DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/05/1980 - HFSID 187114

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. sends a typed letter to a fan returning an album.
Typed Letter Signed: "Douglas Fairbanks Jr", 1p, 7¾x3½. No place, 1980 August 5. To Mr. Stanhope. In full: "Please forgive the delay in returning the ALBUM (not present) to you. I was in England when it arrived here, and have since been traveling abroad and have only just returned to the United States. Thank you again for asking me to inscribe it and I hope you will find what I have written satisfactory. Sincerely." 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 at lower left corner. Vertical fold at center, does not affect signature. Fine condition.