Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

It's not a particularly great adaptation of the Peter Straub novel, but a fantastic cast.

Fred Astaire, Melvin Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Patricia Neal, and a young Alice Krieg.

Krieg? Krieg.

Two, the only movie that has ever gotten under my skin and truly scared me is Oculus from 2013.

There's a movie called Our Dancing Daughters, which is really the movie that made her stand out to people, made her sort of the Zendaya of her time.

known for her looks and her dancing at this point and then she meets douglas fairbanks jr and doug douglas fairbanks and mary pitford become her in-laws which must have i just i just you know maybe i should write a novel about that because she comes from basically nothing she's changed her name a couple times she's got incredible determination and a willingness to learn all about running a household, speaking other languages, just polishing herself.

And she marries, you know, the son of the most famous couple in Hollywood.

And her rise, I think the marriage didn't last, but I think she learned a lot from being around those types of people.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice, written by Benjamin Glazer, Joseph Jackson, and Herman J. Mankiewicz, based on the play by Kenyon Nicholson.

And that stars Milton Sills, Dorothy McHale, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Betty Compson, Sylvia Ashton, George Cooper, S.S. Simon, and Tom Dugan.

And that movie premiered in New York City on December 5th, 1928, and then opened on December 9th in the rest of the states.

So those are our three movies that we're talking about this week.

But when the kid and his wife make good, he goes back to his old life.

carnival life in Powell's content.

Dorothy McHale and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. give the best performances in both the silent and talking parts.

Betty Compson gives a fine interpretation of a carnival haystaker, but her voice is not quite up to the level above the two.

So from Joan Crawford's point of view, she had 15 years of grievances against Norma Shearer.

Another thing was socially, even after Joan Crawford married Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Which again, yes, I think they were in love, but she also thought it would elevate her to Hollywood royalty.

And what I write about is it didn't.

People still thought of her as, well, you're the commoner.

It's got a whole love story thing, and it's good.

It's got Alan Hill Sr. and Vincent Price and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and all these people.

It's from 1940, but it's crazy good to look at.

Awesome.

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That story aired August 18th, 1948.

[dramatic music] Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in The Silent Men.

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Now, here is Douglas Fairbanks.

Many people assume that the special agents of our federal government are concerned only with foreign intrigue, espionage, or international problems.

But this is not the case, for every citizen of this country, regardless of age or nationality, is under the constant protection and surveillance of The Silent Men.

Claire.

[dramatic music]

Budgeted quite tightly, meaning it has B-list stars, second leads.

It was meant to have Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and things, and it hasn't.

It's got Richard Durr, who's the lead, Barbara Rush, who's very good, who plays his love interest.

They're cheaper than stars.

I have a couple of locks hats.

The most recent, a Fairbanks trilby.

My favorite hat.

So this is personal.

There's a bit of me under that brim.

Martha, who designs men's hats at locks, describes the Fairbanks as a Goldilocks hat.

Just right.

It's a hat for everybody.