC Press podcast series is now available. In November's episode, Chris Gondek of Heron and Crane Productions interviews a film historian/producer and an art director, on a very influential silent film star, and then a husband and wife tandem that examines night workers in the Big Apple. First he interviews Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta, authors of Douglas...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
... revelatory" as he recounts snorting cocaine off Constance Bennett's breasts or drunkenly crashing Douglas Fairbanks's Rolls-Royce.Me Cheeta is a "beautifully" executed parody of the showbiz memoir, said Lynne Truss in the . Like every actor, Cheeta "claims never to read his reviews; he then quotes them extensively. He will recall a star such as Rex Harrison by first calling him 'that...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... books signed by visitors to the Pickfair mansion in Beverly Hills shared by Pickford and actor Douglas Fairbanks.Pickford's autograph book, which also includes dedications from playwright George Bernard Shaw, aviator Amelia Earhart, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and car maker Henry Ford, carries a pre-sale estimate of $6,000-8,000.But Julien said he thought the book could fetch...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... books signed by visitors to the Pickfair mansion in Beverly Hills shared by Pickford and actor Douglas Fairbanks.Pickford's autograph book, which also includes dedications from playwright George Bernard Shaw, aviator Amelia Earhart, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and car maker Henry Ford, carries a pre-sale estimate of $6,000-8,000 (3,852-5,136 pounds).But Julien said he thought...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
... cameras captured Harding at home, hamming it up with the likes of Al Jolson, Lillian Russell, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. The same cameras caught James Cox doggedly, grimly stumping away. People had no trouble deciding which candidate was more fun. 3. Hang It All! Election of 1856: James Buchanan defeats John C. Fremont James Buchanan suffered from congenital palsy that caused...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
... in front of a supposedly dumb animal. He bonded with Bogart as they shared a cigarette, and with Douglas Fairbanks after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in the company of Jackie, the MGM lion, and a couple of midgets. His insights are peerless, if rather lateral – his nose told him which women were ovulating at Marion Davies' debauched beach parties. Where the book performs best, however,...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... Horror Show" with tear-stained hankies). I give the edge to "Zorro." Ever since silent-movie star Douglas Fairbanks read Johnston McCarthy's "The Curse of Capistrano" in 1919, and made it into the film "The Mark of Zorro" the next year, Zorro has been an authentic superhero, played by Tyrone Power, Antonio Banderas and even George Hamilton ("Zorro, the Gay Blade"). This "Zorro," staged...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
... candidate to rely on the power of Hollywood - his backers included Al Jolson, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. For those not into the old Hollywood scene, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks would be the equivalent of having Brad and Angelina back your campaign today. 3. “Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Four Years Ago?” A compelling question by Ronald Reagan....
