This is an autobiography of the crown prince of American cinema, son of the disputed king of the silver screen, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. The relationship of father and son looms large in the book for the book ends in 1940 shortly after Fairbank Senior's death.

THE SALAD DAYS:  AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY [LARGE PRINT]

Biographies & Memoirs

Fairbanks, Douglas

Arts & Literature

Collins

It was just six weeks before Pearl Harbor, and the star of Gunga Din and The Prisoner of Zenda, now a newly commissioned lieutenant, began his naval service, leaving behind his wife and baby daughter, as well as a prospering movie career. Unlike so many Hollywood heroes who never heard a shot fired, Fairbanks spent most of his time in harm's way, including gruelling experiences aboard a destroyer in the North Atlantic, followed by combat in parts of the European Theater. Towering figures - FDR, General Patton, King George VI, Marshal Tito, the Mountbattens - play significant roles in this fast-paced, enthralling story. And there were lighter moments as well, notably in wartime London, where falling bombs took second place to frolics with old friends like Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Noel Coward, and David Niven. A Hell of a War colorfully ends with the return of the sailor to his wife and two daughters, Daphne and Victoria, to their California home, and their bizarre reception by the motion picture community, including Cary Grant, Barbara Hutton, and Fairbank's first wife, Joan Crawford: a fitting Hollywood finale to four years crammed with enough adventures to leave a screenwriter delightfully dizzy.

A Hell of a War

St Martins Pr

Laugh and Live

Self-Help

Happiness

BiblioLife

Laugh and Live (The Bestsellers of 1917 Series)

Literature & Fiction

Classic Books

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Kessinger Publishing

A Joss Recording  Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin were the film industry's first superstars. They enjoyed fame and fortune worldwide. LAUGH AND LIVE, Fairbank's autobiography, recounts these times. It stayed on the bestseller lists for two years after its 1917 publication.  Fairbanks writes that "happiness is for all who strive to be happy--and those who laugh are happy. Laughter is a physiological necessity. The nerve system requires it . . . laughing automatically re-oxygenates the blood. . .and relieves the tension from your brain."  "The benefits of laughter decades before Norman Cousins!" (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)

Laugh And Live

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

Laugh And Live: Library Edition

A Hell of a War (Curley Large Print Books)

The sequel to Douglas Fairbanks's autobiography, The Salad  Days, traces the actor's World War II experiences, when he served  aboard a destroyer in the thick of the naval battle for the North  Atlantic.

Chivers North Amer

It was just six weeks before Pearl Harbor, and the star of Gunga Din and The Prisoner of Zenda, now a newly commissioned lieutenant, began his naval service, leaving behind his wife and baby daughter, as well as a prospering movie career.Unlike so many Hollywood heroes who never heard a shot fired, Fairbanks spent most of his time in harm's way, including gruelling experiences aboard a destroyer in the North Atlantic, followed by combat in parts of the European Theater. Towering figures - FDR, General Patton, King George VI, Marshal Tito, the Mountbattens - play significant roles in this fast-paced, enthralling story.And there were lighter moments as well, notably in wartime London, where falling bombs took second place to frolics with old friends like Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Noel Coward, and David Niven.A Hell of a War colorfully ends with the return of the sailor to his wife and two daughters, Daphne and Victoria, to their California home, and their bizarre reception by the motion picture community, including Cary Grant, Barbara Hutton, and Fairbank's first wife, Joan Crawford: a fitting Hollywood finale to four years crammed with enough adventures to leave a screenwriter delightfully dizzy.

Hell of a War

Robson Books

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