Signed Promotional Photograph in costume for "The Exile"

Universal Pictures promotional photograph of the American actor in costume for his role as Charles Stuart in the 1947 adventure film The Exile.  Fairbanks, who is best known for his performances in Gunga Din, The Prisoner of Zenda, and Sinbad the Sailor, has signed his name in bright green ink.  Light wear to lower corners and upper right margin, overall in fine condition.  8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.).

Fairbanks had been interested in making a swashbuckler as a tribute to his father, the great movie star Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., since at least 1941.  "When people ask me if I'm following in my father's footsteps, I tell them his footsteps were so light they didn't leave a trace," Fairbanks once said. "The proof of it is that his pictures were so carefully tailored to him that no remakes by others have ever been entirely successful.  Still I find myself drifting back to the kind of roles he played – by public demand, as it were... However my stunting is more of a piece de resistance than the thing itself, if you get what I mean."

From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. (21042)

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Signed Photograph

Film

Theater

$275.00

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