Douglas Fairbanks / Jeffrey Vance ; with Tony Maietta ; Robert Cushman, photographic editor.
- Vance, Jeffrey, 1970-
- Date:
- [2008], ©2008
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- Online
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About this work
Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press : Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, [2008], ©2008.
Physical description
368 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Series
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes filmography (p. 323-353), bibliographical references (p. 341-353), and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2010. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.