Charles Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. One hell of a photo

Well, I wouldn't have put my hand up there, not even in private.

Fairbanks was an exhibitionist who had a Nude Gymnasium at home.

Show people! Pffffffffffttttttt. Attention whores more like it.

everyone in that photo is a man

Was this early pron for gay men?

The faces of United Artists' new one-piece lace foundation garment. Zips up the back and no bone.

Public acrobatic fisting, was a beloved past time in those days.

As the doctor removed Fairbanks' forearm from Chaplin's anus, Chaplin stated "I accidentally sat on it. We have tons of witnesses, seriously!"

Four Minute Men. Propaganda to sell Liberty Bonds during WWI.

If I had lived back then, I definitely would have been a hatmaker. I would have been set for life.

[quote]Reportedly while walking down the Hollywood Boulevard one day, Charlie Chaplin saw a large poster in front of a movie theater that announced a new film comedy in which Douglas Fairbanks played.

[quote]There was a young man standing there, and Chaplin asked him:

[quote]- Hey, have you seen this movie?

[quote]- Of course! – the young stranger answered.

[quote]- Is it funny? – asked Chaplin.- What a stupid question. I died laughing. Fairbanks is the best.

[quote]- Is he good like Chaplin?

[quote]- Much better than that wretched Chaplin, for whom I only feel pity. – continued the young man.

[quote]- If so, let me introduce myself. I am Charlie Chaplin! – Chaplin angrily exclaimed.

[quote]- I am pleased to meet you. I am Douglas Fairbanks!

[quote]After this unusual acquaintance, Chaplin and Fairbanks became very good friends. During World War I, they teamed up with Mary Pickford and toured the country at rallies to help sell Liberty bonds to help finance the war effort. The two even decided to form their own motion picture studio together, along with Pickford and director D.W. Griffith. That studio, United Artists, in one form or another continued to exist to this very day (although the current United Artists is pretty much just connected by the name only)!

[quote]The duo remained friends, even when Fairbanks's movie career started to slide in the early 1930s. On December 12, 1939, at 56, Fairbanks had a heart attack in his sleep and died a day later at his home in Santa Monica. By some accounts he had been obsessively working out against medical advice, trying to regain his once-trim waistline. Fairbanks's famous last words were, "I've never felt better". His funeral service was held at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather Church in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery where he was placed in a crypt in the Great Mausoleum. He was deeply mourned and honored by his colleagues and fans for his contributions to the film industry and Hollywood. A monument was erected at the cemetery, and Charlie Chaplin read a rememberance of his friend in October of 1941 at its dedication. It has often been said that Chaplin never recovered completely after the death of his friend, but what is truly known about these two friends is they liked to work hard and play ever harder...

Was he a Jew?

[quote]in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery where he was placed in a crypt in the Great Mausoleum.

Wrong. Both Fairbanks Sr and Jr. are entombed at Hollywood Forever on Santa Monica Blvd.

R14 and whoever erroneously WW'd R14, when Fairbanks died in 1939, a funeral was held at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather chapel in Forest Lawn cemetery, his body was kept in a vault in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn while his memorial was being built and in 1941 his body was moved to what was then known as the Hollywood Cemetery. The author of the blog at R12 neglected to mention that his body was moved but the only thing they got wrong is the date, the memorial and the newly constructed monument was in May 1941, not October.

While Wikipedia shouldn't be used as a primary source for anything it's funny that you linked to an image from his Wikipedia entry but neglected to read it - his temporary entombment is mentioned in the section that talks about his death.

Below is the May 1941 LA Times article confirming everything.

I believe that photo is from Chaplin & Fairbank's War Bond promotion tour. This photo is from a rally held in front of Federal Hall on Wall Street

Federal Hall is a handsome building.

I'm surprised no one has yet decided to remove George Washington.

R16, You are correct

A lengthy video promoting the Second Liberty Loan Campaign featuring Miss Mary Pickford, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, Mr. Julian Eltinge, Mr. William S. Hart and Mr. Theodore Roberts in one of the segments

It’s astonishing to see how many people would gather for a public event pre-mass communications. This was likely one of the only chances the New York City public would ever get to see these stars live.

R20 There was likely an ad on radio or the local newspaper of the event and lots of word of mouth, which was how things were communicated back then.

Who buggered who?

So…Many…Hats.

In a way,, many Western men still wear hats. They're just not bowlers or fedoras or flat caps. My brothers and his bro friends are always sporting a baseball cap, especially when outdoors or out and about.

Shouldn't it be who buggered whom? Or is the second who a direct object rather than an indirect object and therefore correct?

[quote] Who buggered who?

The answer is obvious if one looks at the picture.

R25 I was thinking of typing whom. I don’t know 🤷‍♂️

Chaplin was rumored to have an enormous and girthy schwanz and knew how to use it mostly with underage girls, but he might have made an exception for the handsome Fairbanks or pigtailed Pickford.

R28 what about moi?

DF, Sr. showed off his butt in "The Half-Breed" (1916). Picture at link.

The people in the crowd look like soulless clones.

Doug Jr. at r29, you had your shot at getting with Clifton Webb when he made a pass at you when you were driving him to some Hollywood shindig way back in the day. Instead of letting Clifton fondle you while he had his hand on your leg, you laughed in his face and pissed him off. He demanded to be let out of your car and walked the rest of the way to the party. He didn't talk to you for years, but you two were finally reconciled much later on. (According to a not very well written autobiography by Doug Jr.)

Allegedly, there is an old, outrageous photo of a very important British politician who is leaning back, with his pants around his ankles, as a very prominent lady dignitary sucks his dick. In the background you can see a man jerking off as he is presumably waiting for the lady to service him. The man in the background is rumored to be our very own Doug Jr.

Link to outrageous photo please, R32.

Wasn't Doug jr rumored to be the headless man getting head from the douchesse of Argyll?

That is a sea of people in that photo...literally shoulder to shoulder.

Twitter back then.