Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Question: Which future silent-film star got his start at Denver’s Elitch Theatre in its early years?

Answer: Douglas Fairbanks. As a boy, he famously scrubbed the Elitch Theatre stage in exchange for a ticket to a Shakespeare performance, and about a decade later returned to perform with the Elitch summer stock company during the 1906 season before becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest silent-film stars.