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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
A Modern Musketeer
$69.95 ($89.95)
Winner of 2009 Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards
Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer includes eleven of the joyful modern-dress comedies, westerns, satires, dream-fantasies and romances which, though mostly seldom-seen, made Fairbanks a tremendously popular hero. In addition to Fairbanks' unique talent, these ebullient films showcase his gifted collaborators including writer Anita Loos and directors Allan Dwan, Victor Fleming, and John Emerson.
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer - A Collection of 11 Modern Films / 1916-1921 / 760 min. / B&W / Tinted / Silent / Sound / 1:33:1
Douglas Fairbanks came from Broadway to the movies in 1915 when high salaries were luring well-known stage actors to the new feature-length pictures. Although most of these performers failed to “register” on camera and returned to New York, Fairbanks quickly became a supernova. His energetic, optimistic character, his ingratiating smile, his graceful, acrobatic stunts (he did his own), clever writing, and accomplished staging rapidly made Fairbanks one of the most admired stars in the world. In 1917, Fairbanks established his own production company. In 1919, together with Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith, Fairbanks formed United Artists Corporation.
Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer includes eleven of the joyful modern-dress comedies, westerns, satires, dream-fantasies and romances which, though mostly seldom-seen, made Fairbanks a tremendously popular hero. In addition to Fairbanks' unique talent, these ebullient films showcase his gifted collaborators including writer Anita Loos and directors Allan Dwan, Victor Fleming, and John Emerson.
Beginning with 4 films from 1916 by Triangle-Fine Arts:His Picture in the Papers, The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, Flirting With Fate, and The Matrimaniac, the collection continues with 3 films produced by Fairbanks for Artcraft/Famous Players-Lasky Corp.: Wild and Wooly (1917), Reaching for the Moon (1917), and A Modern Musketeer (1918). Last are 4 features Fairbanks produced for United Artists: When Clouds Roll By (1919), The Mollycoddle (1920), The Mark of Zorro (1920), and The Nut (1921).
Bonus Features
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On the Discs - Galleries of rare stills from Douglas Fairbanks' personal collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as an audio commentary on A Modern Musketeer
32 Page Booklet - An extensive booklet essay by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta, authors of the biography, Douglas Fairbanks (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences/University of California Press, 2008)
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Three United Artists: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916): Bessie Love as the Little Fish Blower, Douglas Fairbanks as Detective Coke Ennyday
Wild and Woolly (1917): Douglas Fairbanks as Jeff Hillington
The Mollycoddle (1920): Douglas Fairbanks as Richard Marshall V
The Mollycoddle (1920): Douglas Fairbanks as Richard Marshall V, Ruth Renick as Virginia Hale
The Mark of Zorro (1920): Douglas Fairbanks as Zorro, Noah Beery as Sgt. Pedro Gonzales
The Nut (1921): Marguerite De La Motte as Estrell Wynn, Douglas Fairbanks as Charlie Jackson
The Nut (1921): Douglas Fairbanks as Charlie Jackson, Marguerite De La Motte as Estrell Wynn
A Modern Musketeer (1917): Douglas Fairbanks as D'Artagnan
When the Clouds Roll By (1919): Douglas Fairbanks as Daniel Boone Brown, Herbert Grimwood as Dr. Ulrich Metz
