http://www.youtube.com/embed/eD-vbB9N8Ac A Memorable Day at Pickfair Mary Pickford reminisces with Adolph Zukor, 1964. http://www.youtube.com/embed/bvYV8DV4cgc Edward Stotsenberg Interview Ed Stotsenberg was Mary Pickford’s financial advisor from 1951 until her death…
…Los Angeles, CA. http://www.tcm.com The Chris Milewski Mary Pickford Collection Chris Milewski seeks out locations of Mary Pickford’s early films – comparing then and now. He has been very generous…
…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….
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Since 1996, the Mary Pickford Foundation has funded research to compile information on Mary Pickford film elements. We are continuing this effort by working with archives worldwide to create a…
…is a great question as to which of the two scenes is the greatest and most effective. Today, it may seem that Coquette does not stand the test of time…
https://vimeo.com/178130800/8b9f1b08f1 If a true test of friendship is mutual respect, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith developed that early in their relationship and kept it up all their lives. Initially, he…
https://vimeo.com/155252760 Mary Pickford was always on the lookout for new material, and because of her busy schedule, squeezed that search into any down time. Frequently, when she was spending the…
…was, by all accounts, a major critical and commercial success on its first release, but in later years Pickford turned against it, for reasons that still remain mysterious.” Actually, the…
…signs with the Majestic Company at $225 per week. January 1912: After filming a handful of shorts with the Majestic and Selig companies, Mary returns to the Biograph Company, where…
…Lincoln Hanks, along with the renowned guest professional composer Missy Mazzoli, the student composers will each be given a portion of the film to score during the fall semester at…
…the link to video: https://vimeo.com/425610118 Socially Engaged Art: Art in Urban Community Spaces Read More » This educational project engaged community youth through artmaking and learning about the environment. It…
…companies throughout the northeast in the early 1900s. It was her dream to be cast in a major New York play, particularly under Belasco, and that dream came true when…
…cinematography combine to make The Pride of the Clan “ten years ahead of its time” according to film scholar Richard Koszarski. https://vimeo.com/155255738 D.W. Griffith directs Biograph star Mary Pickford in…
…saw movies’ growing popularity and began opening theaters just for the films. And they were cheaper and more dependable than live acts. The mansion-turned-Biograph-studio had a large marble-floored foyer where…
…in the battle to break “The Trust,” the name commonly applied to the Motion Picture Patents company that claimed exclusive patents on cameras, projectors, lab equipment and even the film,…
…was in the market for a great set decorator so he cabled Irving, asking him to come to the Hyde Park Hotel and bring “examples of your work.” At this…
…had first come into William’s orbit when she appeared on Broadway in his play, “The Warrens of Virginia” in 1907. In his autobiography, Hollywood Saga, William wrote about Mary with…
…Cecil was heralded as the “director general” of Famous Players and Mary was Adolph Zukor’s biggest star. When the two companies merged, Mary was less than thrilled, but the real…
…by watching what he was doing, you learned. We were completely alone you see – there was nobody to talk to, no one to compare with.” When asked to be…
…1917-1921. Contains: Newspaper clippings of Pickford-related articles, actual letters to Mary from California Relief Commission, Liberty Loan Commission, US Navy, etc., original program from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (poor condition),…
https://vimeo.com/220821828 The Mary Pickford Foundation’s newly restored and scored Little Annie Rooney was screened at the Glasgow Film Festival in February. The Festival has “grown greatly in visibility and significance…
https://vimeo.com/220821828 Little Annie Rooney starring Mary Pickford will be screened at the Paramount Theater in Seattle on Monday, April 23rd with live music performed and conducted by the composer of…
…and LovesBlink Publishing, London 2019, pg 430. Film available for streaming at https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/films/ [iii] “such a” Los Angeles Times, 10/19/22; “the most” Lownie p 53 [iv] “wickedness… delightful” NYT 11/15/22)…
…at twenty universities and colleges. The Foundation has also continued Pickford’s commitment to her fellow professionals in the industry in a variety of ways. Mary was one of the original…
https://vimeo.com/155256104 December 12th, 2015 at 2 pm Presented by The Silent Treatment at the Cinefamily Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles The earliest surviving Mary Pickford feature,…
https://vimeo.com/155428674 On Friday, April 10th, the Toronto Silent Film Festival will screen Mistress Nell (1915) in honor of the film’s centennial. After 100 years, Mary Pickford still sparkles in this…
…Pickford and Owen Moore. Disney’s latest live-action remake can’t compare with the silent charm of Mary as “the ragged but beautiful cinder-girl,” a character The Moving Picture World described as…
…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/…
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….
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Two Memories – May 24, 1909 His Duty – May 31, 1909 The Violin Maker of Cremona – June 7, 1909 The Lonely Villa –…
…1916. Chats with the Players: Mrs. Owen Moore, of the Famous Players Company March 1916. Roberta Courtlandt. [Letters] Echoes of the Great Cast Contest. March 1916. [Portrait] March 1915. Pages…
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…
…and highest quality film elements, selected titles will be scanned in 4k by the UCLA digital team. The Mary Pickford Foundation will then complete all digital work in collaboration with…
…must be growing tired of it, too. But she was mistaken. For though she gave an exquisite performance in Rosita, her ‘fans’ were disappointed to see their curly-headed idol put…
…Aunt Martha in one of television’s first situation comedies, Private Secretary (1953-1957) and then as Gale Storm’s sidekick in the situation comedy, Oh! Susannah! (1956 – 1960). In the early…
Role: Jerusha ‘Judy’ Abbott Co-stars: Milla Davenport, Percy Haswell, Mahlon Hamilton, Fay Lemport, Lillian Langdon, Wesley Barry, Marshall Neilan Prod/Dist Co: Mary Pickford Company/First National Exhibitors’ Circuit Director: Marshall Neilan…
…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…
…ambitious teenager in San Diego. When A Good Little Devil opened in Philadelphia, D.W. Griffith and many members of the Biograph Company were in the audience. Mary said that Griffith…
…Wright, was hired as project manager. Covid complicated their efforts of course, but they persevered and now the Pickford Gallery is complete. Norma Shearer’s space will be open to the…
…high and be as engaged in the business as ever. She was occupied with United Artists, writing books and forming a joint production company with Jesse Lasky. In the midst…
…personal items from friends and then being there in person to open a thrift shop on Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood, with all the profits going to MPRF. She also encouraged…
…Rogers and the Mary Pickford Foundation expanded the Collection to include correspondence, personal and professional papers, financial records and scrapbooks. Housed at the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, the invaluable Mary…
…and each forged their own paths to cinematic success. Marie Dressler was a vaudeville star before she became the first actress to star in a feature length comedy, Mack Sennett’s…
…of storytelling.” Indeed, the costumes at the Museum testify to Pickford’s attention to detail, her hiring of the most talented crew available as well as her ever-present thrift. For instance,…
…hair herself, using leather curling rags after her hair was almost dry. She also insisted she wouldn’t trust anyone to comb her hair, except her mother, because it needed to…
…abilities to include others in the creative process. The sense of community the company shared extended to Dwan inviting everyone to his wedding to the actress Pauline Bush in San…
…Beauchamp will introduce the film, and Maria Newman’s original score will be performed live by the Collegium Musicum. The free event will take place at Pepperdine’s Stauffer Chapel in Malibu….
On Saturday April 12th, the Mary Pickford Foundation and Pepperdine University present the world premiere of three original music scores for Mary Pickford films. Student composers Matthew Aune, Andy Gladbach…
April 12th, 2014 Join the Mary Pickford Foundation and Pepperdine University in Malibu for the world premiere of three original music scores for Mary Pickford films. Student composers Matthew Aune,…
On September 16th, silent film accompanist Ben Model will be performing a score for The Hoodlum, a Mary Pickford comedy from 1919, at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, New…
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…
…Egyptian 20 years after she conducted on the night of the grand re-opening of the historic theatre. Click here for tickets » More info at the American Cinematheque website »…
…N. Fairfax in Hollywood. Experience two classic Pickford comedies, Little Annie Rooney (1925) and Suds (1920), along with birthday cake, prizes and special guests Elaina Friedrichsen, MPF Director of Archive…
…a comedy-drama based on a story by Margaret Mayo. Behind the Scenes was considered “all that anyone could ask for in a Pickford picture” by Variety at the time of…
…directed by William Beaudine. All films are screened at a 1906 movie house, the oldest functioning movie theater in Europe. Visit the website here, or here for an English translation….
Saturdays through August 3rd Enjoy some silent comedies this summer as the Silent Clowns Film Series screens rare 35mm prints from the Library of Congress at Lincoln Center in NYC….
…featuring live organ accompaniment by Russ Peck. The classic romantic comedy also stars Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers and is directed by Sam Taylor. Visit the San Diego Symphony’s website for details….
…the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, while the Aero in Santa Monica will screen The Circus and the 1918 short A Dog’s Life. Visit the Cinematheque website for showtimes and tickets….
Mary Pickford Foundation now has an official Facebook page.’Like’ us to keep track of news, events, screenings and more. We have also recently updated our website with two new original…
…of her worldwide stardom, while D.W. Griffith’s Biograph short The School Teacher and the Waif stars Mary in her first ‘waif’ role. For more details visit the Cinecon website here….
https://vimeo.com/272091300 The war in Europe had been raging for almost three years when America entered in April of 1917. Neutrality had been stressed for so long, President Wilson’s reelection the…
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…
…questions, executives at the producing companies were asking themselves why they were paying the stars so much. A little backstory: During the 1910’s, film production companies, theaters and distribution mechanisms…
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/155255749 On Saturday, March 21st, the annual classic film event Cinefest will screen Tess of the Storm Country (1914), the earliest surviving feature starring Mary Pickford. Recently preserved by the…
…close ups the chemistry is believable. Still, Frances’s fears about “too much story” are borne out as it opens as a drawing room comedy, evolves into a western with the…
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…
The Venice Historical Society proudly celebrates their 30th anniversary with a lecture & rare film clips by award-winning documentary filmmaker Elaina Friedrichsen WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14th at 7:00 pm https://vimeo.com/155410598 The…
https://vimeo.com/155424249 The Mary Pickford Foundation is pleased to announce a screening of the restored print of My Best Girl (1927), Mary’s final silent film, at the 2015 UCLA Festival of…
https://vimeo.com/155424255 The Mary Pickford Foundation offers a lecture program on Mary Pickford’s films and her legacy. For more information, please contact the Foundation here. The Little American at Chapman University’s…
…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…