Fairbanks’ former three-bedroom at 575 Park Ave. — where he entertained Sir Laurence Olivier and the Duke of Wellington — is looking for a new set of owners.

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.

Fairbanks appealed to audiences, says Brownlow, because “he’s so self-deprecating and still so amazingly skillful as an athlete. He knows he can’t act, is extremely endearing, and he makes ...

If you can forgive that, then let me tell you that Douglas Fairbanks was one of Hollywood’s earliest superstars. He came to California in 1915, a successful stage actor lured by the outscale ...

Lt. Cmdr. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Capt. Henry C. Johnson and Lt. Cmdr. John D. Bulkeley (commander of the Special Operations Group's Eastern Diversionary Unit, commander of CTG 80.4 and the ...

But there was a much earlier generation of movie stars who did it all—one of them was Douglas Fairbanks. Tracey Goessel is the author of a new Fairbanks biography, “The First King of Hollywood.” “So ...

Fairbanks Ranch carries a certain cachet – and it should. The exclusive Southern California community takes its name from swashbuckling silent film star Douglas Fairbanks, who carved a place in ...

Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 81, married Home Shopping Network merchandiser Vera Shelton Friday. It was his third marriage. The couple exchanged vows in a 30-minute morning service at New York’s ...

Douglas Fairbanks was Hollywood’s first major action hero, best known for the costume epics that established him as the screen’s most dashing swashbuckler. But there was more to Fairbanks than ...

Built for Garbo and Fairbanks but Still Here. Lynn Kissel’s 1924 Kissel Speedster Was One of the More Glamorous Cars of the Jazz Age. By . ... Douglas Fairbanks and Greta Garbo.