Wednesday, May 23, 2007

One of the First Superstars

On this day in 1883 Douglas Fairbanks (Douglas Elton Ulman) was born. The actor starred in The Americano, He Comes Up Smiling, The Mollycoddle, The Mark of Zorro, The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, The Thief of Bagdad, The Black Pirate, and The Gaucho. He later formed United Artists with D.W. Griffith & Charlie Chaplin. He died Dec 12, 1939.

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