Douglas Fairbanks Documentary Pt. 1 - Early Years

[TheTattertime]

My fiance just proposed to me at Douglas Fairbanks's grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery... Fascinating to watch this and learn more about him.

[FairbanksMuseum]

@TheTattertime -- Oh my! What an interesting place to propose! That's a beautiful story.:)

May your union be blessed with plenty of buckles to swash always and best of luck to you lovebirds!!

[nayr199698]

I'm related to him which is weird but interesting at the same time

[GusF]

Edwin Booth was John Wilkes Booth's older brother.

[GusF]

Edwin Booth was John Wilkes Booth's older brother.

[GusF]

Edwin Booth was John Wilkes Booth's older brother.

[GusF]

Edwin Booth was John Wilkes Booth's older brother.

[35westst]

You are very kind to offer such a detailed description of the situation. My concern is of course for Mr. Fairbanks, so that more people would come to know of this truly great man. Not just a movie man, but a real life leader of men. Have you read some of his books? Marvlous. And they wer not "ghosted" he was a fine writer, his inspriing advices are as good today as they were 100 years ago, it's been that long! I hope the lady with the microhone problems did not charge you too much. Her error!

[tubeindividual]

Yes it's an amateur production, and a boom microphone is not available, but use of the "on camera" microphone seems not to have been a good idea. The lady from the museu, Mrs. Leigh, it's very hard to hear what she is saying what with that echo. It sounds as if she is 20 feet away, which most certainly she was - from the microphone. Poss to perhaps go back and dub it in? Up to you.

[FairbanksMuseum]

I distinctly recall that when the producer of this documentary came here from Los Angeles to film the museum segment, she was having problems with her sound equipment. Apparently while conducting the interview with Sparrow Morgan at Fairbanks' grave, a gust of wind suddenly came along and blew her boom mic over, breaking it! She got it out of the shop just in time before her trip to Austin, but alas, upon arrival, discovered that the mic still wasn't fixed. So that's why it sounds as it does.

[FairbanksMuseum]

The first day of interviews, we tried to make do with the producer's in-camera mic, but the echo in the room created problems. So she rented a mic locally to finish the production with. You'll notice that the sound quality of museum curator interviews improves dramatically in parts 4-9 of this documentary, once Ms. Stevenson got the mic issue fixed - although I wish she would not have used the footage with poor sound in the final cut of the film. Probably should have re-cut it or left it out.

[TaraMoriah]

I love it! Thankyou for sharing it.

[dcstarr76]

Great video! I'm looking forward to reading your book on DFJR. I live in the Houston area and look forward to the re-opening of the museum!