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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:10 Although I enjoyed fame, glory, and much more,
00:15 my name probably doesn't ring any bells to you today.
00:19 I represent a vague evocation of the distant silent film era.
00:23 I'm Douglas Fairbanks, and I embody the golden age of the cinema.
00:28 [MUSIC]
00:33 When I set foot here in 1915, there was nothing.
00:37 No Hollywood, no huge white letters on the hill have since become famous
00:42 the world over.
00:43 I started from scratch, and became one of the first film stars of this bygone era.
00:49 [MUSIC]
00:53 America crowned me king, king of Hollywood.
00:57 To picture how famous I was, think of the greatest star of the present day and
01:02 multiply their fame by 100 or 1,000.
01:06 That was me, Douglas Fairbanks in the 1920s.
01:10 Because I am Zorro, Robin Hood,
01:15 the Black Pirate,
01:19 the Thief of Baghdad, and Daltanyan.
01:26 I invented all of these heroes.
01:28 [MUSIC]
01:34 Behind your superheroes, fighting all manner of evil with their bare hands,
01:41 determined and defiant, you are also seeing me.
01:46 [MUSIC]
01:54 I created the first great independent studio, United Artists.
01:58 [MUSIC]
02:02 As well as the Academy Awards and their prestigious Oscars ceremony.
02:08 [MUSIC]
02:13 I am the image of America, the self-made man who
02:17 seduced the most famous woman in the world, Mary Pickford.
02:23 We're the royal couple that America never had.
02:27 My story is not only that of a fallen and forgotten silent film star, but
02:32 it's also, and most importantly, the story of the birth of Hollywood,
02:37 which begins with my own birth.
02:39 [MUSIC]
02:43 [BLANK_AUDIO]