Image: Fairbanks was famous for his energy (Laugh and Live, Douglas Fairbanks, 1917)
Fast Action at the "Flying A" Studio
Dateline: May 1925
There seemed to be a lot of activity at this location at the old "Flying A" movie studio, but it wasn't movie making. "A team of six players from the Fairbanks-Pickford studios in Hollywood defeated the Montecito team seven matches to one in a game of Doug at the Flying A Studios yesterday afternoon.
"The game, evolved by Douglas Fairbanks, more for training than anything else, is a cross between tennis, volleyball and badminton, an old English game. Its purpose is to give the greatest amount of exercise in the least possible time."