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Her last silent movie was My Best Girl in 1927, which she performed with Buddy Rogers.

  • When sound was being introduced on films, Mary was not completely fond of the new add-on and stated ‘adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus De Milo’ (Conradt 2018).
  • Unfortunately, after movies began being produced with sound, her career became rather stagnant and she was in less demand within the industry.
  • For this reason, when her fame significantly decreased in 1930, Mary claimed ‘I left the screen [..], the little girl made me.

    Women Film Pioneers Project. New York, NY: Columbia University Libraries, 2013.  <https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-nkzz-e525>

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    Dir.: Mack Sennett (Biograph Co. US 1912) cas.: Mary Pickford, Edward Dillon, Dell Henderson, Kate Bruce, si, b&w. Archive: George Eastman Museum, Library of Congress, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

    The New York Hat.

    Dir.: D.W. Griffith (Biograph Co. US 1910) cas.: Mary Pickford, George Nichols, Gladys Egan, Mack Sennett, si, b&w. In 1913, after a run on Broadway in “A Good Little Devil,” Pickford made a definitive break from the stage by signing a motion picture contract with Adolph Zukor and the Famous Players Film Company. Prod.: Mary Pickford, dir.: Sam Taylor, sc.: Hope Loring, adp.: Allen McNeil, Tim Whelan (Mary Pickford Corp.

    Archive: Library of Congress, EYE Filmmuseum.

    A Good Little Devil. Archive: Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art.

    The Slave. DVD.

    mary pickford biography summary worksheets

    And though she kept on producing films after retiring, the experience was not as rich as running her own career had been. US 1920) cas.: Mary Pickford, Katherine Griffith, Herbert Prior, si, b&w. Dir.: Frank Powell (Biograph Co. US 1910) cas.: Mary Pickford, Billy Quirk, Jack Pickford, Frank Opperman, si, b&w.

    Pickford’s petite size and youthful beauty made her ideal for these parts, but it was her acting talent that seared these roles into the public consciousness. US 1921) cas.: Mary Pickford, Claude Gillingwater, Joseph Dowling, Kate Price, si, b&w. Archive: BFI National Archive, Library of Congress, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

    An Indian Summer.

    Prod.: Mary Pickford, dir.: Alfred E. Green Jack Pickford sc.: Bernard McConville (Mary Pickford Film Corp. Mary Pickford as Producer, Screenwriter, Actress, and Distributor (United Artists)

    Little Annie Rooney. She had no intention of working permanently in the new medium, but hoped the income would tide her over before she went back to Belasco and the stage.

    Dir.: D.W. Griffith (Biograph Co. US 1912) cas.: Mary Pickford,Wilfred Lucas, Grace Henderson, Mae Marsh, si, b&w. Dir.: John B. O’Brien sc.: Frances Marion (Famous Players Film Co. US 1916) cas.: Maggie Weston, Edward Martindale, si, b&w. Archive: Library of Congress, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

    A Beast at Bay.

    US 1919) cas.: Mary Pickford, Ralph Lewis, Max Davidson, si, b&w. Private Collection.

    Pickford is often remembered for her portrayals of children in films including Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) and Daddy-Long-Legs (1919).