When the clouds roll by

By far the best of the action-filled frolics that made Douglas Fairbanks, popular before his swash-buckling period, this film pokes fun at psychiatry in a manner that is still modern. Full of comedy and thrills and dominated by Fairbanks’ breezy personality, we see the star in some truly astounding acrobatics.

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Credits

production company

Sterling Educational Films

co-producer

Paul Killiam

Saul J. Turell

Duration

00:25:47:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1959

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011875

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - United States

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture producers and directors - United States

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Production and direction - United States

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - United States - History

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Stunt men and women

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1959

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