PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR
As our annual March Donation Drive comes to a close, we want to remind you that it’s not too late to send in a contribution and show your appreciation for the efforts of our hardworking volunteers. This is the time of year when we ask Fairbanks fans and silent film enthusiasts around the [...]
Archive for March, 2009
March 2009 Donation Drive Is Over, But We Still Need Your Help
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 Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, economic woes for nonprofits, how the economic crisis affects cultural institutions, libraries, libraries in peril, museum funding, nonprofit donations declining on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 9 – Final Days
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Classic Movies, 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 action adventure films, action films, Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Memorial, Errol Flynn, Gene Kelly, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood History, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Johnny Depp, Lady Sylvia Ashley, Mel Gibson, Santa Monica history, swashbuckler, swashbuckling, Tyrone Power on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We now conclude our 2009 March Donation Drive and month-long Fairbanks online film festival with the final episode from “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum.
Pt. 9 explores the last days of Douglas Fairbanks: his constant jetsetting with new wife Lady Sylvia Ashley, his return to California [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 8 – Divorce and Decline
Posted in Classic Movies, 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 Alexander Korda, Bebe Daniels, Bing Crosby, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Don Juan, Douglas Fairbanks, Irving Berlin, Lady Sylvia Ashley, Mary Pickford on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throughout the month of March, we’ll be featuring a 9-part online film festival on the life of Douglas Fairbanks as part of our Spring Donation Drive. Continuing with another episode from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum.
Pt. 8 continues from Pt. 7 [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 7 – The Talkies
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Classic Movies, 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, early sound films, Shakespeare in the movies, talkies, Taming of the Shrew, University of Southern California, USC Film School, William Shakespeare on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throughout the month of March, we’ll be exploring the life of Douglas Fairbanks with a 9-part online film festival as part of our Spring Donation Drive. Continuing this week with another episode from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum.
Pt. 7 continues from [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 6 – King of Hollywood
Posted in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 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 AMPAS, Chinese Theatre Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood History, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Oscars, University of Southern California, USC Film School on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We continue our 2009 March donation drive and online film festival with an excerpt from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum.
Pt. 6 examines Fairbanks’ reign as Hollywood’s First King. At the peak of his popularity, Fairbanks progressed into even bigger and more daring [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 5 – Zorro, D’Artagnan & Robin Hood
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Alexandre' Dumas, D'Artagnan, Douglas Fairbanks, Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers, Zorro on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We continue our month-long March donation drive and online film festival focusing on the life of Douglas Fairbanks with another episode from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum.
Pt. 5 explores Fairbanks’ transisition from comedic actor to action star. His reign as the [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 4 – Pickfair and United Artists
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Beverly Hills history, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks documentary, Hollywood History, Pickfair on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During our annual spring donation drive, we’re featuring a free online film festival for you to enjoy! We continue our month-long series on the life of Douglas Fairbanks with another episode from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum.
Pt. 4 continues the story [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 3 – Love and War
Posted in Charles Chaplin, Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged 1917, 1918, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Hollywood History, Liberty Bonds, Liberty Loan Drives, Mary Pickford, Tod Browning, WWI, WWI propaganda on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We continue our month-long series on the life of Douglas Fairbanks with an excerpt from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum.
Pt. 3 begins with Doug’s swift rise as the movies #1 box office star in the 1910s, examines some of his oddball [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 2 – From Broadway to Hollywood
Posted in Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks video on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We continue our month-long online film festival and Spring 2009 Donation Drive with another episode of the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment with the assistance of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum.
Pt. 2 covers the time period from Fairbanks’ reign as a leading actor of the Broadway stage to his earliest work in the [...]
Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 1 – Early Years (Video)
Posted in Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, silent cinema, tagged Colorado history, Denver Colorado, Denver history, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks documentary, Frederick Warde on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As part of our annual spring donation drive, we will be featuring a month-long series of videos profiling the life and art of Douglas Fairbanks here on the blog, posting two new episodes each week throughout the month of March. We begin with an excerpt from the 2005 documentary film, “The Great Swashbuckler,” produced by Delta Entertainment [...]
March 2009 Donation Drive Features Online Fairbanks Film Festival
Posted in 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 Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, economic woes for nonprofits, Hollywood History, libraries in peril, museum spring donation drive, museums in peril, nonprofit donations declining, philanthropy, support film preservation, troubled economy on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR
With the economy as it is, small museums like ours need your help now more than ever. Nonprofits, educational institutions, libraries and museums across America are seeing financial donations plummet to record lows, and many of us are being forced to cut back on programs and staff, or face permanent closure.
The Douglas Fairbanks [...]
Museum Launches YouTube Channel
Posted in Classic Movies, D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Silent Film, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, United Artists, silent cinema, tagged Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Douglas Fairbanks Museum is pleased to announce the launch of our new YouTube Channel at:
http://www.youtube.com/FairbanksMuseum
Here you can take a virtual tour of the museum’s archives, hosted by our curator Keri Leigh, check out rare clips of Douglas Fairbanks in action, photographs, poster art and other materials from our collection.
In the days ahead, we will [...]
