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FYI: Meet Mr. Ulman

He was daring; he was dashing,
and he was the son of a Jewish
father and a gentile mother. Born
Douglas Elton Ulman in 1883 in
Colorado, Douglas Fairbanks
moved with his mother (his parents
separated when Doug was 5) to
New York in 1900. Before
becoming an actor, young Doug
worked in a hardware store and
as a clerk on Wall Street. In
1915, he moved to Hollywood
and found work with movie legend
D.W. Griffith. Several years later,
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Fairbanks and fellow thespians
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"Serving the community for 40 years"
ford founded their own production
company called United Artists,
which is still in existence. Along
ALL
the way, Fairbanks fell in love
with and in 1920 wed everyone s
sweetheart, Mary Pickford, who
was anything but sweet when it
came to Jews (she made numerous
Use
with
anti-Semitic remarks). Until their
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FYI: He had the strength of

his convictions ...

An editorial in the Oct. 16,

1925, New York Times mourned
the passing that week of "the
world's two strongest men." One
I of them was Sigmund Breitbart, a
Polish-Jewish immigrant. Sigmund
was just a young boy when he
began showing his strength — lit-
: erally. He took his performances
— where he would bite through
1 steel, break chains tied tightly
I around his manly chest simply by
I expanding his muscles, and use
I his bare fist to pound in iron nails
— first throughout Europe, includ-
ing Vienna and London: and then
I to America. In addition to being a
strongman, Breitbart was a show-
' man. Sometimes while appearing
I on stage — perhaps while lifting
1 several horses off the ground
he would have the orchestra
play "Kol Nidre." He later
I explained that he was doing so
"for the honor of the Jewish peo-
ple." It seems this combination of
strength and Jewish music was
I supposed to convince gentiles
I that Jews really weren't wimps,
after all. ❑