Douglas Fairbanks

18 films on Best Blurays11 in HD7 in SD

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. An astute businessman, Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. Fairbanks was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. With his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became Hollywood royalty with Fairbanks constantly referred to as "The King of Hollywood", a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable.

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Reaching for the Moon (1930)

Leading role · Director: Edmund Goulding

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo DVD, Mill Creek DVD, or Amazon SD Streaming

3.1

Robin Hood (1922)

Leading role · Director: Allan Dwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cohen Blu-ray?

The Iron Mask (1929)

Leading role · Director: Allan Dwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cohen Blu-ray

Video Notes:

"a full frame 35 mm fine grain positive was scanned at 4K at an historically appropriate 21 frames per second. Following this, more than 160 hours of digital clean up was completed at 2K"

3.5

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Leading role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

MoC Blu-ray > Cohen Blu-ray, same restoration but better encoding see DVDBeaver caps

3.8

The Three Musketeers (1921)

Leading role · Director: Fred Niblo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Sources: hometheaterforum.com (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray is a newer restoration than the previous Cohen one. From various review like Robert Harris and Damn Fool Crusade this new restoration is really good.

3.4

Double Trouble (1915)

Leading role · Director: Christy Cabanne

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)

Leading role · Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Video format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Various US DVDs

3.0

Mr. Fix-It (1918)

Leading role · Director: Allan Dwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

The Mark of Zorro (1920)

Leading role · Director: Fred Niblo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Flicker Alley Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer DVD

The Black Pirate (1926)

Leading role · Director: Albert Parker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cohen Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Cohen Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature Blu-ray is slightly better than 2010 Kino Lorber Blu-ray and potentially a different transfer, see comparison caps

3.5