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Mary Pickford / Douglas Fairbanks Sr. 1921 signatures.....opinions?

How does this pairing look to folks?

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 23, 2021 at 8:44am

Anybody?  Nick, David, Joe W., KaiMi ,Eric, etc.?

Permalink Reply by KaiMi on December 23, 2021 at 9:14am

Absolutely yes from me. For both sigs.

Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 23, 2021 at 11:19am

I agree with KaiMi.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 23, 2021 at 11:20am

Lovely, and with a date and location!

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 23, 2021 at 11:32am

For what it is it has everything going for it. Very, very nice.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 23, 2021 at 11:35am

The OP was signed November 1921, Paris.

March 28, 1920: Mary and Douglas Fairbanks marry in an intimate ceremony at the Glendale, Calif. home of Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher. They move into a converted hunting lodge in Beverly Hills owned by Fairbanks, later to be dubbed ‘Pickfair.’

Mary and Doug embark on their European honeymoon, 1920June 1920: Joining fellow newlyweds Frances Marion and Fred Thomson on a European honeymoon, Mary and Doug visit cities such as London and Paris where they are swarmed by fans.

1921: Mary helps create the Motion Picture Relief Fund, a financial assistance fund for film industry employees in need. Joseph Schenck serves as president, and Mary is vice-president.

September 11, 1921: Mary makes cinematic history by portraying both a boy and his mother in Little Lord Fauntleroy, another commercially and critically successful dual role.

October 1, 1921: Mary, Doug, Charlotte, Gwynne and Doug’s brother Robert Fairbanks board the RMS Olympic [Titanic's nearly identican sister] in New York for a two-month tour of England, France, Italy and Algiers.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 23, 2021 at 11:38am

Now we have a story :)

Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 23, 2021 at 11:54am

Wow, good sleuthing, Eric!  Always great to have solid provenance!

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 23, 2021 at 11:57am

My pleasure. Added qualities = added interest/added value :)

Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 23, 2021 at 11:55am

Thanks, KaiMi, Joe W. & Eric!

Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 23, 2021 at 12:05pm

I showed this before, but this is pulled from the same old notebook (punchier image def. on this one that better captures the color of the actual paper) :

Permalink Reply by Nick Dimeo on December 23, 2021 at 1:18pm

Sorry I was snoozing, this is 100% authentic and very nice! I’m a huge Mary Pickford fan.

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