Mary & Doug Travel to Russia
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Title
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Mary & Doug Travel to Russia
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Date
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1926-07 [filming]
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Description
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It begins with videos of the couple (Pickford and Fairbanks) in their train carriage as they travel to Moscow. It looks like it has been videoed by the other half.
Then it cuts and views crowds in Moscow then cuts showing Pickford and Fairbanks at a window waving to mass crowds who had come to see the pair. The video continues to show crowds swarming to see the couple and reaction shots of the two waving at the adoring crowds.
Glamorous outfits worn by Pickford are admired while many cameras video the couple as they sit with others.
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Scholarly Significance
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Admirers of the advanced state of Soviet filmmaking, particularly Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin, Doug and Mary extended their annual trip to Europe to visit Moscow in July, 1926.
Eisenstein was a great admirer of Douglas Fairbanks and in the 'Mask of Zorro'.
They were greeted by an outpouring of interest from fans they didn’t know they had. This shows the extent to their fame which had reached Russia.
Footage from the trip was made into 'A Kiss from Mary Pickford' by the Russian director Sergei Komarov.
The inside, enclosed videos of the couple become glimpses into their love, they look happy and comfortable with each other.
Fairbanks has gone to Russia in love of the new filmmaking methods. It shows his love for the film industry and his own personal aim to create new and inventive films.
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pg. 160 Fairbanks and Eisenstein
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Place
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Moscow
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Rights
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Mary Pickford Foundation
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Cataloguer
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Alex Bartholomew
