Douglas Fairbanks came from Broadway to the movies in 1915 when high salaries were luring well-known stage actors to the new feature-length pictures. Although most of these performers failed to register on camera and returned to New York, Fairbanks quickly became a supernova. His energetic, optimistic character, his ingratiating smile, his graceful, acrobatic stunts (he did his own), clever writing, and accomplished staging rapidly made Fairbanks one of the most admired stars in the world. In 1917, Fairbanks established his own production company; in 1919, along with Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith, Fairbanks formed United Artists Corporation. Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer includes eleven of the joyful modern-dress comedies, westerns, satires, dream-fantasies and romances which, though mostly seldom-seen, made Fairbanks a tremendously popular hero. In addition to Fairbanks' unique talent, these ebullient films showcase his gifted collaborators including writer Anita Loos and directors Allan Dwan, Victor Fleming, and John Emerson. This 5-Disc DVD collection, produced by David Shepard and Jeffery Masino, includes the following films: The Triangle-Fine Arts productions HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS (1916), MYSTERY OF THE LEAPING FISH (1916), FLIRTING WITH FATE (1916), and THE MATRIMANIAC (1916); Three films producted by Fairbanks for Artcraft / Famous Players-Lasky Corp. WILD AND WOOLLY (1917) , REACHING FOR THE MOON (1917) and a new and complete restoration of A MODERN MUSKETEER (1917); Three films produced by Fairbanks for United Artists WHEN THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (1919), THE MOLLYCODDLE (1920), THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920), and THE NUT (1921). All of these films have been digitally mastered from 35mm or original-negative prints and feature engaging music scores created for these editions by Eric Beheim, Philip Carli, Frederick Hodges, Robert Israel (on a vintage Fotoplayer), Rodney Sauer, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, and Franklin Stover. Included in the set's bonus material are galleries of rare stills from Douglas Fairbanks' personal collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as an audio commentary on A Modern Musketeer and an extensive booklet essay by Tony Maietta and Jeffrey Vance, authors of the biography, Douglas Fairbanks (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences/University of California Press, 2008).