Douglas Fairbanks in 'The Thief of Baghdad.' Douglas Fairbanks in 'The Thief of Baghdad.'Mary Evans/Ronald Grant Archive/Everett Collection Of all the swashbucklers featuring the swinging king of the ...

The Thief of Bagdad. Going through miles and miles of glowing pictures in an art museum gets to be rather wearisome, unless someone is thrown out of the galleries. So boredom sets in eventually as ...

He was the Harrison Ford of his time—an action hero who first entertained movie audiences with thrilling adventures and feats of derring-do. He was silent screen idol Douglas Fairbanks Sr., whose best ...

Ahmed: I am not a prince. I am less than the slave who serves you-a wretched outcast-a thief. What I wanted, I took. I wanted you-I tried to take you-But when I held you in my arms-the very world did ...