Here is another article from the dusty, moldy magazines of yore that illustrate how the silent movie actor Douglas Fairbanks (1883 – 1939) would, time and again, bite that hand that fed him so generously: attached is an example in which Douglas Rex points out the all-too predictable story lines of American silent movies.

Douglas Fairbanks on Screen WritingDouglas Fairbanksa rants about scenario writers 1918silent movie screenwriters cririsized 1918photoplay scenario writer article 1918Douglas Fairbanks rants on about silent movie screen writers 1918color picture of Silent movie star Douglas Fairbanks
















































