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Silent Screen Legend Has a New Home in Gonzales
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (Left) in his final film, "The Private Life of Don Juan" (1934) SILENT SCREEN LEGEND HAS NEW HOME IN GONZALES The Gonzales Cannon January 22, 2010 The city of Gonzales is known...
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Museum Postpones Mar. 1 Grand Re-Opening
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEB. 15, 2010 CONTACT: THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM KERI LEIGH, CURATOR PHONE: 830-444-0523 EMAIL: DouglasFairbanksMuseum@gmail.com WEB: http://DouglasFairbanks.org...
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Planned Museum Faces New Problems
Planned museum faces new problems The Gonzales Inquirer February 16, 2010 For Keri Leigh and Greg Jackson, moving to Gonzales seemed to be the answer to their life-long dream of permanently locating...
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Museum Building Infested With Mold
1890s vintage residence housing the museum in Gonzales, TX FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAR. 1, 2010 CONTACT: THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM PHONE: (830) 444-0523 MUSEUM’S NEW BUILDING INFESTED WITH MOLD On...
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Museum Moves Out of Moldy Building
Mold found growing on a water damaged support beam beneath the museum's floor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAR. 7, 2010 CONTACT: THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM PHONE: (830) 444-0523 MUSEUM MOVES OUT OF MOLDY...
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Happy Birthday Doug!
On May 23, 1883, a ray of Colorado sunshine was born in Denver. He grew up to become our swashbuckling hero of the silent silver screen and everyone’s favorite all-American boy! Happy Birthday, Mr....
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Former Fairbanks Home Sells for $6.8 Million
Doug Fairbanks' Santa Monica beach house The 1922 house has ocean views and is nestled in Santa Monica’s ritzy Gold Coast area. The former Santa Monica beach house of silent film star Douglas...
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Fairbanks Productions Carries On Family Film Tradition
Dominick Fairbanks, grandson of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., great-grandson of Fairbanks Sr. LONDON — A £75 million ($120 million) movie based on Baroness Orczy’s classic “The Scarlet Pimpernel” is front...
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Museum Consults on New History Channel Documentary
The Douglas Fairbanks Museum recently provided research materials to the History Channel for an upcoming documentary about the use of language in film. Vintage news articles from the museum’s...
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Museum Artifacts Stolen in Holiday Burglary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2011 CONTACT: THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS MUSEUM (830) 444-0523 Email Original 1926 photo from "The Black Pirate," stolen in Dec. 2010 burglary. BURGLARS NAB RARE FAIRBANKS...
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“The Mark of Zorro” Coming to the Long Center Jan. 30th
Douglas Fairbanks in "The Mark of Zorro," coming to Austin's Long Center for the Performing Arts ZORRO SLASHES INTO AUSTIN! Rick Benjamin’s PARAGON ORCHESTRA plays the original score to Douglas...
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February Features Fairbanks Films Every Week at the Silent Movie Theatre
Our sincere appreciation and thanks to the Cinefamily for featuring an entire month of Douglas Fairbanks’ classic films at the Silent Movie Theatre, a Los Angeles landmark.(611 N. Fairfax Ave.) All...
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Museum Reopening in May 2011
MUSEUM RE-OPENING ON SCHEDULE We are pleased to announce that the Douglas Fairbanks Museum will re-open to the public in May of 2011 as scheduled. Our doors will open Monday, May 23rd, on what would...
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Museum Celebrates Fairbanks’ 128th Birthday at Grand Reopening
MUSEUM RE-OPENS IN SPITE OF HARDSHIPS By Dr. Laura Murray, museum volunteer Despite of the national economic recession, a mold infestation in the museum’s former building, and a burglary that resulted...
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Fairbanks Estate Auction in NY Sept. 13
Douglas Fairbanks Sr.'s personal copy of "The Mark of Zorro," to be auctioned in New York next week. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. ESTATE AUCTION SEPT. 13th Doyle New York will hold a major auction of items...
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