Title: Douglas Fairbanks /
Authors: Vance, Jeffrey, 1970-; Maietta, Tony.; Cushman, Robert, 1946-
Publisher: University of California Press : Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Fairbanks, Douglas,; Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography.
Contents: A bad case of St. Vitus' dance -- The machine for escape -- Doug : hero and popular philosopher -- Pickfair -- United artists -- Making his mark : The mark of Zorro (1920) -- The great leap : The three musketeers (1921) -- Scaling the heights : Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922) -- Apogee : The thief of Bagdad (1924) -- The son also rises : Don Q son of Zorro (1925) and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. -- Derring-do : The black pirate (1926) -- Darkness falls : Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho (1927) -- Hail and farewell : The iron mask (1929) -- Sound and fury : Taming of the shrew (1929) and marital strife -- Sliding downhill.