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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0305 |
| Birthday | 1883-05-22 |
| Place of Birth | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Also Known As | Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman, The King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., |
1969
God Chose Paris
6.5/2
An interesting mixture of filmed scenes with Belmondo and archival footage regarding cultural aspects of all kind around Paris, starting at the end of...
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God Chose Paris
1944
Wilson
5.593/27
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, an...
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Wilson
1932
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
6.333/15
Steve Drexel voluntarily strands himself on a deserted island on a bet. He intends to re-create civilization and carves a miniature city of 52nd Stree...
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Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1930
Reaching for the Moon
5.7/13
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced wi...
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Reaching for the Moon
1923
Hollywood
9/3
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtim...
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Hollywood
1924
The Thief of Bagdad
7.316/188
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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The Thief of Bagdad
1920
The Mark of Zorro
7.169/77
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 20...
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The Mark of Zorro
1953
Yesterday and Today
7/1
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Ye...
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Yesterday and Today
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
5.952/21
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five y...
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The Private Life of Don Juan
1926
The Black Pirate
6.7/62
A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single...
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The Black Pirate
1916
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
5.936/39
Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drinks". In fact, he overcomes every situation wi...
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The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1922
Robin Hood
6.358/60
Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, gras...
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Robin Hood
1919
When the Clouds Roll By
6.7/21
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting...
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When the Clouds Roll By
1921
The Three Musketeers
6.403/36
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Ara...
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The Three Musketeers
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
7/1
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
2018
The Image Book
6.265/85
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books...
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The Image Book
1919
His Majesty, the American
6.6/5
A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-seeking, but his country needs him when a revolt t...
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His Majesty, the American
1929
The Iron Mask
6.7/33
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees t...
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The Iron Mask
1914
Our Mutual Girl
8/1
Our Mutual Girl was unique. Not quite a serial, not quite a newsreel and not strictly an advertisement, it combined elements of all three. In 52 weekl...
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Our Mutual Girl
1918
Mr. Fix-It
6/4
A young man impersonates his best friend, and in doing so upsets the decorum at a stuffy family gathering and falls in love. The arrival of a gang of...
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Mr. Fix-It
1920
The Mollycoddle
6.5/5
An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time in years and encounters villainy.
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The Mollycoddle
1927
The Gaucho
6.3/10
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, a...
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The Gaucho
1916
Flirting with Fate
5.75/10
In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer he's...
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Flirting with Fate
1917
In Again, Out Again
0/0
A young man drowns his sorrows in strong drink when jilted by his girl. His drunkenness gets him thrown in jail, where he falls in love with the jaile...
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In Again, Out Again
1925
Don Q Son of Zorro
6.667/21
Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affection of a young heiress. When the officer frames the...
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Don Q Son of Zorro
1917
A Modern Musketeer
5.583/12
A young man grows restless living in a small Kansas town, dreaming of the adventures of the Three Musketeers. So in hopes of becoming a modern D'Artag...
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A Modern Musketeer
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
8/1
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to gl...
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1917
Wild and Woolly
6.281/16
A rich Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. Unknown to him, the town's "wild" days are long gon...
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Wild and Woolly
1916
His Picture in the Papers
4.6/10
Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and v...
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His Picture in the Papers
1916
The Matrimaniac
6.5/11
A young couple attempts to elope, with the bride's irate father in hot pursuit. The train stops briefly and the young man dashes off to find a ministe...
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The Matrimaniac
1921
The Nut
6.167/12
Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighbourhoods.
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The Nut
1916
American Aristocracy
4.8/4
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
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American Aristocracy
1916
Manhattan Madness
5.5/6
Steve O'Dare, a young New Yorker who has gone off to Wyoming to be a cowboy, returns to New York to sell some cattle. He bores his friends with tales...
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Manhattan Madness
1916
Reggie Mixes In
5.8/8
Reggie, a wealthy young man about town, is eager for excitement, so he takes to visiting the rougher sections of the city in search of thrills. He mee...
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Reggie Mixes In
2018
I, Douglas Fairbanks
8.5/4
The dashing and dazzling Douglas Fairbanks was the movie star who "swashbuckled in Zorro, dueled exuberantly in Robin Hood and soared magnificently in...
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I, Douglas Fairbanks
1927
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
5.182/11
Goga is a Russian man who has no luck with women. He has a chance meeting with Mary Pickford, and after she kisses him on the cheek, he becomes as irr...
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A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1917
Reaching for the Moon
5.8/6
A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discov...
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Reaching for the Moon
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
10/1
A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
0/0
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1915
Double Trouble
5.7/3
Double Trouble is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film written and directed by Christy Cabanne and stars Douglas Fairbanks in his third motion...
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Double Trouble
1916
The Good Bad-Man
6.214/14
An outlaw calling himself Passin' Through halts his "evil" ways long enough to help out some children in difficulty.
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The Good Bad-Man
1916
The Half-Breed
6.45/10
In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in THE HALF-BREED (1916), a Western melodrama wr...
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The Half-Breed
1918
He Comes Up Smiling
5.5/2
Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market," and fi...
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He Comes Up Smiling
1915
The Lamb
0/0
Gerald, the somewhat frail son of a wealthy New York family, is bested at the beach by Bill, a strapping young cowboy from Arizona. His fiancée Mary,...
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The Lamb
1929
The Taming of the Shrew
5.8/16
Adapted from Shakespeare's play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is...
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The Taming of the Shrew
1919
Our Film Stars
7.5/2
First episode of a series of reports on movie stars. Those seen include Douglas Fairbanks, Montague Love, Mary Miles Minter and James Kirkwood and var...
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Our Film Stars
2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
5.273/11
African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of intervie...
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Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
1917
The Man from Painted Post
4.8/2
In order to find out who's behind a cattle rustling operation that's hurting ranchers, a detective for the Cattleman's Protective Association pretends...
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The Man from Painted Post
1916
The Americano
5.8/2
Doug is an American mining engineer. Pres. Valdez of Paragonia wants him to reopen the country's mines. Doug is not interested ... until he sees the P...
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The Americano
1918
Arizona
0/0
A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding of...
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Arizona
1950
The Golden Twenties
7/1
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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The Golden Twenties
1916
The Habit of Happiness
5.4/5
Douglas Fairbanks stars as "Sunny" Wiggins, who believes in eternal optimism and good spirits. This places Wiggins at odds with his staid, wealthy fam...
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The Habit of Happiness
1917
Down to Earth
6/4
A healthy outdoors-type follows the girl he loves to a resort for wealthy hypochondriacs. In order to prove to her and the other patients that their "...
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Down to Earth
1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
4.667/3
Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one o...
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Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
7/5
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
6.75/4
Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand...
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Anthony Quinn: An Original
1930
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
8/1
Film in the style of a magazine. Various topics, e.g. reading from the book "Ich lasse Dich nicht"; explanation of how a telephone conversation betwee...
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Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
6/3
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
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Days of Thrills and Laughter
2023
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
7/1
Mary Pickford's name remains inseparable from the legend of American cinema. She invented the star system at the beginning of the 20th century, and wa...
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Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
1924
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
0/0
The world-famous stars and married couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks are warmly welcomed to Stockholm on the Midsummer weekend of 1924.
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Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
8/1
Short film with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford & W.S. Hart promoting war bonds.
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All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.072/388
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1927
One of Many
0/0
A Soviet film-obsessed girl has met Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford during their visit to Moscow in 1926 and dreams of going to Hollywood. Overwhe...
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One of Many
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
5/7
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoma...
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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
1927
Character Studies
6.214/14
Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each we see him applying makeup and changing the combing of his hair or p...
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Character Studies
1918
Headin' South
0/0
A lost film. As described in a film magazine Exhibitors Herald on March 16, 1918: "a forest ranger known only as Headin' South (Fairbanks) goes forth...
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Headin' South
1918
Say! Young Fellow
0/0
A lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter for the New York Herald. His editor tasks him with une...
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Say! Young Fellow
1918
Bound in Morocco
0/0
A lost film. George Travelwell (Fairbanks), an American youth motoring in Morocco, discovers that the governor of El Harib (Frank Campeau) has seized...
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Bound in Morocco
1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
7/2
A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fifth Avenue club for playing practical jokes and ot...
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The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1928
Show People
7.143/56
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
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Show People
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.3/3
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.326/115
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy,...
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1998
Glorious Technicolor
6.9/14
The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.
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Glorious Technicolor
1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
10/1
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and...
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
7.038/26
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in...
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The Tramp and the Dictator
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.3/5
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines t...
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
1931
The House That Shadows Built
8.5/2
The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the...
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The House That Shadows Built
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
7.167/6
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
2018
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
7.357/14
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public re...
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Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2013
Birth of the Tramp
7.1/17
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the...
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Birth of the Tramp
1931
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
10/1
With the advent of sound, the world's leading screen idol, Douglas Fairbanks, experienced a downturn in his fortunes. His thin, reedy voice was not su...
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Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1918
Cupid Angling
0/0
Cupid Angling is a 1918 silent film starring Ruth Roland and Albert Morrison, with walk-on appearances by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. It was...
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Cupid Angling
2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
6.5/4
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth o...
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Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
1963
30 Years of Fun
5.3/3
Three decades of fun packed into one convenient package with this compilation of classic black-and-white comedy clips featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buste...
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30 Years of Fun
2005
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
8/2
Douglas Fairbanks, the screen's great swashbuckler, charmed millions with his energetic athleticism, his boyishly handsome good looks, and his sparkli...
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Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2000
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
0/1
The true story of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide fame came from the portrayal of women. His fascinati...
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The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
6/20
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--...
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Ali Baba Goes to Town
1915
Martyrs of the Alamo
5.2/10
The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836.
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Martyrs of the Alamo
1962
The Great Chase
6.4/7
A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences
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The Great Chase
2000
The Many Faces of Zorro
4.4/5
An enjoyable trip that includes all Zorro's movies, from Douglas Fairbanks to Antonio Banderas with interesting comments of fencing and whip handling...
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The Many Faces of Zorro
2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
8/12
The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) us...
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Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8/9
Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and write...
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
0/0
Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him...
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