The Black Pirate

Douglas Fairbanks is in popular imagination often seen as a textbook example of a grand silent era star whose career came to an end because he couldn't have adapted to sound technology. In reality, Fairbanks' relative lack of success in the sound era had more to do with his declining health and age that had precluded him from starring in adventure films that had been his forte. When at the top of his game as a popul…