
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 |
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Most Rating | 3.716 |
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
0/0
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
5.5/23
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
6.1/14
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
5.8/10
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
7/1
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
7.342/165
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
7.2/64
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
0/0
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
6.118/17
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
6.8/50
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
5.8/35
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
6.4/51
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

1921

The Three Musketeers
6.4/29
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respect...
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The Three Musketeers

1919

When the Clouds Roll By
6.8/18
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

1961

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
0/0
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
6.4/75
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
5.8/4
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
6.7/28
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
0/0
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
6/2
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
5.6/4
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
6.1/9
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

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

1916

Flirting with Fate
5.8/8
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

1925

Don Q Son of Zorro
6.6/18
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
5.2/10
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
0/0
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
6.3/13
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

The Matrimaniac
6.5/10
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

1916

His Picture in the Papers
4.6/9
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

1921

The Nut
5.9/11
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

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

American Aristocracy
4/2
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

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
4.7/9
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
0/0
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
5.5/2
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
6.3/13
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
5.8/6
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
5.2/9
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
6/1
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'
5.4/9
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
0/0
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
6/3
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
2/1
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
7/4
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
6.5/2
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
0/0
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
5.5/2
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
0/0
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
0/0
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
7.1/341
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
5.7/6
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
6/11
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
6/1
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
7.1/49
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

1985

What Do Those Old Films Mean?
6/1
Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, En...
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What Do Those Old Films Mean?

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5/3
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
7.3/103
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
6.7/12
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
0/0
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
7/21
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
4.9/4
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
7/1
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
6.3/3
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
6.9/11
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 with Douglas Fairbanks
0/0
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 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
3/2
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
6/1
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
0/0
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
6.1/15
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
6.2/6
A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences
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