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1 day ago · What stands out most about this Taming of the Shrew, the first since a 1929 film starring Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, is the near-constant motion: everybody, especially the leads, gallops from place to place even when a modest canter would do, while Oswald Morris’s camera is also constantly panning and tracking the runaway actors. Almost like a simulation amusement park ride ...
3 days ago · Toffee was still very much in demand and was produced by hundreds of small companies across the country. Many people visited the cinema on a weekly basis. As a result, screen stars became known and loved by millions. These included Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo and Mary Pickford, to name but a few.
4 days ago · "The Mark of Zorro" (1920) was adapted from the 1919 novel "The Curse of Capistrano". Douglas Fairbanks portrayed the title character in the 90 minute film, as well as Zorro's alter ego, Don Diego Vega. Set in Spanish-ruled California, Zorro battles the corrupt colonial governor.
2 days ago · John Barrymore sought to out-swashbuckle Douglas Fairbanks in his breathless depiction of France's rapscallion poet, thief, and vagabond: François Villon (1431-1463). He bounds over the snowy rooftops of Paris, scales a castle tower, and is hurled skyward by the royal catapult—but this is no mere stunt picture.
1 day ago · By Kimberley Bond Published: 15 October 2024. Having grown up with loved ones in the industry, Bel Powley admits she never found acting “glamorous”. However, it was her earliest theatre role ...
1 day ago · Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, on their honeymoon, selected the story as the inaugural picture for their new studio, United Artists, beginning the character's cinematic tradition. [ citation needed ] The novel was adapted as the film The Mark of Zorro (1920), which Fairbanks produced, co-wrote, and starred in as Diego/Zorro.
3 days ago · An orphan, Florey grew up in Switzerland and worked eventually as an assistant for Georges Méliès and Louis Feuillade. At age 21 he went to Hollywood and did publicity for Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and Rudolph Valentino, and he worked as an assistant at MGM before beginning to make his own experimental shorts.
