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Article: DVD; VIEWS; Fairbanks wields a swift sword.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- June 18, 2002
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Byline: Randy A. Salas; Staff Writer
That sly smile, those effortless acrobatics, the masterful swordplay - all defined the swashbuckling heroes played by the inimitable early-film legend Douglas Fairbanks.
"There was never anybody in his league, as far as we were concerned," said director Orson Welles, who grew up idolizing Fairbanks - as did, he noted, his friend Laurence Olivier. Fairbanks "had something that nobody ever equaled - a kind of charm, a kind of dash, a sort of innocent arrogance that has never been seen since on the screen."
Welles' 12-minute tribute, taken from his 1971 TV series "The Silent Years," is among the supplements on ...
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