The Fair Barbarian

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Fair Barbarian

| image = Vivian Martin, film actress (SAYRE 6746).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Still with Martin

| director = Robert Thornby

| producer = Jesse L. Lasky

| screenplay = Edith M. Kennedy

| based_on = {{based on|A Fair Barbarian|Frances Hodgson Burnett}}

| starring = Vivian Martin
Clarence Geldart
Douglas MacLean
Jane Wolfe
Josephine Crowell
Mae Busch

| music =

| cinematography = James Van Trees

| editing =

| studio = Pallas Pictures

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1917|12|17}}

| runtime = 50 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Fair Barbarian is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Edith M. Kennedy, based on an 1881 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Vivian Martin, Clarence Geldart, Douglas MacLean, Jane Wolfe, Josephine Crowell, and Mae Busch. The film was released on December 17, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90870/Fair-Barbarian/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306135409/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90870/Fair-Barbarian/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Janiss Garza|date=2016|title=Fair-Barbarian - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|access-date=5 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/493315/the-fair-barbarian|title=The Fair Barbarian (1917) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=5 January 2015}} It is not known whether the film currently survives.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FairBarbarian1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Fair Barbarian] at silentera.com