This image of Douglas Fairbanks was part of a four photo sequence appearing in the March 10, 1918, Los Angeles Times. Under the headline,” Doug shows how to capture Hun,” Fairbanks posed with a U.S.

Can you honor someone against their will? Let’s start with the honor: In 1931, a bartender in Cuba invented a cocktail that they called the Douglas Fairbanks. It’s rye whiskey (or possibly gin, more ...

Decades before Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power and Johnny Depp became swashbuckling cinematic heroes, Douglas Fairbanks dashed across the screen with the greatest of athletic ease in such extravaganzas as ...

In December 1916 San Diegans came in droves to to be cast as extras in Douglas Fairbanks’ silent film, “The Americano,” filmed in part in Balboa Park from a scenario written by Anita Loos. The movie ...

Lobby card for "The Thief of Bagdad," starring Douglas Fairbanks and released in 1924. Young Fairbanks didn’t care, because he'd already been bitten by the acting bug as a student at a Denver drama ...

The late film idol Douglas Fairbanks Jr. brought Hollywood glamour to this Park Avenue residence. Now, his former home at the Beekman — where Fairbanks entertained Sir Laurence Olivier, Rex Harrison ...

Douglas Fairbanks became a star in comedies and Westerns between 1915 and 1919, but his legacy wasn't secured until the release of his first swashbuckler, 1920's The Mark Of Zorro. The movie was such ...