Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Douglas Fairbanks biography, Douglas Fairbanks books, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
*The latest issue of the New York Review of Books includes a wonderful article on Douglas Fairbanks, probably the best biographical feature about him we’ve seen in years. We wanted to share it with you:
Volume 56, Number 3 · February 26, 2009
The Silent Superstar
By Robert Gottlieb
New York Review of Books
Douglas Fairbanks
by Jeffrey Vance with Tony Maietta
University of [...]
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged clothing for toddlers, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Gifts for Kids, Hollywood Memorabilia, Kids Clothing, Non-Profit Stores, Teddy Bears, Unique Children's Clothing on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BECAUSE EVERY KID LOVES “DOUG”
We’ve just introduced a new line of clothing for toddlers and bigger kids, too. Visit the Douglas Fairbanks Museum’s online store to find more unique gifts for every Fairbanks fan in your family (to give your child a proper taste for adventure, we think you should start `em on Doug’s films [...]
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, silent cinema on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAPPER LIKE DOUG
Douglas Fairbanks was a well-known clotheshorse; his closets literally overflowing with suits, shoes, coats, hats, scarves, jackets and shirts in every color of the rainbow. Although no one in early Hollywood could wear a tuxedo quite like Mr. Fairbanks, his most lasting contribution to men’s fashion today was making casual and sportswear fashionable [...]
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Custom Camcorders, Digital Camcorders, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Flip Mini Camcorder, Flip Mini HD Camcorder, Mini Camcorders, World's Smallest HD Camcorder on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
INSPIRED BY FAIRBANKS?
Got dreams of being a great film director like Douglas Fairbanks? Make your own silent films (or if you’re more of a 21st-century-type person, that’s ok, you can make `em with sound, too!) on these custom mini camcorders, available now in our online gift shop.
Super-lightweight and portable, these Mino Camcorders are available in both [...]
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks biography, Douglas Fairbanks books, Douglas Fairbanks documentary, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
* We’d like to thank the folks over at Forget the Talkies! for recommending Douglas Fairbanks: In His Own Words – a book recently published by the Douglas Fairbanks Museum, on their site.
In a review of Jeffrey Vance’s new Fairbanks biography, the reviewer recommends picking up a copy of our book instead, thanks to its’ first-person [...]
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged American Teddy Bears, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, His Majesty the American, Hollywood Memorabilia, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Bears, Teddy Roosevelt, Victorian America on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HIS MAJESTY, THE AMERICAN
Isn’t he a cutie? This huggable Teddy Bear is one of many new additions to the Douglas Fairbanks Museum’s online gift shop, and he’s just waiting for you to take him home! Give him to someone you love on Valentine’s day!
Teddy Bear’s first achieved national popularity in the early 1900s, and were [...]
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent cinema, tagged Alice Guy Blanche, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Igor Ilinsky, Mary Pickford, Mary Pickford Foundation, Russian cinema, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Sergei Komarov on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A KISS FROM MARY PICKFORD” ON VALENTINE’S DAY
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
2:40pm – A KISS FROM MARY PICKFORD (1927)
Co-Presented by The Mary Pickford Foundation and The San Francisco Film SocietyMovie stardom gets a gleeful once-over in this madcap slapstick farce from Russia. Goga is a brash young ticket-taker smitten by aspiring actress Dusia, but she only [...]
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Charlie Chaplin photos, Classic Movie Posters, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Photos, Douglas Fairbanks posters, Hollywood Memorabilia, Mary Pickford photos, Movie Posters, Movie Still Photographs, MuseumQuality Photographic Prints, Silent Film Star Photos on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Douglas Fairbanks “Zorro” Large 28×42 Banner Print
CAN’T FIND THESE ANYWHERE ELSE
The Douglas Fairbanks Museum is pleased to announce the addition of unique Douglas Fairbanks posters and photographic prints to our online gift shop.
Carefully selected from our archives, these classic images are the ones most often requested by Fairbanks fans. Until now, we were only able to offer [...]
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged doggie t-shirts, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, museum gift shop online, pet bowls, pet gifts, pet supplies, Teddy Bears, The Mark of Zorro, unique pet gifts, Zorro on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DOES YOUR DOG LOVE DOUG, TOO?
Everybody knows Douglas Fairbanks loved his dogs (all of `em!). If you love your pooch, show him or her some “puppy love” this Valentine’s with some of the new, unique gifts for pets in the Douglas Fairbanks museum’s online store. We’re open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and can [...]
