After years as a celebrated screen comedian, douglas fairbanks found even greater success during the 1920s in:

Douglas Fairbanks often portrayed characters who were swashbucklers, most memorably in movies like Zorro and Robin Hook. Swashbuckler movies are action films that include scenes of sword-fighting involving swashbucklers who are regarded as the hero in the movie. These movies are usually centered around historical occurrences, but feature a heroic and villain conflict that is fought out through a code of honor.