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Small sized mahogany Douglas Fairbanks cigar box. Great colorful lithographed labels with a cameo portrait flanked by a movie camera and Fairbanks’ trade mark cowboy hat and gloves.

Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro.

An astute businessman, Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. Fairbanks was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. With his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became Hollywood royalty and Fairbanks was referred to as “The King of Hollywood”, a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable. His career rapidly declined with the advent of the “talkies”. His final film was The Private Life of Don Juan (1934).

A fun memento from the early years of Hollywood.

 

Date: 1920’s.

 

Size: 5 1/2″  x  4″  x  1 3/4″.

 

Condition: Typical wear and some losses to paper labels.

 

Price: $73

 

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