A highlight of Russell’s visit to California in the spring of 1921 was his introduction to the royal couple of the booming Hollywood film industry, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. The two film stars were enthusiastic converts to Russell’s art. Russell was invited to visit the set of Fairbanks’ latest film, an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. Fairbanks was in costume as D’Artagnan, and he sat for Russell while the artist made a quick sketch. Following his visit, Russell sent Fairbanks a letter of thanks that included a sketch of Fairbanks as D’Artagnan on horseback, bowing and doffing his hat. A few months later, Nancy Russell wrote Mary Pickford to ask for some photos of Fairbanks so Russell could make a “picture” of him. A month later, Pickford responded to say she would be pleased to send the photos, noting that her husband would be pleasantly surprised to receive a “model” of him. Research suggests that Russell created a clay model of Fairbanks as D’Artagnan in the summer of 1921, which was turned into plaster and cast as a single bronze for Mary Pickford to present to her husband later that year. No further copies of the sculpture seem to have been cast or exhibited in Charles or Nancy Russell’s lifetimes. The plaster master model for the sculpture was noted in the inventory of Nancy Russell’s estate in 1940, and when the collection was purchased by C.R. Smith the following year, he had an additional bronze made—now on display here—by the Nelli Art Bronze Works in Los Angeles. A codicil in Nancy Russell’s will did in fact allow for the casting of one copy of any bronzes by her husband that were not in her estate at the time of her death. Smith later sold the plaster model to another person, and as many as five additional casts were then made.