TWELVE MONTHS OF FILM FUN
The Douglas Fairbanks Museum is pleased to announce the new 2010 Douglas Fairbanks Wall Calendars are now available in the museum gift shop. Pick one up for the silent film fanatic on your holiday shopping list!
These lovely wall calendars each feature 12 classic images of Douglas Fairbanks from our extensive archives, and [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The 2010 Douglas Fairbanks Wall Calendar
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 Classic Movie Stars, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., film history, Hollywood Calendar 2009, Hollywood History, Hollywood Hunks 2009 calendar, Hollywood Memorabilia, Movie Calendar 2009 on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fairbanks Made Invaluable Contributions to Film Industry
Posted in Charles Chaplin, 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 Charles Chaplin Museum, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, libraries, Mary Pickford, museums, Pickfair, Silent Film, silent movies on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THE MUSEUM’S FALL 2009 DONATION DRIVE RUNS THROUGH OCT. 31
WHY A MUSEUM FOR AN OLD SILENT FILM STAR, ANYWAY?
Donation Drives for the Douglas Fairbanks Museum’s relocation effort have been considerably more difficult since the American economy went into a recession. Like all small nonprofits; libraries, museums and performing arts/cultural organizations, we’re faced with dramatic [...]
Museum Seeks a New Location
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Silent Film, Silent Film Stars, silent cinema, tagged charitable giving, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, economic woes for nonprofits, how the economic crisis affects cultural institutions, libraries closing, museum funding, museum grants, nonprofits in crisis, troubled economy on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MUSEUM FACES FUNDING OBSTACLES TO RELOCATION
As our fall Donation Drive kicks off October 5th, we wanted to update you on the current challenges we face and what the museum’s goals are for the coming year.
Since our building suffered extensive flood damage last year, we were forced to close our doors and move the collections to [...]
“A Modern Musketeer” DVD Review
Posted in Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Film Museums, History Museums, Silent Film, Silent Film Screenings, Silent Film Stars, silent cinema, tagged 1910s, action adventure films, D'Artagnan, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Museum, silent comedians, silent comedy, Silent Film, silent movies, silent stars, The Three Musketeers, Victorian films on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
* We thought this review was too clever and wanted to share it with all of you!
THE SUNDAY INTERTITLE
A MODERN MUSKETEER, directed by the redoubtable Allan Dwan and starring the insuperable Douglas Fairbanks, is the first Fairbanks I’ve seen that really delivers on the stuntwork with the kind of excess and largesse I’ve been hoping [...]
