DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1941 - HFSID 28520

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR.
The actor signs this publicity photo from The Corsican Brothers
Inscribed Photograph signed: "To Phil Light/ from/ D. Fairbanks, Jr./ 1941". B/w, 7¼x9¼. A publicity photograph by Tom Evans from The Corsican Brothers, a 1941 film based on the Dumas père novel about "psychic" twins; one feels the pain and experiences the thoughts of the other. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. plays both Mario and Lucien, siblings separated at birth because of a long-standing feud between various factions of their family. One twin is raised to be evil, the other to be good. 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. Photographer's stamp on verso (no show through). Light surface creases and striations, most not evident head on and none touch signature. Creased. Worn corners. Tack hole at top edge background. Otherwise, fine condition.