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54-785: In November 1945 Torney General Hospital was closed and the Federal Works Administration sold the site. The Torney General Hospital became the Palm Springs Desert Hospital and the Palm Springs Desert Medical Plaza . The hospital is now called the Desert Regional Medical Center. The El Mirador Tower is still a landmark at the entrance to the hospital. The El Mirador Hotel opened on December 31, 1927, as 20 acres Desert Resort. The hotel

108-399: A Hilton hotel and KMIR-TV NBC opened a studio there. In 1972 Desert Hospital next to the hotel purchased the hotel and expanded the hospital. Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed General Hospital located at 1150 N. Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. It opened in 1948 and is currently operated by Tenet Healthcare . It has an emergency room and a Level I trauma center that serves

162-778: A heart attack . He died later that day at his home in Santa Monica at the age of 56. His last words were reportedly, "I've never felt better." His funeral service was held at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather Church in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery where he was placed in a crypt in the Great Mausoleum. Two years following his death, his body was removed from Forest Lawn by his widow, Sylvia, who commissioned an elaborate marble monument for him featuring

216-443: A continuation high school. In addition, the district provides Preschools , Head Start programs, charter schools , and adult education . The district covers the following communities: Other unincorporated areas within the western Coachella Valley region are covered as well. opened in the 1980s. Had the second highest test scores of all Coachella Valley high schools in the 2000s and 2010–11. Originally K–12 grade school in

270-773: A few months after his death at the 12th Academy Awards , bestowed to him for his legendary career achievements in the development of motion pictures as the Academy's first president. In 1992, Fairbanks was portrayed by actor Kevin Kline in the film Chaplin . In 1998, a group of Fairbanks fans started the Douglas Fairbanks Museum in Austin, Texas. The museum building was temporarily closed for mold remediation and repairs in February 2010. In 2002, AMPAS opened

324-722: A founding member of United Artists as well as the Motion Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. Born in Denver , Colorado, Fairbanks started acting from an early age and established himself as an accomplished stage actor on Broadway by the late 1900s. He made his film debut in 1915 and quickly became one of the most popular and highest paid actors in Hollywood. In 1919, he co-founded United Artists alongside Charlie Chaplin , Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith . Fairbanks married Pickford in 1920 and

378-479: A golf course. El Mirador is Spanish for watchtower. The 120-acre golf course was California's first desert golf course. Stevens built the hotel at a cost of one million dollars. The good times at the hotel ended with the Wall Street Crash on October 24, 1929 . Stevens sold the hotel at loss for $ 300,000 in 1932. Purchased by bondholders Tony Burke and Frank Bogert, the new owners publicized Palm Springs and

432-687: A long rectangular reflecting pool, raised tomb, and classic Greek architecture in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. The monument was dedicated in a ceremony held in October 1941, with Fairbanks' close friend Charlie Chaplin reading a remembrance. The remains of his son, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , were also interred there upon his death in May 2000. Fairbanks became the first posthumous recipient of an Academy Honorary Award

486-406: A new tower that looks just like the original tower was built. Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman ; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films . One of the biggest stars of the silent era, Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He was also

540-503: A party in 1916, and the couple soon began an affair. In 1917, they joined Fairbanks's friend Charlie Chaplin selling war bonds by train across the United States and delivering pro-war speeches as Four Minute Men. Pickford and Chaplin were the two highest-paid film stars in Hollywood at that time. To curtail these stars' astronomical salaries, the large studios attempted to monopolize distributors and exhibitors. By 1918, Fairbanks

594-566: A scene from the Fairbanks version. While thanking the audience in 2012 for a Golden Globe award as Best Actor for his performance, actor Jean Dujardin added, "As Douglas Fairbanks would say", then moved his lips silently as a comedic homage. When Dujardin accepted the 2011 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role , Fairbanks was cited at length as the main inspiration for Dujardin's performance in The Artist . The Thief of Bagdad

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648-607: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard . While Fairbanks had flourished in the silent genre, the restrictions of early sound films dulled his enthusiasm for film-making. His athletic abilities and general health also began to decline at this time, in part due to his years of chain-smoking . On March 29, 1928, at Pickford's bungalow, United Artists brought together Pickford, Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin , Norma Talmadge , Gloria Swanson , John Barrymore , D. W. Griffith and Dolores del Río to speak on

702-417: A wealthy New Orleans sugar mill and plantation owner. The couple had a son, John, and shortly thereafter John Senior died of tuberculosis. Ella, born into a wealthy southern Roman Catholic family, was overprotected and knew little of her husband's business. Consequently, she was swindled out of her fortune by her husband's partners. Even the efforts of Charles Ullman, acting on her behalf, failed to regain any of

756-711: Is part of the Desert Care Network that includes: John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, California , Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree, California . Desert Care Network also includes: Medpost Urgent Care centers in Indio, La Quinta, California and Palm Desert, California and primary & specialty Care offices in the Coachella Valley. Desert Healthcare Park also called Wellness Park

810-580: The Coachella Valley , General Medicine Care and specialized care for: Digestive Disorders, Heart Care, Lab Services, Minimally Invasive Procedures, Rehabilitation Services, Respiratory, Weight Loss Surgery, Women's Health, Maternity and Neonatal intensive care unit . There are 300 physicians on staff covering over 40 different specialties. The medical offices there are called the Desert Regional Medical Center campus , and

864-646: The Italian Service Unit worked at the hospital. A Women's Army Corps Detachment also worked at the hospital. Units stationed at Torney General Hospital during World War II included: In 1951, the National Hotel Enterprises purchased the buildings not used for the Palm Springs Desert Hospital. National Hotel Enterprises modernized the hotel and it opened again on December 13, 1952. In the 1960s it became

918-619: The United States Navy and Army who served as the 21st Surgeon General of the United States Army . Torney General Hospital was used for general medicine, with specialized care for rheumatic fever, general surgery and orthopedic surgery. The hospital supported the Desert Training Center , other California training camps, and troops returning home from overseas. With a shortage of manpower, 250 men with

972-577: The "Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study" located at 333 S. La Cienega Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The building houses the Margaret Herrick Library. On November 6, 2008, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrated the publication of their "Academy Imprints" book on Douglas Fairbanks, authored by film historian Jeffrey Vance , with the screening of a new restoration print of The Gaucho with Vance introducing

1026-719: The 1920s and had the College of the Desert campus from 1958 to 1964. The PSUSD used to have 5 other public schools in Palm Springs and one other in Cathedral City. Until the 1950s, the PSUSD had separate school campuses for African-American , Latino , Asian-American and American Indian students when school segregation was then legal, then came the mandated policy of racial integration affected local schools. They were

1080-697: The 1920s on the city limits of Cathedral City, closed and moved to current site in the 1960s. The Smoke Tree school which faced the Walt Disney ranch and the Bob Hope and Elvis Presley residences closed in the 1960s. The Frances Stevens school now the Palm Springs Theatre. The Harry Oliver school became the Palm Springs Community School run by Riverside County Department of Education. The Ramon School now

1134-543: The Academy's efforts, the Museum of Modern of Art held their first Fairbanks film retrospective in over six decades, titled "Laugh and Live: The Films of Douglas Fairbanks" which ran from December 17, 2008, to January 12, 2009. Vance opened the retrospective with a lecture and screening of the restoration print of The Gaucho . Recently, due to his involvement with the USC Fencing Club , a bronze statue of Fairbanks

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1188-775: The El Camino, Harry Oliver, Mount San Jacinto and Palm Valley schools in the Section 14 neighborhood, inside the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. 4 out of the 28 schools in the District reside on The Agua Caliente Indian Reservation Cathedral City High School , Vista Del Monte Elementary School, James Workman Middle School and Rancho Mirage High School reside on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation . Local celebrities and billionaires like Walter Annenberg and Frank Sinatra boosted public schools in

1242-657: The Pickfair estate. Fairbanks and Ashley were married in Paris in March 1936. He continued to be marginally involved in the film industry and United Artists, but his later years lacked the intense focus of his film years. His health continued to decline. During his final years, he lived at 705 Ocean Front (now Palisades Beach Road) in Santa Monica, California, although much of his time was spent traveling abroad with his third wife, Lady Ashley. On December 12, 1939, Fairbanks suffered

1296-576: The Shrew (1929). This film, and his subsequent sound films, were poorly received by Depression -era audiences. The last film in which he acted was the British production The Private Life of Don Juan (1934), after which he retired from acting. Fairbanks and Pickford separated in 1933, after he began an affair with Sylvia, Lady Ashley . Pickford had also been seen in the company of a high-profile industrialist. They divorced in 1936, with Pickford keeping

1350-674: The St. Theresa's Catholic school. The relocated El Camino Continuation High School, on Demuth Park (the park and school's original site was on west Ramon and south Palm Canyon Dr.) in the late 1970s, on the PSHS site in the early 1980s, then became the Esperanza High School for teenage mothers in 1986, then closed in the early 1990s. And the Mount San Jacinto School, later a special-day studies school on Section 14,

1404-494: The assistant stage manager in his second year with the group. After two years he moved to New York, where he found his first Broadway role in Her Lord and Master , which premiered in February 1902. He worked in a hardware store and as a clerk in a Wall Street office between acting jobs. His Broadway appearances included the popular A Gentleman from Mississippi in 1908–09. On July 11, 1907, Fairbanks married Anna Beth Sully,

1458-540: The athletic abilities that would gain him wide attention among theatre audiences. His athleticism was not appreciated by Griffith, however, and he was brought to the attention of Anita Loos and John Emerson , who wrote and directed many of his early romantic comedies. In 1916, Fairbanks established his own company, the Douglas Fairbanks Film Corporation, and would soon get a job at Paramount . Fairbanks met actress Mary Pickford at

1512-411: The celebrated couple were regarded as "Hollywood Royalty" and became famous for entertaining at " Pickfair ", their Beverly Hills estate. By 1920, Fairbanks had completed 29 films (28 features and one two-reel short), which showcased his ebullient screen persona and athletic ability. By 1920, he had the inspiration of staging a new type of adventure-costume picture, a genre that was then out of favor with

1566-461: The city and desert, whom also personally fought against racial and ethnic segregation of public schools. At the time, even American Jewish and American Catholic students would choose church-run and religious day schools over public ones, until the end of WWII when their parents were comfortable sending them to secular public schools. By the start of the 1960s, the PSUSD was integrated of all races and creeds. The (later private) Palm Valley School in

1620-463: The classic comedy Blazing Saddles , Harvey Korman 's villain character sees Fairbanks's prints at Grauman's and exclaims, "How did he do such fantastic stunts ... with such little feet?") Fairbanks was elected first President of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences that same year, and presented the first Academy Awards at the Roosevelt Hotel . Today, Fairbanks also has

1674-561: The couple came to be regarded as "Hollywood royalty". Primarily a comedic actor early in his career, he moved into the adventure genre with the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and found further success in films including Robin Hood (1922) and The Thief of Bagdad (1924). Fairbanks' career rapidly declined with the advent of the " talkies " in the late 1920s. His final film was The Private Life of Don Juan (1934), after which he retired from acting but continued to be marginally involved in

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1728-461: The daughter of wealthy industrialist Daniel J. Sully , in Watch Hill, Rhode Island . They had one son, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , also a noted actor. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1915. After moving to Los Angeles, Fairbanks signed a contract with Triangle Pictures in 1915 and began working under the supervision of D. W. Griffith . His first film was titled The Lamb , in which he debuted

1782-520: The dispute was not settled until 1922. Even though the lawmakers objected to the marriage, the public widely supported the idea of "Everybody's Hero" marrying "America's Sweetheart". That enthusiasm, in fact, extended far beyond the borders of the United States. Later, while honeymooning in Europe, Fairbanks and Pickford were warmly greeted by large crowds in London and Paris. Both internationally and at home,

1836-548: The eastern half. Administrative offices are located in Palm Springs . The PSUSD was established in 1958 from the Palm Springs Public Schools, later included Palm Springs High School in the 1960s. PSUSD employs more than 2000 administrators, certificated staff and classified staff. More than 23,000 students are enrolled in sixteen elementary schools , five middle schools , four high schools and

1890-499: The eponymous film. Palm Springs Unified School District The Palm Springs Unified School District , or PSUSD , is one of three public education governing bodies in the Coachella Valley desert region of Southern California . PSUSD governs the western half of the valley; the Coachella Valley Unified School District and Desert Sands Unified School District oversee communities in

1944-482: The family fortune for her. Distraught and lonely, she met and married a courtly Georgian, Edward Wilcox, who turned out to be an alcoholic. After they had another son, Norris, she divorced Wilcox, with Charles acting as her own lawyer in the suit. She soon became romantically involved with Charles and agreed to move to Denver with him to pursue mining investments. They arrived in Denver in 1881 with her son John. (Norris

1998-495: The family name Fairbanks, after her first husband. Fairbanks was a Freemason , having been initiated at Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528. Douglas Fairbanks began acting at an early age, in amateur theatre on the Denver stage, performing in summer stock at the Elitch Theatre , and other productions sponsored by Margaret Fealy, who ran an acting school for young people in Denver. He attended Denver East High School , and

2052-420: The film industry and United Artists. He died in 1939 at the age of 56. Fairbanks was born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman (spelled "Ulman" by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in his memoirs) in Denver, Colorado . His parents were Hezekiah Charles Ullman and Ella Adelaide (née Marsh) Ullman. He had two half-brothers, John Fairbanks Jr. and Norris Wilcox, and a full brother, Robert Payne Ullman. His father, known as Charles,

2106-405: The film. The following year, opening on January 24, 2009, AMPAS mounted a major Fairbanks exhibition at its Fourth Floor Gallery, titled "Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood". The exhibit featured costumes, props, pictures and documents from his career and personal life. In addition to the exhibit, AMPAS screened The Thief of Bagdad and The Iron Mask in March 2009. Concurrently with

2160-484: The former Torney General Hospital land. It is located at 700 Tamarisk Road. The El Mirador Tower is a Moroccan-Spanish style landmark in Palm Springs since the hotel was built in 1927. In the early days the El Mirador Tower had a broadcast radio studio – some Amos 'n' Andy shows were done in the tower. The original tower was destroyed on July 25, 1989, in a fire that started just after midnight. In 1991

2214-641: The hotel as an international playground. The Amos 'n' Andy show was broadcast from the hotel in the early 1930s. The US Army purchased the El Mirador Hotel in July 1942 and rebuilt the 139-acre complex as a 1600-bed general hospital. A year later, in 1943, the Army transferred the hospital to the Army Air Forces . Torney General Hospital was named after George H. Torney (1850–1913), physician in

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2268-692: The public; Fairbanks had been a comic in his previous films. In The Mark of Zorro , Fairbanks combined his appealing screen persona with the new adventurous costume element. It was a smash success and parlayed the actor into the rank of superstar . For the remainder of his career in silent films, he continued to produce and star in ever more elaborate, impressive costume films, such as, The Three Musketeers (1921), Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924), The Black Pirate (1926), and The Gaucho (1927). Fairbanks spared no expense and effort in these films, which established

2322-497: The radio show The Dodge Brothers Hour to prove Fairbanks could meet the challenge of talking movies. Fairbanks's last silent film was the lavish The Iron Mask (1929), a sequel to the 1921 release The Three Musketeers . The Iron Mask included an introductory prologue spoken by Fairbanks. He and Pickford chose to make their first talkie as a joint venture, playing Petruchio and Kate in Shakespeare 's The Taming of

2376-495: The standard for all future swashbuckling films. In 1921, he, Pickford, Chaplin, and others, helped to organize the Motion Picture Fund to assist those in the industry who could not work, or were unable to meet their bills. During the first ceremony of its type, on April 30, 1927, Fairbanks and Pickford placed their hand and footprints in wet cement at the newly opened Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. (In

2430-453: The studios and to protect their independence, Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith formed United Artists in 1919, which created their own distributorships and gave them complete artistic control over their films and the profits generated. Sully was granted a divorce from Fairbanks in late 1918, the judgment being finalized early the following year. After the divorce, the actor was determined to have Pickford become his wife, but she

2484-410: Was Hollywood's most popular actor, and within three years of his arrival, his popularity and business acumen raised him to the third-highest paid. In 1917, Fairbanks capitalized on his rising popularity by publishing a self-help book, Laugh and Live, which extolled the power of positive thinking and self-confidence in raising one's health, business and social prospects. To avoid being controlled by

2538-667: Was born in Berrysburg, Pennsylvania , and raised in Williamsport . He was the fourth child in a Jewish family consisting of six sons and four daughters. Charles's parents, Lazarus Ullman and Lydia Abrahams, had immigrated to the U.S. in 1830 from Baden , Germany. When he was 17, Charles started a small publishing business in Philadelphia. Two years later, he left for New York to study law. Charles met Ella Adelaide Marsh after she married his friend and client John Fairbanks,

2592-552: Was built by Prescott Thresher Stevens and the Los Angeles architect firm of Walker & Eisen. El Mirador Hotel was a busy spot visited by Hollywood stars and the wealthy. At the 1928 opening were: Douglas Fairbanks , Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish . The hotel had an open policy, frequent guests were the Marx Brothers , Al Jolson and Albert Einstein . The hotel had a Spanish-Colonial Revival-style bell tower, 200 rooms, tennis courts, Olympic swimming pool, horse stables, and

2646-480: Was built in 1948 on the former Torney General Hospital land. The City of Palm Springs, the Desert Water Agency, and Palm Springs Unified School District have helped to build the park. The park is maintained by the non-profit group, Desert Healthcare Foundation. The five-acre public park at 1140 N. Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs has: The city-owned 22-acre Ruth Hardy Park was built in 1948 on

2700-462: Was erected in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Courtyard of the new School of Cinematic Arts building on the University of Southern California campus. Fairbanks was a key figure in the film school's founding in 1929, and in its curriculum development. The 2011 film The Artist was loosely based on Fairbanks, with the film's lead portraying Zorro in a silent film featuring

2754-481: Was expelled for cutting the strings on the school piano. He left school in the spring of 1899, at the age of 15. He variously claimed to have attended Colorado School of Mines and Harvard University , but neither claim is true. He went with the acting troupe of Frederick Warde , beginning a cross-country tour in September 1899. He toured with Warde for two seasons, functioning in dual roles, both as actor and as

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2808-579: Was left in Georgia with relatives and was never sent for by his mother.) They were married; in 1882 they had a son, Robert, and then a second son, Douglas, a year later. Charles purchased several mining interests in the Rocky Mountains and re-established his law practice. After hearing of his wife's philandering, he abandoned the family when Douglas was five years old. Douglas and his older brother Robert were brought up by their mother, who gave them

2862-571: Was screened at the 2012 edition of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. On April 15, 2012, the festival concluded with a sold-out screening of the Fairbanks film held at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The evening was introduced by Vance and TCM host Ben Mankiewicz . The nickname for the sports teams of the University of California-Santa Barbara is 'The Gauchos' in honor of Fairbanks's acting in

2916-472: Was still married to actor Owen Moore . Fairbanks finally gave her an ultimatum. She then obtained a rapid divorce in the small Nevada town of Minden on March 2, 1920. Fairbanks leased the Beverly Hills mansion Grayhall and was rumored to have used it during his courtship of Pickford. The couple married on March 28, 1920. Pickford's divorce from Moore was contested by Nevada legislators, however, and

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