[Film Icons] [Chaplin, Charlie. (1889-1977)] Fairbanks, Douglas. (1883 - 1939)
Signed Photograph
Original 1919 sepia doubleweight photograph of Chaplin and his good friend Fairbanks, flanking William Morris, founder of the Morris Agency. All are smiling, with Chaplin in costume as his famous tramp. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to Morris: "To Bill From Doug[las Fairbanks]." Corners and top margin torn, not affecting.To avoid being controlled by the studios and to protect their independence, Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith formed United Artists in 1919, which created their own distributorships and gave them complete artistic control over their films and the profits generated. The company was kept solvent in the years immediately after its formation largely from the success of Fairbanks' films. In 1921, he, Pickford, Chaplin, and others, helped to organize the Motion Picture Fund to assist those in the industry who could not work, or were unable to meet their bills. (4426)
Signed Photograph Film