The first king of Hollywood : the life of Douglas Fairbanks / Tracey Goessel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goessel, Tracey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939.

Fairbanks, Douglas.

Actors--United States--Biography.

Actors.

Motion picture producer and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producer and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (620 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The first truly definitive biography of Douglas Fairbanks, the greatest leading man of the silent film era"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Father of the Man; 2 The Heroine's Likable Younger Brother; 3 Stage Stardom; 4 Triangle (as in Company); 5 Mary and Charlie; 6 Triangle (as in Love); 7 Citizen Doug; 8 United; 9 Love and Marriage; 10 "Having Made Sure I Was Wrong, I Went Ahead"; 11 Prince of Thieves; 12 The Fairy Tale; 13 Buckling Down; 14 Death . . .; 15 . . . and Taxes; 16 Mischief and Music; 17 Around the World in Eighty Minutes; 18 Castaway; 19 "Felt Terribly Blue . . . Although I Was Laughing"; 20 A Living Death; Acknowledgments

FilmographyNotes; Bibliography; Index; Back Flip; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61373-405-0