Includes filmography (p. 323-353), bibliographical references (p. 341-353), and index.
English
A bad case of St. Vitus' dance -- The machine for escape -- Doug : hero and popular philosopher -- Pickfair -- United artists -- Making his mark : The mark of Zorro (1920) -- The great leap : The three musketeers (1921) -- Scaling the heights : Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922) -- Apogee : The thief of Bagdad (1924) -- The son also rises : Don Q son of Zorro (1925) and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. -- Derring-do : The black pirate (1926) -- Darkness falls : Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho (1927) -- Hail and farewell : The iron mask (1929) -- Sound and fury : Taming of the shrew (1929) and marital strife -- Sliding downhill