DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR
Black and white publicity photograph of an older Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr. wearing a suit and tie.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Philip/Whose muted sounds/and
lack of fury/have signified a/great deal for/his grateful/victim./Douglas
Fairbanks Jr.". B/w, 8x10. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000), the son of
the dashing actor of the 1920s and Anna Beth Sully, the daughter of an
industrialist, was raised by his mother after his parents' divorce in 1918. At
the age of 13, he starred in Lasky's Stephen Steps Out, an unsuccessful
attempt to exploit the Fairbanks name. Although the younger Fairbanks, a
movie producer as well as an actor, appeared in some 75 films, his father
took little interest in his son's career, and the two did not become close
friends until the early 1930s. His feature films included Stella Dallas
(1926), Little Caesar (1930), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937),
Gunga Din (1939) and Sinbad the Sailor (1947), and Fairbanks also
appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies and hosted the anthology series,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (1952-1955). In the 1930s, he was
married to actress Joan Crawford. Lightly creased. Pinhead sized chip in
center right background. Otherwise, fine condition.
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