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 ...

Mayer, head of the MGM studio. It was formed as a non-profit group to support and improve the film industry. Actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., the Academy’s first president, hosted the event. Unlike today ...

Death-defying performers like Tom Mix, Helen Gibson, Harold Lloyd, and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. brought their craft to film before the Academy was even formed. And there have been countless great ...

Over the years, it has hosted a variety of notable figures, including conservationist Enos Mills, actress Ethel Barrymore, actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and evangelist Billy Sunday, as well as ...

Haines plays Billy Boone, lead actor of a slapstick comedy studio ... including Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., William S. Hart, and John Gilbert. In 2003, Show People was selected ...

Two people were on board, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A Douglas C-54 aircraft transporting fuel crashed into a frozen river shortly after takeoff Tuesday in Fairbanks, Alaska ...

He had very few intimate friends. He had one best friend, actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr., who died in 1939 at age 56. There was nobody to replace him and Chaplin didn’t try. He did have people who ...

the onetime Upper East Side outpost of actor, producer and decorated WWII naval officer Douglas Fairbanks Jr. has popped up for sale. Found in Park Avenue’s 1920s Beekman building, just minutes ...