After nearly a century of Oscars, the Academy is finally featuring a category recognizing stunts. Stunts have been uplifting cinema since the beginning. Death-defying performers like Tom Mix, Helen ...
Silent film icon Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (1883-1939) invented the swashbuckler. He was the first Zorro, “a joyous presence who took the standard matinee idol hero and set that model on its ear,” said ...
The films of Douglas Fairbanks. Those rare souls who know anything about Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., probably associate his name with amazing stunt work in silent films. He is indeed justly known for that ...