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	Douglas Fairbanks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Douglas Fairbanks' hand and foot prints are immortalized in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard.
		Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black Pirate (1926).
		Fairbanks was determined to have Pickford become his wife, but she was still married to actor Owen Moore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks_(1883-1939) (1296 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fairbanks was born in New York City, the son of actor Douglas Fairbanks and his first wife, Anna Beth Sully.
		Fairbanks was able to convince Hewitt of the advantages of such a unit, and Admiral Hewitt soon took Fairbanks to Washington, D.C. to sell the idea to the Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Ernest King.
		Fairbanks has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard and one for television at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks,_Jr. (888 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
		Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.: I used to call on her and hold her hand in the bed, and she was very patriotic, as I think I mentioned.
		Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.: No, I donât think it was so because I was always keen to see her, and she could see as many people as she wanted to.
		Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.: I couldnât imagine it being true at all.
	www.classicimages.com /2000/june00/fairbanks.shtml (4959 words)

	US Navy Beach Jumpers Association
		Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., prince of cinematic royalty, dashing film star and decorated war hero, who remained one of the enduring elite of his generation well into the dawn of the new millennium, died in New York on May 7, 2000, at the age of 90.
		Fairbanks' talents transcended the silver screen, as he graced the small screen with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents, a television anthology series -- 155 episodes aired from 1953-57, a quarter of which starred its host.
		Born to swashbuckling film star Douglas Fairbanks and wife Anna Beth Sully on December 9, 1909, the Junior Fairbanks was groomed early for his father's career path.
	www.beachjumpers.com /DFairbanksJr.htm (848 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Obituaries Obituary: Douglas Fairbanks Jr
		Douglas Fairbanks Jr, who has died aged 90, carried his father's name proudly, though he had to overcome paternal neglect and the comparison with one of Hollywood's legendary stars.
		Douglas Sr, always insecure despite his stardom, later confessed that he had "no more paternal feelings than a tiger in the jungle with his cub." As Bye grew into a chubby child, and his father was forced on occasions to take his son out, he was obviously uncomfortable at being seen with him.
		Fairbanks was carrying on an affair with Marlene Dietrich, who used to smuggle him into her hotel room at Claridge's, when he met socialite Mary Lee Hartford at a party given by Merle Oberon.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,218443,00.html (1418 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks Jr Actors Movie Forum
		Douglas Fairbanks Jr's leading lady in this movie was the wonderful Maureen O'Hara, another star who seemed made for such roles.
		Though Fairbanks was cut from the same swashbuckling cloth as his silent era start father, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, he never made as great an impression amongst the movie going public.
		With acting in his blood, his mother (Fairbanks Sr's first wife) Anna Beth Sully was an actor too (his stepmother, "America's Sweetheart", Mary Pickford), it was perhaps inevitable that he would enter the profession and this he did, starting out as a juvenile lead at the age of 13.
	www.movieforum.com /people/actors/douglasfairbanksjr/index.shtml (698 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 90, Dies in New York / Actor's career spanned silent films to television
		Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 90, the son of Hollywood royalty whose debonair presence in about 80 films as cads and good-natured gadabouts gave way in the late 1940s to a second career as a television producer and social lion, died yesterday at a hospital in New York.
		Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 90, Dies in New York / Actor's career spanned silent films to television
		Fairbanks, 6 feet tall with dashing good looks, struggled to carve a distinctive acting career in the shadow of his superstar father, who was the unrivaled swashbuckler of silent films.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/08/MN473.DTL&type=movies (544 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Biography / Biography of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Elements of Pop Culture Biography
		When he was barely a teenager, the studios sought to trade in on the Fairbanks name by casting Douglas Jr.
		Born to one of the world's first movie stars, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and his first wife, Beth, initially the younger Fairbanks was not really interested in a career in acting.
		Fairbanks continued to be cast in small parts, but was forced into work as a title writer to make ends meet.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-fairbanks-douglas-jr-1909-sjpc-02 (799 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. on Buster Keaton--The Lybarger Links Interview
		According to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who hosted and produced each episode and starred in 25 percent of them, the eclecticism that led to Buster being cast in The Awakening was typical of the series.
		The Awakening was an episode of the syndicated anthology series Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents: The Rheingold Theatre, which aired from 1952 to 1957.
		Fairbanks says, "It struck me as a beautiful idea—a novel idea—to put him in a straight part, because he was such a beautiful actor and a great talent.
	www.tipjar.com /dan/fairbanksonkeaton.htm (1660 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for
		Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., actor, writer and producer whose career spanned nearly a century, died May 7th 2000 at the age of 90.
		Fairbanks' marriage to heiress/socialite Mary Lee Eppling Hartford in 1939 defied Hollywood tradition by lasting nearly half a century, the Fairbanks were devoted to each other and their three daughters until Mary Lee's death in 1988.
		Fairbanks was later dubbed an honorary Knight of the British Empire for his meritorious service during the war.
	obits.com /fairbanks.htm (627 words)

	Biography
		Douglas Fairbanks meets Charlie Chaplin for the first time in January 1917, and a great and enduring friendship is born.
		Douglas Fairbanks meets Mary Pickford for the first time at a party in New York, given by musical comedy star Elsie Janis in November 1915.
		Fairbanks is instrumental in Founding AMPAS in 1927, and is a presenter at the first Academy Awards ceremony.
	www.geocities.com /thiefofbagdad1924/biography.htm (801 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks Tribute at Classic Movie Stars
		Douglas Fairbanks was born on May 23,1883, in Denver, Colorado.
		Douglas began acting in local theatricals at the tender age 12 and attended the Colorado School of Mines.
		Lured once again to the stage, Fairbanks reestablished himself in short order and became a Broadway favorite in such plays as "The New Henrietta" and "Officer 666." He was nearly signed for films by the Lasky Feature Play Company in 1914, but ultimately made his film debut in The Lamb for Triangle-Fine Arts in 1915.
	www.angelfire.com /ri2/rebeccastjames/fairbanks.html (327 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
		NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) - Douglas Fairbanks Jr., the rakishly handsome actor, producer, author and businessman who was a real-life war hero and friend of royalty, died Sunday.
		Fairbanks was born in New York City on Dec. 9, 1909 - the only son of Douglas Fairbanks and his first wife, Anna.
		Fairbanks became a favorite of the royal couple, entertaining them at his home, much to the chagrin of Mayfair society.
	members.aol.com /deathpool/obits00/fairbank.html (1019 words)

	The Douglas Fairbanks Museum - Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Biography
		Leigh is Founder and Curator of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum, and is currently penning a new biography of Douglas Fairbanks, to be released in the fall of 2005.
		Fairbanks was too old for active service in the war, and instead threw himself into the task of making propaganda films for the Allies to drum up public support for the troops.
		Douglas was already quite familiar with motion pictures, or "the flickers" as they were known among the "real actors" of Broadway, who scoffed at this new phenomenon.
	douglasfairbanks.org /bio.htm (3133 words)

	Love is a Racket
		Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., one of the most romantic lovers of the screen, has attained new popularity since the advent of the talkies.
		Fairbanks had script and director approval, no doubt a courtesy to the son of one of the industry's founding fathers.
		Fairbanks' and Tracy's early scenes together are swift and funny.
	www.moviediva.com /MD_root/reviewpages/MDLoveisaRacket.htm (1083 words)

	Amazon.com: The Salad Days: Books: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
		This first volume of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.'s autobiography (it recounts his life story through 1941) shows him to be virtually identical with his public persona.
		Fairbanks is a dandya witty, intelligent ladies' man (and sometimes a bit of a cad), with an avid craving to be one of the rich and famous.
		Fairbanks, son of the screen's definitive swashbuckler and stepson of Mary Pickford, "America's Sweetheart," relates incidents that deeply affected him after his parents' divorce in 1917 when he was seven.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385174047?v=glance (1075 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks Jr - MovieActors.com
		Douglas Fairbanks Jr Douglas Fairbanks Jr was born on December 9, 1909 in New York, New York.
		Returning to the U.S., Douglas Fairbanks Jr toured in a number of stage plays, made TV guest appearances, and appeared with several other Hollywood legends like Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, and John Houseman in GHOST STORY in 1981, this was his last feature film to date.
		When the newpapers reported Douglas Fairbanks Jr death the reports were on the front page of the Times in London and Buckingham Palace expressed there condolences.
	www.movieactors.com /actors/douglasfairbanksjr.htm (273 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.--The Lybarger Links Interview
		While Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who starred in such classics as George Stevens’ Gunga Din, is 86-years-old and hasn’t appeared in a feature film since Ghost Story in 1981, he has been anything but idle.
		Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) was dubbed "The World’s Most Popular Man," and he earned that title for starring in a series of lavishly-produced 1920’s swashbucklers like The Three Musketeers, The Thief of Baghdad, Robin Hood and The Mark of Zorro.
		Fairbanks recalls, "My father was his own producer.
	www.tipjar.com /dan/douglasfairbanks.htm (750 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Autograph on early Ross Postcard. CoA - col8149
		was the son of film star Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
		Fairbanks had his best role in 1937's The Prisoner of Zenda, in which he was alternately charming and cold-blooded as the villainous Rupert of Hentzau.
		Fairbanks worked his way up from Navy lieutenant to commander and finally, in 1954 to captain.
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	BBC News AMERICAS Swashbuckling Fairbanks Jnr dies
		The son of silent film star Douglas Fairbanks and his first wife, Anna Beth Sully, he was born in New York in 1909.
		Fairbanks was one of the most famous names in Hollywood, and became the friend and confidant of royalty and statesmen.
		Fairbanks was born in New York, but became a dedicated Anglophile, with a London home where he entertained the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/americas/newsid_739000/739947.stm (353 words)

	E! Online News - Film Legend Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Dies
		The actor, like his iconic dad, silent-screen star Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
		The younger Fairbanks started getting better film roles, appearing alongside Greta Garbo in A Woman of Affairs and Frank Capra's The Power of the Press in 1928, but it wasn't until the arrival of sound--and his 1929 marriage to Joan Crawford--that his career began to take off.
		Although they divorced in 1933, Fairbanks' association with Crawford helped him score some early hits, including a part opposite Loretta Young in Loose Ankles, the role of the gigolo in Little Caesar and the scenery-chewing part of the demented czar in 1934's Catherine the Great.
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	Fairbanks, Douglas (Elton Ulman), Jr - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Fairbanks, Douglas (Elton Ulman), Jr
		He initially appeared in the same type of swashbuckling film roles – Catherine the Great (1934), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), and Sinbad the Sailor (1947) – as his father, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
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	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Fairbanks,+Douglas+(Elton+Ulman),+Jr (127 words)

	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		U.S. actor and producer Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., was a major motion-picture star and a debonair leading man during the 1930s and 1940s.
		A motion-picture actor and producer, Douglas Fairbanks was one of the first and greatest of the boasting, daredevil screen heroes.
		The 26th vice-president of the United States was Charles Warren Fairbanks, who served from 1905 to 1909 in the Republican administration of Theodore Roosevelt.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9322887 (752 words)

	Zap2it - TV news - Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Dies
		In the 1950s, Fairbanks produced 160 episodes of a television anthology series called "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents." He starred in approximately a quarter of the 30-minute programs, which were filmed in England.
		10:00 PM PT Actor of stage and screen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., died Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the Frank E. Campbell funeral home.
		Fairbanks, 91, began his movie career at the age of 13, and went on to make his mark in approximately 75 movies, including "Catherine the Great," "Gunga Din," and "State Secret."
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	Fairbanks, Douglas on Encyclopedia.com
		The son of swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Jr.
		Donan colecciÃ³n fotos de Douglas Fairbanks Sr., astro cine mudo
		FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS [Fairbanks, Douglas] 1883-1939, American movie actor, b.
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	Doug Fairbanks Jr
		It was Fairbanks' first full-blooded swashbuckling role, and he reminded moviegoers of his famous father, clad in black clothes, sporting a dapper little mustache, and wielding a saber with panache.
		Fairbanks, a lifelong Anglophile who numbered members of the royal family among his friends, moved to Britain in the early 1950s.
		Although he was never wholly convincing as a tough guy, Fairbanks played one in many hard-boiled Warners melodramas, some of which-Union Depot, Love Is a Racket (both 1932), and The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)-numbered among his best films of the 1930s.
	www.movietreasures.com /main/Doug_Fairbanks_Jr/doug_fairbanks_jr.html (1006 words)

	DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. JOAN CRAWFORD Autograph
		Fairbanks also appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies and hosted the anthology series, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
		Although the younger Fairbanks, a movie producer as well as an actor, appeared in some 75 films, his father took little interest in his son's career and the two did not become close friends until the early 1930s.
		Crawford and Fairbanks were married for four years (1929-1933) and remained lifelong friends.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=79899 (288 words)

	The Biography Channel - Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Biography
		American producer and actor, son of the âPrince of Pickfairâ, actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
		With his fatherâs death in 1939, Fairbanks began to move into public life, organizing the Hollywood pro-Allied Forces William Allen White Committee during the Second World War.
		A talented writer, Fairbanks wrote humorous pieces for Vanity Fair about the Hollywood scene.
	www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/573:0/Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr_.htm (397 words)

	Great Manhunt, The - Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Herbert Lom - 1950
		Fairbanks, in his most natural style makes you believe he is a gifted surgeon.
		Things go wrong and, of course, Fairbanks is in danger of being killed to silence his knowledge.
		He is "kidnapped" by a country to perform a delicate operation on its leader.
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	The Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Site
		Douglas Fairbanks Jr., was born December 9th, 1909, in New York.
		And please, don't forget to mention the Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
		While his father's films were scoring, Doug Jr.'s were not.
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