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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0617311674099
Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Flicker Alley
Manufacturer: Flicker Alley
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Flicker Alley
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 02, 2008
Running Time: 760 minutes
Sales Rank: 9638
Studio: Flicker Alley
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Product Description:
Douglas Fairbanks came from Broadway to the movies in 1915 when high salaries were luring well-known stage actors to the new feature-length pictures. Although most of these performers failed to register on camera and returned to New York, Fairbanks quickly became a supernova. His energetic, optimistic character, his ingratiating smile, his graceful, acrobatic stunts (he did his own), clever writing, and accomplished staging rapidly made Fairbanks one of the most admired stars in the world. In 1917, Fairbanks established his own production company. In 1919, together with Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith, Fairbanks formed United Artists Corporation. Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer includes eleven of the joyful modern-dress comedies, westerns, satires, dream-fantasies and romances which, though mostly seldom-seen, made Fairbanks a tremendously popular hero. In addition to Fairbanks' unique talent, these ebullient films showcase his gifted collaborators including writer Anita Loos and directors Allan Dwan, Victor Fleming, and John Emerson. This Five-Disc DVD collection, produced by David Shepard and Jeffery Masino, includes the following films: Four Triangle-Fine Arts films HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS (1916), THE MYSTERY OF THE LEAPING FISH (1916), FLIRTING WITH FATE (1916), and THE MATRIMANIAC (1916)Three Artcraft/Famous Players-Lasky Corp. films, produced by Fairbanks WILD AND WOOLLY (1917), REACHING FOR THE MOON (1917) and a new and complete restoration of A MODERN MUSKETEER (1917)Four United Artists films, produced by Fairbanks WHEN THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (1919), THE MOLLYCODDLE (1920), THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920), and THE NUT (1921) All of these films have been digitally mastered from 35mm or original-negative prints and feature engaging music scores created for these editions by Eric Beheim, Philip Carli, Frederick Hodges, Robert Israel (on a vintage Fotoplayer), Rodney Sauer, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, and Franklin Stover. Included in the set s bonus material are galleries of rare stills from Douglas Fairbanks' personal collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as an audio commentary on A Modern Musketeer and an extensive booklet essay by Tony Maietta and Jeffrey Vance, authors of the biography, Douglas Fairbanks (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences/University of California Press, 2008).
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Douglas Fairbanks A Modern Musketeer
Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer
I received this set this week and I can say that from what I have seen the transfers/restorations are good and the music fine on my computer. However, my review is linked to the actual discs. Three of these discs have compatability problems. Namely: Mollycoddle; A Modern Musketeer & Wild & Wolly. This is back to the old & similar problems in the diaper days of DVD when many discs would not play or only parts on many machines such as Pioneer ... Read More
Rating: - Absolutely Eye Opening.
For years we have only known the Douglas Fairbanks of the swashbucklers which has done this true pioneer of cinema a huge disservice. Some of it can be attributed to Doug himself who embraced his new swashbuckler image and wanted nothing to do with his contemporary comedy character. That combined with the virtual disappearance of almost all Artcraft Pictures allowed Doug's original persona to slip into oblivion. Now, thanks to David Shepard and Film Preservation Associates, we have the opportunity ... Read More
Rating: - Like buried treasure finally unearthed!
Receiving this very attractive 5-disc set really is like finding buried treasure of which perhaps only a small number of people were aware even existed. Although the name of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. is familiar to many, his fame in our day has focused only on his immensely successful and popular 1920s action-adventure dramas such as Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers and The Iron Mask. This is about to change, thanks to dedicated silent film producers like David Shepard, and Flicker Alley whose DVDs ... Read More
Rating: - A Revelation
Another stellar offering from David Shepard and Flicker Alley. What an age we live in, where more and more silent classics are available on DVD.
Rating: - I would pay full price for this, and did!
It's unjust to rate this set by cost alone. Is it comparatively more expensive than other DVD sets? Perhaps. Does it provide more entertainment pleasure than most DVD sets? For lovers of silent film and the incomparable Doug, absolutely yes.
Fairbanks' historical advanture films of the 1920s have been readily available since the late 1990s, thanks to the quality work of Kino. His earlier work has been less well-represented and accessible; when obtainable, his pre-1920 movies have been mastered ... Read More
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