Douglas Fairbanks Movies

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)...

American mining engineer Blaze Derringer travels to the fictional South American country of Paragonia to reopen local mines. Upon arrival, he finds...

A dramatization of the 1836 Texas Revolution, focusing on the buildup, the siege of Béxar, the defense of the Alamo by 185 Texans against...

A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-seeking, but his country needs him when a revolt...

African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of...

The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and...

A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey,...

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have...

Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one...

The true story of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide fame came from the portrayal of women. His...

This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen...

A young Soviet woman dreams of meeting her idols Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford while they're on holiday in Moscow.

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.

A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,”...

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site,...

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world – that is, until he becomes the...

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while...