Pickford’s involvement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began before there was an Academy. One of the early organizational meetings was held over dinner at Pickfair and she joined several other group discussions at the Roosevelt Hotel…
The Mary Pickford Foundation and the Motion Picture & Television Relief Fund have a long history together. Mary co-founded the MPTF in 1921, and today they are still providing assistance to those in need.
The Mary Pickford Foundation and Paramount Pictures Archive are partnering to bring three of Mary Pickford’s films to a modern audience…
The Library of Congress (LoC) sought a high-profile donor in Mary Pickford for its fledgling Motion Picture Division. Archibald MacLeish, the Librarian of Congress, formally approached Pickford by letter with a request for her film collection in 1943, to which Pickford consented…
In 2001, The Mary Pickford Foundation partnered with the UCLA Film & Television Archive to access the Foundation’s film elements, and to photo-chemically restore My Best Girl. In 2013, the Film Foundation joined in the partnership to complete the restoration…
In 1965, Mary Pickford granted La Cinémathèque française access to her film collection in order for the archive to duplicate many rare film elements from selected titles. She traveled to France to celebrate the partnership which was her final trip abroad…