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Douglas Fairbanks

@douglasfairbanks

American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939)

Building United Artists as Founder · United States

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Key facts

Lived
1883–1939
Educated at
Harvard University · East High School

About

Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939) was a screenwriter and film director. They were born in Denver. They studied at Harvard University.

In context

United Artists was founded in 1919 and closed in 2019, after 100 years. Among the 6 other film industry companies founded in the 1910s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 23 years, so this one outlasted most of them.

Named alongside

At Advanced Scanners, Inc.

At VISIE Inc.

Contribution

Douglas's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.

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