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Douglas Fairbanks

April 18, 2024 By anita

The Black Pirate

“This is in. It has Doug,” trumpeted Film Daily in March 1926, “its pirates are as terrible as anyone ever pictured and it is the finest specimen of the all-color feature yet produced.” Which is pretty much all you needed to know to get you to the box office to see The Black Pirate: a star (the … [Read more...] about The Black Pirate

Filed Under: Essay Tagged With: Douglas Fairbanks, Festival 2024

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