Douglas Fairbanks, 1926 (colour litho)

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1883-1939); American actor, screenwriter and director; married to Mary Pickford, the couple became Hollywood royalty and Fairbanks was known as 'The King of Hollywood'; founding member of the Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscar ceremony in 1929; from the series of 'Straight Line' caricatures produced as cigarette cards by John Player & Sons; the golden age of cigarette cards was from the late 19th century until the Second World War and were immensely popular both as collector items and as a source of instruction, entertainment and amusement before the widespread use of television and radio;