Douglas Fairbanks
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
The Private Life of Don Juan is a 1934 British comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon and Benita Hume. At the age of 51, it was the final role of Fairbanks, who died five years later. The film is about the life of the aging Don Juan, based on the 1920 play L'homme à la Rose ["The Man With the Rose...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Alan Hale•Theodore Roberts
The Narrow Corner (1933)
The Narrow Corner is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Ellis and Ralph Bellamy. It is an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's 1932 novel The Narrow Corner. It was remade in 1936 as Isle of Fury.
Starring: Merle Oberon•William Lowery•Belle Bennett
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
Mr. Robinson Crusoe is a 1932 Pre-Code American film. It is one of the few "talkie" films starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., in his penultimate film role; Fairbanks also produced the film and provided the story during the Great Depression. The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland, a veteran silent film director, for Fairbanks's Elton Productions...
Starring: Marjorie Daw•Merle Oberon
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks is a 1931 American Pre-Code documentary film directed by Douglas Fairbanks and Victor Fleming and written by Robert E. Sherwood. The film was released on December 12, 1931, by United Artists.
Starring: Merle Oberon
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 American pre-Code World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was directed by Howard Hawks, a former World War I flight instructor, who even flew in the film as a German pilot in an uncredited role. The Dawn Patrol won the Academy Award for Best Story for John Monk Saunders, an American write...
Starring: Merle Oberon•George Fawcett•Frank Campeau
The Little Accident (1930)
The Little Accident is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William James Craft and written by Gladys Lehman and Gene Towne, based on the 1927 novel An Unmarried Father by Floyd Dell and the 1928 play Little Accident by Dell and Thomas Mitchell. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Anita Page, Sally Blane, ZaSu Pitts, Joan Marsh, and ...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Wallace Beery•Bessie Love
The Iron Mask (1929)
The Iron Mask is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film directed by Allan Dwan. It is an adaptation of the last section of the 1847-1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.
Starring: Jewel Carmen•Merle Oberon
The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
The Taming of the Shrew is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Mary Pickford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks. It was the first sound film adaptation of the Shakespearean play of the same name. The film was adapted by Taylor from William Shakespeare's play.
Starring: Eugene Pallette•Merle Oberon
The Gaucho (1927)
The Gaucho is a 1927 silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks' box office clout, was directed by F. Richard Jones with a running time of 115 minutes.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Edythe Chapman•Walter Walker
The Black Pirate (1926)
The Black Pirate is a 1926 American silent action adventure film shot entirely in two-color Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates. Directed by Albert Parker, it stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse, and Billie Dove. In 1993, The Black Pirate was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures to be added ...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Pauline Curley
Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925)
Don Q, Son of Zorro is a 1925 American silent swashbuckler romance film and a sequel to the 1920 silent film The Mark of Zorro. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel Don Q.'s Love Story, written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard. The story was reworked in 1925 into a vehicle for the Johnston McCulley character Zorro. Th...
Starring: Eileen Percy•Merle Oberon•Arnold Lucy
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American silent swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks, and written by Achmed Abdullah and Lotta Woods. Freely adapted from One Thousand and One Nights, it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad. In 1996, the film was selected for preser...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Kathleen Clifford•Marguerite De La Motte•William Wellman•Ruth Renick
Robin Hood (1922)
Robin Hood is a 1922 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery. It was the first motion picture ever to have a Hollywood premiere, held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October 18, 1922. The movie's full title, under which it was copyrighted, is Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood. It was one of the most expensive films of the ...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Frank McHugh•Anna May Wong
The Nut (1921)
The Nut is a 1921 American silent film comedy directed by Theodore Reed.
Starring: Snitz Edwards•Merle Oberon•Sally Blane
The Three Musketeers (1921)
The Three Musketeers is a 1921 American silent film based on the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was directed by Fred Niblo and stars Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan. The film originally had scenes filmed in the Handschiegl Color Process. The film had a sequel, The Iron Mask (1929), also starring Fairbanks as d'Artagnan...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Charles Belcher•Julanne Johnston
The Mark of Zorro (1920)
The Mark of Zorro is a 1920 American silent Western romance film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery. This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of The Mark of Zorro. Based on the 1919 story The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley, which introduced the masked hero, Zorro, the screenplay was adapted by Fairbank...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Sally Blane
The Mollycoddle (1920)
The Mollycoddle is a 1920 American film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, and directed by Victor Fleming. Beery plays an ice-cold villain brawling with Fairbanks' character all the way down the side of a steep mountain in one sequence. A copy of the film is in the Museum of Modern Art and in other film collections.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Frank McHugh•Ralph Bellamy
His Majesty, the American (1919)
His Majesty, the American is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It was the first film produced by United Artists. It was released in the U.K. as One of the Blood. Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group [a 35mm positive]; in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library [a 16mm re...
Starring: Benita Hume•Merle Oberon
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919)
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is a 1919 American silent Western/romantic comedy film directed by Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote and produced the film. The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is now considered lost.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Alan Hale
When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
When the Clouds Roll By is a 1919 American comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Victor Fleming and Theodore Reed. After decades of not being seen by the public, the film was finally released in 2010 on DVD by Alpha Video with an original score by Don Kinnier.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Theodore Roberts
Arizona (1918)
Arizona is a 1918 American silent melodrama film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and released by Famous Players-Lasky under its Artcraft Pictures banner. Based on the successful 1899 play of the same name by Augustus Thomas, the film was directed by Albert Parker.
Starring: Margery Wilson•Merle Oberon
Bound in Morocco (1918)
Bound in Morocco is a 1918 American silent action romantic comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks. Fairbanks produced and wrote the film's story and screenplay, and Allan Dwan directed. The film was produced by Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky / Artcraft Pictures.
Starring: Merle Oberon•George Fawcett•Frank Campeau
He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
He Comes Up Smiling is a 1918 American comedy film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dwan.
Starring: Benita Hume•Merle Oberon
Headin' South (1918)
Headin' South is a 1918 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Arthur Rosson with supervision from Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks. The film is now considered to be lost.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Walter Walker•Bessie Love
Mr. Fix-It (1918)
Mr. Fix-It is a 1918 American silent comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, and Wanda Hawley, directed by Allan Dwan.
Starring: Benita Hume•Merle Oberon•Jewel Carmen
Say! Young Fellow (1918)
Say! Young Fellow was a 1918 American silent romantic comedy film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky /Artcraft. The picture was directed by Joseph Henabery. The film is now considered lost.
Starring: Benita Hume•Merle Oberon•Walter Walker
Down to Earth (1917)
Down to Earth, also known as The Optimist, is a 1917 American comedy romance film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Eileen Percy, and directed by John Emerson. Most of the principal photography was filmed in Yosemite National Park.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Eileen Percy
In Again, Out Again (1917)
In Again, Out Again is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by John Emerson and written by Anita Loos. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Arline Pretty, Walter Walker, Arnold Lucy, Helen Greene, Homer Hunt, and Albert Parker. The film was released on April 30, 1917, by Artcraft Pictures.
Starring: Merle Oberon•George Beranger•Edythe Chapman
The Man from Painted Post (1917)
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American Western drama film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks. The scenario by Fairbanks is based on a short story Silver Slippers by Jackson Gregory. Joseph Henabery is the official director, with probably a lot of input by Fairbanks himself, and future director Victor Fleming is the cinematographer. A ...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Walter Walker•Eileen Percy
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
A Modern Musketeer is a 1917 American silent adventure comedy film directed and written by Allan Dwan. Based on the short story, "D'Artagnan of Kansas" by E. P. Lyle, Jr., the film was produced by and stars Douglas Fairbanks. A now complete and restored print of the film still exists and is currently in the public domain.
Starring: Benita Hume•Merle Oberon
Reaching for the Moon (1917)
Reaching for the Moon is a 1917 American silent adventure film directed by John Emerson and written by John Emerson, Joseph Henabery, and Anita Loos. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Richard Henry Cummings, Millard Webb, Eugene Ormonde, and Frank Campeau. The film was released on November 17, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. It has been ...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Eileen Percy
Wild and Woolly (1917)
Wild and Woolly is a 1917 American silent Western comedy film which tells the story of one man's personal odyssey from cowboy-obsessed Easterner to Western tough guy. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Walter Bytell and Sam De Grasse. The film was adapted by Anita Loos from a story by Horace B. Carpenter and was directed by John Emerson.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Eileen Percy
American Aristocracy (1916)
American Aristocracy is a 1916 American silent adventure/comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas Fairbanks. A 35mm print of the film is preserved at the George Eastman House and is currently in the public domain.
Starring: Merle Oberon•William Wellman
The Americano (1916)
The Americano is a 1916 American silent adventure / romantic comedy film directed by John Emerson and stars Douglas Fairbanks in his last production for Triangle Film Corporation. Based on the novel Blaze Derringer, by Eugene P. Lyle, Jr., the scenario was written by John Emerson and Anita Loos who also wrote the film's intertitles. The film was re...
Starring: Katherine MacDonald•Merle Oberon•Kathleen Clifford
Flirting with Fate (1916)
Flirting with Fate is a 1916 American film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It was produced by the Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation.
Starring: Merle Oberon•William Wellman•George Beranger
The Good Bad-Man (1916)
The Good Bad-Man is a 1916 American silent Western film directed by Allan Dwan. The film was written by Douglas Fairbanks, and produced by Fairbanks and the Fine Arts Film Company. It stars Fairbanks and Bessie Love.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Bessie Love
The Habit of Happiness (1916)
The Habit of Happiness is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and filmed by cinematographer Victor Fleming. The film was written by Allan Dwan and Shannon Fife from a suggestion by D. W. Griffith and stars Douglas Fairbanks. A 16mm print of the film is preserved in a private collection.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Sam De Grasse
The Half-Breed (1916)
The Half-Breed is a 1916 film directed by Allan Dwan. It stars Douglas Fairbanks as Lo Dorman a man competing for the love of the local preacher's daughter with the local sheriff. The audience, however, are informed that Sheriff Dunn is actually Lo's father.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Bessie Love•Kathleen Clifford
His Picture in the Papers (1916)
His Picture in the Papers is a 1916 American silent comedy film written and directed by John Emerson. Anita Loos also wrote the film's scenario. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks and Loretta Blake and features Erich von Stroheim in a minor role.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Loretta Blake
Manhattan Madness (1916)
Manhattan Madness is a 1916 silent film comedy directed by Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It was produced by Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation.
Starring: Merle Oberon•William Wellman•George Beranger
Reggie Mixes In (1916)
Reggie Mixes In, also known as Facing the Music, is an American 1916 silent action/comedy-drama film starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Christy Cabanne. The film was produced by Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. The film is extant and in the public domain.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Bessie Love
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish is a 1916 American short silent comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, and Alma Rubens. Directed by John Emerson, the story was written by Tod Browning with intertitles by Anita Loos.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Bessie Love•Kathleen Clifford
Double Trouble (1915)
Double Trouble is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film written and directed by Christy Cabanne, produced by D.W. Griffith, and starring Douglas Fairbanks in one of his earliest motion pictures. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Herbert Quick. The plot, a variant on the theme of Jekyll and Hyde, revolves around a very shy, "e...
Starring: Merle Oberon•Margery Wilson