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Moving Picture World, 26-July-1919 |
Douglas Fairbanks was one of the biggest stars in the movies. VIPs who came to Hollywood wanted to meet him. Here Doug serenades America's ace of aces, Eddie Rickenbacker.
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Moving Picture World, 19-July-1919 |
Fairbanks was making a western. The cowboys put on a rodeo to honor Captain Eddie.
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Moving Picture World, 19-July-1919 |
The manager and owner of San Francisco's Rialto Theater visited Doug. The item mentions that Doug "was working on his first release for 'Big-4'." This had become a common term for United Artists, based on the combination of Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and DW Griffith.
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Moving Picture World, 26-July-1919 |
Doug had three units working on his first UA film,
His Majesty, the American.
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