You can see Mary Pickford in vintage form in the 1919 film classic "Daddy Long Legs," playing a feisty orphan always ready to play a prank on snooty visitors. And 20 years after her death, more than ...
When Mary PIckford's marriage to Douglas Fairbanks fell apart, she increasingly turned to her friend and former co-star Buddy Rogers for support. He proposed to her and they married in 1937. Rogers ...
There are very few marriages like that of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Not only were they two of the most beloved actors of the silent film era, but they are also responsible for the creation ...
The initiative will promote the legacy of the silent film star and founding member of the Motion Picture Academy. By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor “We are thrilled that together with the Mary ...
The first feature film on Hollywood legend Mary Pickford has revealed its name: “The First.” Producers Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia of Poverty Row Entertainment made the announcement Thursday along ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... During the 1917 filming of “A Romance of the Redwoods,” the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce named a tree in Welch’s Big Tree Grove after its director Cecil B.
She was the first pop culture icon who took shape through cinema, the first Hollywood actress to produce her own pictures, the first screen queen to truly merit the label "superstar." Twenty-six years ...
Mary Pickford in a Pasatiempo sand trap, while Buddy Rogers looks on. (Photo courtesy Pasatiempo Historical Foundation collection) Buddy Rogers at Pasatiempo with Mary Pickford wearing a Santa Cruz ...
One hundred years ago, the most powerful woman in Hollywood was a producer, a studio head and a major force onscreen. Mary Pickford was a founder of the Motion Picture Academy and much admired for her ...
A documentary filmmaker won't cede control because he says the Foundation is walking away from the silent film legend's charitable interests. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The legacy of ...