THE MOLLYCODDLE (1920) starring Douglas Fairbanks

This clip from United Artists' 1920 line-up, THE MOLLYCODDLE, shows Doug Fairbanks at his comedic best- making fun of himself! Directed by Victor Fleming and written by Thomas Geraghty and shot on location in the Painted Desert in Arizona, the film showcases the smooth-running machine created through Fairbanks' skilled management style, coupled with his financial acumen.
This scene was chosen to demonstrate the quote from "Douglas Fairbanks: The Fourth Musketeer":
"Some of those obstacles were those upon which enthusiasm frequently trips and falls flat on its face. Douglas Fairbanks knew this and that the world is full of obstacles. That is why he professed to cultivate a taste for obstacles. Just as there are certain kinds of food which one does not like naturally and for which one has to acquire a taste, so Doug Fairbanks taught himself to like obstacles."
In THE MOLLYCODDLE, the character, Richard Marshall V, played by Fairbanks, creates his own obstacle that has to be overcome, in this hilarious send-up of the ignorant White Man attempting to communicate with the 'savage' Indians.