Letitia Fairbanks' "Princess April Morning-Glory"

United Artists founded - February 5th 1919

Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks & D.W. Griffith

The first of the big four to leave, D.W. Griffith around 1924, Douglas Fairbanks passed in 1939, Charlie Chaplin sold his 20% in 1955 for $1.1 million, followed about a year later - Mary Pickford 20% she got 3 million.

Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks Jr, circa 1918.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr  born December 9th 1909 - 107 years ago. 

Douglas Jr the son (and only child), of silent film legend Douglas Fairbanks.

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Douglas Fairbanks - In remembrance

May 23rd 1883 - December 12th 1939

The last time Charlie Chaplin saw him was November 15th 1939. Charlie was in the middle of making “The Great Dictator”, Doug came to the set.

“He laughed uproariously during the taking of one our scenes. “I can’t wait to see it,’ he said

Doug died in his sleep less than a month later, at the age of 56. His son Douglas Fairbanks Jr called Charlie to let him know. 

Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin met in 1916, Charlie considered Doug the only true friend he had in Hollywood.

This is what Charlie said about Doug in his autobiography released in 1964:

This extraordinary silent footage housed at the Blackhawk Films Collection housed at the Academy Film Archive provides a look at the spectacular 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. An almost year-long celebration staged in San Francisco, California, the Expo celebrated the completion of the decade-long construction of the Panama Canal.

The City by the Bay embraced the opportunity to rebuild its community following a devastating and destructive earthquake that fell on its citizens’ shoulders in 1906. The Expo took three years to construct and opened to great fanfare on February 20, 1915. The fair housed many international pavilions and stretched 635 acres on the north end of the city between Van Ness and the Presidio. Of the dozens of structures that were built for the fair, only the Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District survives.

This highlight footage is a wonderful record of the exquisite courtyards, towers and entertainment that a patron attending the fair could experience. The worldwide attention that the fair received helped to reinvigorate the morale, industry and commerce of the city of San Francisco.