Laugh and Live: The Films of Douglas Fairbanks

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Hear about the life of movie pioneer producer, writer, and swashbuckling star Douglas Fairbanks. He’s the subject of a new film retrospective at MoMA, "Laugh and Live: The Films of Douglas Fairbanks," Dec. 17 through Jan. 12; there’s also a new DVD set of his films just out from Flicker Alley. Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta are co-authors of the biography Douglas Fairbanks.

Event:
Jeffrey Vance is introducing a screening
of the newly restored 1928 Fairbanks film, "The Gaucho"
Wed. Dec. 17 at 6:00 PM at MoMA
As part of "Laugh and Live: The Films of Douglas Fairbanks"
Details from MoMA here

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