…film Johanna Enlists. Music by Samuel Barber. http://www.youtube.com/embed/1aBew6yvXVg Mary Pickford USC Speech Mary Pickford’s Speech at the USC Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet on January 6th, 1963. …
…Sources Cari Beauchamp Collection Index to periodical articles, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Mary Pickford Foundation Collection Media History Digital Project Motion Picture Performers: A…
…and grew into a familiar and beloved character actress. She moved into performing in live television in the 1950s and was introduced to a new generation by playing Ann Sothern’s…
…comparing then and now. He has been very generous in working with The Mary Pickford Foundation and his site is a great resource for movie fans and researchers alike. https://marypickfordcollection.blogspot.com/search/label/Locations…
…Pickford Foundation Alumni Awards in The Hollywood Reporter The AMPAS Mary Pickford Celebration of Silent Film on Deadline.com The AMPAS/MPF partnership launch on Deadline.com The AMPAS/MPF partnership launch on WeAreMovieGeeks.com…
…James on Monday, August 19 at 7:30 pm. See The Eagle (1925) starring Rudolph Valentino free of charge with live organ accompaniment at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park….
…she was encouraging, and Mary thanked her for coming, and excused herself. As soon as they were alone, Frances explained how complicated things had become for Mary. In addition to…
…drama came when Zukor and a few others screened Poor Little Rich Girl, Mary’s latest film adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Maurice Tourneur. Initially, Zukor refused to release…
…to portray Alice in a live-action-meets-animation version of Alice in Wonderland. The project never materializes. 1934: Mary pens Why Not Try God?, a booklet touting Christian Science. August 7, 1934:…
…flux. Like so many companies, First National had come into being as a reaction; in this case to Adolph Zukor’s practice of block booking. If theaters wanted Mary Pickford and…
…her father’s business holdings and Marion left school and went to work as a model, a reporter and a commercial artist before coming to Los Angeles in 1912. Unlike many…
…she decided she “couldn’t go on being Rebecca and Tess and Pollyanna and Annie forever. I had to take a courageous stand, once and for all. “ When Mary and…
…The Mountbattens stayed in regular contact with Mary and Doug and, on several occasions, Edwina stayed at Pickfair on her own and at least once with a lover. Dickie spent…
…fiasco; on screen, MacKenna looked years younger than Mary, always a sore spot, and she and Neilan had little patience for each other. After a month on the set and…
…as “One chance in a million for a small-town boy,” “Thanks for a swell afternoon.” Also contains some poems and autographs from notable guests such as Enrico Caruso and Joe…
Welcome to the Mary Pickford Foundation’s online research center This website is our virtual office, an immediately accessible research tool and a key element in fostering the Foundation’s mission to…
Missy Mazzoli is a much in-demand, internationally renowned composer and performer, yet she chose to accept the Mary Pickford Foundation’s offer to spend a week working alongside the student composers…
Missy Mazzoli is a much in-demand, internationally renowned composer and performer, yet she chose to accept the Mary Pickford Foundation’s offer to spend a week working alongside the student composers…
…Charlotte hesitated as well, but she was always a bit concerned that another actress might try to upstage her daughter and Mary playing both Unity and Stella would moot that…
…Cecilia DeMille Presley, introduced the film. UCLA Film & Television Archive director, Jan-Christopher Horak, was on hand to answer questions about the restoration project, and about film archiving and preservation.…
…room at the Algonquin Hotel, bought a used car and hired an old San Francisco friend to drive her back and forth to Fort Lee which allowed her to work…
…Pennsylvania Avenue and a reception at the White House. The bond rally that afternoon was held at the Capitol Plaza where it was reported that then Assistant Secretary of the…
…wonderful little star.” The film will feature live accompaniment by Derek DiCenzo and will be preceded by a champagne-and-cake reception and a concert. Visit the Athena website for more details….
…area. Sponsored by the Seattle Theater Group, this 4K high definition restoration will be introduced by the Pickford Foundation’s director of archive & legacy, Elaina Friedrichsen. Link to tickets: https://www.stgpresents.org/tickets/by-month/eventdetail/3407/27|28|29|30/silent-movie-mondays-little-annie-rooney-1925…
…students have been chosen as “Pickford Composers,” and a select group of Pepperdine instrumentalists and vocalists have auditioned and been named to form The Pickford Ensemble. This unique collaboration will…
…Pickford Foundation www.marypickford.org will continue to make more of her extraordinary work accessible to future GFF and other festival audiences. — Georgina Coburn To read her entire post on the…
Role: Angela More Co-stars: Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, James Neill, Ben Alexander, Lila Lee Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Film Corporation/Artcraft Pictures Corporation Director: Cecil B. DeMille Screenwriter: Jeanie…
…Emmett A. Williams Note: Little Pal would prove to be one of Mary’s least popular roles; she played an Inuit girl at the insistence of Adolph Zukor, who sought to…
…C. Duffy and Marion Fairfax Cinematographer: Charles Rosher Filming Location: Partly shot on location at Ellis Island, NY Produced by Mary Pickford Original review from the Los Angeles Times (May…
…it to land it among the top-notch list of current releases. Pickford is given full reign in her tattered garments and Pickford in rags can do considerable before a camera….
…of America changed the name of their annual D.W. Griffith Award, initiated in the 1950s, to simply Lifetime Achievement Award because, as their president Jack Shea explained, “As we approach…
…Tess of the Storm Country (1914) catapulted Pickford from popular performer to motion picture megastar, inspired exhibitors to crown Pickford “America’s Sweetheart,” and spurred studio head Adolph Zukor to raise…
…came in a poor little girl and I had this miserable little coat on with a moth eaten fur collar and a funny little hat with a bird on it….
Role: Amy Burke Co-stars: Ralph Lewis, Kenneth Harlan, Dwight Crittendon, Melvin Messenger, Aggie Herring, Andrew Arbuckle Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Company/First National Exhibitors’ Circuit Director: Sidney Franklin Screenwriter: Based on…
(Only one reel remains) Role: Juliet Co-stars: Ernest Truex, William Norris, David Belasco, Iva Merlin, Wilda Bennett, Arthur Hill, Edward Connelly Prod/Dist Co: Famous Players Film Company/Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Director:…
…can interject personality into a negative. She breathes the role taken, and it fits her, up, down and all around. … ‘The Eagle’s Mate’is a lively feature without a real…
…featuring Friedrichsen, composer Julian Ducatenzeiler, a Lolipop Records recording artist and front man for the rock band Mystic Braves, and Chris Heckman, Professor of Film Music Composition at UNCSA. https://riverrunfilm.com/film/modernizing-silents-panel-film/…
…Disney Television Animation on 90s animated sitcom Pepper Ann, the division’s first series created by a woman. Khan’s directorial debut, Always Be My Maybe, starring Ali Wong and Randall Park,…
The Mary Pickford Foundation has commissioned new scores to accompany some of their feature film restorations. You can find links to download or stream these scores below….
…to come back to me after appearing on the screen.” Zukor, however, sensed that respect and money spoke loudly to the Pickfords and invited Charlotte and Mary to dine with…
October 18th, 2013 Join the UCLA Film & Television Archive as they present a restored print of the early sound classic Applause (1929) at the Billy Wilder Theater. Director Rouben…
…Picture Arts and Sciences planned museum and established an annual Mary Pickford Celebration of Silent Film. In addition, the Foundation continues to add material to the Mary Pickford Collection at…
…she never played before, varying lights and shades to elicit the major interest, tearful at one moment and laughing the next, holding the auditor at all times in mute admiration.…
…the Academy and revered the Academy Award as “a symbol of the commendation and approval of our fellow artists and artisans of the intimate and personal world of the motion…
…Cecil B. DeMille Foundation; The Love Light (1921), in cooperation with the Packard Humanities Institute; and Amarilly of Clothesline Alley (1918), accessing elements from the Mary Pickford Foundation’s Collection. https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/blogs/archive-blog/2020/02/07/mary-pickford-films-announcement…
…Andy Gladbach and Thomas B. Yee have scored the 1912 Biographs A Lodging for the Night, The School Teacher and the Waif, and So Near, Yet So Far. Admission is…
…With the angst and drama of the Griffith Park scenes behind them, the company was free to enjoy themselves at other locations such as a day on a golf course….
February 16 2013 Join the Mary Pickford Foundation and Pepperdine University for a special screening of Heart o’ the Hills on February 16th at 7:00 pm. A 1919 drama produced…
…a secretary manned the reception area. One room was set aside as the women’s dressing room and an alcove served as the wardrobe room. Mary said she was “overawed” by…
…screened in the Pepperdine Amphitheater with accompaniment by the Pickford Ensemble under the direction of N. Lincoln Hanks. Admission is free. For more details, visit the Pepperdine Fine Arts Division…
…In addition, the Dressler Foundation has opened its arms to networking with organizations such as The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who helped connect them to the Motion…
…hole in a fence and watch Mary and her kid companion putting on their version of a circus. He was supposed to get a big kick out of what he…
…it, I gave an exceptional imitation of a dying hyena. Miss Pickford and the portrait were to be shown at an afternoon gambol the next day for Ruth Pack of…
…then fifteen [actually almost 18] and knew him for a handsome lad. He had everything necessary to make him a successful actor—looks, personality, acting ability, and the brand of empathy…
…hours had charmed Irving into agreeing to come to America to design the sets for The Iron Mask. Leaving his wife and children in London, Irving met the famous couple…
…new power position, Owen put her down in front of others, verbally attacking her as a person and as an actress. He directed her in Little Red Riding Hood and…
…sent them to Havana. Almost as a taunt to the Trust, he didn’t keep their evacuation a secret; newspapers headlined articles with “The IMP Company Invades Cuba.” But one secret…
https://vimeo.com/294720731/302d9e4957 Watch an exclusive video about Andy Gladbach and his scoring of Little Annie Rooney (1925). For more information on the original film, visit our Filmography….
https://vimeo.com/366168930 Watch an exclusive video about Julian Ducatenzeiler and his scoring of Fanchon the Cricket (1915). For more information on the original film, visit our Filmography….
…United Artists with a multi-part series of films including Little Annie Rooney at their Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland on Sunday, April 7, at 1:30. For more information: https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/f-0100002407…
…Man (1911), directed by Thomas Ince. Jere Guldin, Senior Film Preservationist at UCLA Film & Television Archive, will be on hand to discuss the films and live musical accompaniment will…
…from Art Division, a non-profit organization located near the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles that serves young artists committed to pursuing and studying the visual arts. For more information…
https://vimeo.com/213113144 By 1925, Doug and Mary’s home was known far and wide as “Pickfair” and they had hosted royalty and a variety of distinguished guests, sometimes for weeks at a…
…and preserving Mary’s films both on film and digitally, and to producing new, original scores for a modern audience today Oakwood Recreation Center, at 7th & California Avenues, Venice, California,…
…on their 1924 visit to Toronto, the city of Pickford’s birth. The screening will feature live accompaniment by Jordan Klapman and will be followed by a reception. The TSFF website…
…Paramount Archives and including some elements provided by the Mary Pickford Foundation, Tess was the breakout role for a young Pickford, who shot to international stardom due to the film’s…
…McTavish, who falls in love with fisherman Matt Moore and takes command of the clan after her chieftain father dies at sea. Maurice Tourneur’s direction, Clarence Brown’s editing, and groundbreaking…
…House Film Archive, Gosfilmofond of Russia, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Mary Pickford Foundation Collection at The Library of Congress. We thank these archives for their cooperation.…
…picture has charm and quaintness and romance and adventure. It has humor. It has beautiful costumes and scenery The sets are all that could be desired So is the direction.…
…delicious as a story; delightful as a play, and is entrancing as a picture. A crowded house went fairly into raptures yesterday, and applause, even at that cold 12:45 performance……
…to lose – and the painstaking care and cunning detail of the celebrated performer who has everything to lose and very little to gain: altogether, an unbeatable combination of talents….
…screen, you cannot deny the artistry of its star, whose light, far from becoming dimmer as time goes on, seems to be always attaining a nearer place to the zenith…
Role: Amanda Afflick Co-stars: Albert Austin, Harold Goodwin, Rosa Dione, Nadine Montgomery, Darwin Karr, Hal Wilson Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Company/United Artists Director: John Francis Dillon Screenwriter: Scenario by Waldemar…
Role: Angela Carlotti Co-stars: Evelyn Dumo, Raymond Bloomer, Fred Thomson, Edward Phillips, Albert Prisco, George Rigas Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Productions/United Artists Director: Frances Marion Screenwriter: Frances Marion Cinematographers: Charles…
Role: Cedric Errol/Widow Errol Co-stars: Claude Gillingwater, Joseph J. Dowling, James A. Marcus, Kate Price, Fred Malatesta, Madame de Bodamere Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Company/United Artists Director: Alfred E. Green,…
…a moment and then quickly shifts away to make way for another similar skyrocket hit. This picture is almost here to stay; it will go on year after year –…
…Original review from Variety (Sept. 6, 1923): Enter Mary Pickford, actress, as Rosita in a screen production of the same name directed by Ernst Lubitsch. A Mary Pickford different and…
…has an uncredited role in the film as a flirtatious shopgirl. Original review from Photoplay (Dec. 1927): With a story by Kathleen Norris, an adaptation by Hope Loring, an ‘America’s…
Role: Annabell ‘Little Annie’ Rooney Co-stars: William Haines, Walter James, Gordon Griffith, Carlo Schipa, Spec O’Donnell, Hugh Fay, Vola Vale Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Company/United Artists Director: William Beaudine Screenwriter:…
Role: Molly Co-stars: Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller, Gustave von Seyffertitz, Charlotte Mineau, Spec O’Donnell, Lloyd Whitlock Prod/Dist Co: The Pickford Corporation/United Artists Director: William Beaudine, Tom McNamara (uncredited) Screenwriter:…
Role: Jean Mackaye Co-stars: Casson Ferguson, Spottiswoode Aitken, Herbert Standing, Fanny Midgley, Larry Peyton, ZaSu Pitts Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Film Corporation/Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Artcraft Pictures Corporation Director: William Desmond…
…and Allen McNeil, adapted from the 1927 play by George Abbott and Ann Preston Bridgers; dialogue by Sam Taylor Cinematographers: Karl Struss and G.W. Bitzer Set Decorator: William Cameron Menzies…
…adapted from the play by William Shakespeare Cinematographer: Karl Struss Art Decorators: William Cameron Menzies and Laurence Irving Editor: Allen McNeil Produced by Mary Pickford Original review from Variety (Dec….
…Belasco’s 1921 adaptation of the 1920 play by André Picard Cinematographer: Karl Struss Original review from Photoplay (May 1931): You’ll thrill tremendously at the metamorphosis of ‘America’s Sweetheart.’ Here’s…
…Frances Marion, based on the 1922 play by Rudolf Besier and May Edginton; additional dialogue by Salisbury Field and Leonard Praskins Cinematographer: Ray June Produced by M.C. Levee and Mary…
…its appeal to the poets from the days of Anacreon, but there was never a sweeter cricket than Fanchon and let me hasten to add there never was a Fanchon…
Role: Johanna Renssaller Co-stars: Anne Schaefer, Fred Huntley, Monte Blue, Douglas MacLean, Emory Johnson, Wallace Beery Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Film Corporation/Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Artcraft Pictures Corporation Director: William Desmond…
Role: Miss Stella Maris/Unity Blake Co-stars: Ida Waterman, Herbert Standing, Conway Tearle, Marcia Manon, Josephine Crowell Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Film Corporation/Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Artcraft Pictures Corporation Director: Marshall Neilan…
Role: Mary MacTavish Co-stars: Douglas MacLean, Spottiswoode Aitken, Robert Gordon, Winter Hall, Marcia Manon, Victor Potel Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Film Corporation/Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Artcraft Pictures Corporation Director: William Desmond…
…Jeanie Macpherson Cinematographer: Alvin Wyckoff Filming Location: Exteriors shot near Santa Cruz, CA; Interiors shot at Famous Players-Lasky Studio at 1520 Vine St. in Hollywood, CA. Original review from Current…
…(April 8, 1918): It matters not to Mary Pickford whether she is posed as a saint or a little devil – she falls gracefully into either attitude, and stays persistently…
Role: Esmeralda Rogers Co-stars: Ida Waterman, Fuller Mellish, Arthur Hoops, William Buckley, Charles Waldron Prod/Dist Co: Famous Players Film Company/Paramount Pictures Director: James Kirkwood Screenwriter: Frances Marion, based on the…
…picture lovers have seen on the screen Mary Pickford in a new film. In this refined melodrama they will see Little Mary in a new light. ‘In the Bishop’s Carriage’…
…for her inimitable daintiness. It is a delightful comedy-drama of love and society, with an echo of the hills mingled with the voice of the city. Mary Pickford in ‘The…
…by Cyrus Townsend Brady Cinematographer: Edwin S. Porter Filming Location: Los Angeles and Southern California coast Note: Hearts Adrift was the first feature produced by Famous Players on the West…
…role. Original review from Variety (March 27, 1914): In ‘Hearts Adrift’and ‘A Good Little Devil,’Mary Pickford had no opportunity to demonstrate her true value as a movie actress. In ‘Tess…
…her performance is that of rare quality which we always expect from this star. Comedy and drama are alike to her. She is as delightful in the one as she…
…1914): In this feature Miss Pickford is seen from every angle in all of her camera moods, and to those who are Pickford fans it will be a feast. ……
Role: Cinderella Co-stars: Owen Moore, Isabel Vernon, Inez Marcel, Lucille Carney, Georgia Wilson, W.N. Cone, Inez Marcel Prod/Dist Co: Famous Players Film Company/Paramount Pictures Director: James Kirkwood Screenwriter: Based on…
Role: Nell Gwyn Co-stars: Owen Moore, Arthur Hoops, Ruby Hoffman, Amelia Rose, J. Albert Hall, Nathaniel Sack Prod/Dist Co: Famous Players Film Company/Paramount Pictures Director: James Kirkwood Screenwriter: Based on…
…a fiery mining-town girl suited the actress perfectly and was a box-office smash. According to Mary, it was seeing the large crowds lined up to see Rags that led her…
…to display a lot of gowns and the fact that she can play a little golf, is a good little sailor, is not afraid to go up in an airship…
Role: Amarilly Jenkins Co-stars: William Scott, Kate Price, Ida Waterman, Norman Kerry, Margaret Landis, Tom Wilson Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Film Corporation/Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Artcraft Pictures Corporation Director: Marshall Neilan…
…your minds of any such idea once and for all. … Words are useless to describe the beauty and artistry of it all – the production, the photography … and…
Role: Molly O Co-stars: Edward Martindel, Maggie Weston, Mildred Morris, Marcia Harris, Tammany Young Prod/Dist Co: Famous Players-Mary Pickford Co./Paramount Pictures Director: John B. O’Brien Screenwriter: Frances Marion Filming Location:…
…this little actress has on her public. In all her moods there is a fascination that does not elude the camera. She is always dainty, spontaneously playful … becomingly demure,…
…is that shop! But how bravely she bears it! … Then comes villainy. She looks into his eyes. And, really, she is a magnificent actress, and that is the sort…
…Delano Cinematographer: Emmett Williams Filming Location: Dutch village exteriors shot in Water Mill, Southampton, NY. Original review from The Moving Picture World (Aug. 12, 1916): ‘Hulda from Holland’ as a…
Role: Radha Co-stars: David Powell, Frank Losee, Mary Alden, Mario Majeroni, Caesere Gravina, Francis Joyner, Russell Bassett, Nathaniel Sack Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Film Corporation/Artcraft Pictures Corporation Director: John Emerson…
…S. Carrington and Charles E. Whittaker Cinematographers: John van den Broek, Lucien Andriot Filming Location: Marblehead, MA Note: Co-star Matt Moore was Owen Moore’s brother, and a successful actor in…
…13, 1917): A curious and appealing combination of delightful comedy and fairy story with a moral is ‘Poor Little Rich Girl.’Mary Pickford is its star … and the Pickford star…
…Marion, based on the 1905 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Cinematographer: Walter Stradling Filming Location: Famous Players-Lasky Studio at 1520 Vine St. in Hollywood, CA Produced by Mary Pickford Note:…
…as it went along. —and then repeated over the years. For this reason, I decided to wade through a passel of books and articles on the topic, hoping to set…