Mary Pickford
Subtitle: queen of the movies
By: edited by Christel Schmidt
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780813136479; 9780813136677; 9780813140551
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses; Biography; Motion picture producers and directors
Description: Discusses the legacy of cinema's first movie star Mary Pickford, including her acting, philanthropy, and how she obtained creative control of her own films.

Moviegoers were riveted by Mary Pickford's magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema's first great star. Now an eminent group of film historians shed new light on this icon's incredible life and legacy. She is revealed as a gifted actress, a philanthropist, and a savvy industry leader who fought for creative control of her films and ultimately became her own producer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Molly Haskell; title: The Natural: Transitions in Mary Pickford's Acting from the Footlights to Her Greatest Role in Film / Eileen Whitfield; title: Childhood Revisited: An Evaluation of Mary Pickford's Youngest Characters / Eileen Whitfield; title: Mary Pickford: passionate producer / Kevin Brownlow; title: Father of the Family: Mary Pickford's Journey from Breadwinner to Businesswoman / Christel Schmidt; title: Pickford and Fairbanks: A Modern Marriage / Christel Schmidt; title: "Little Mary": Formidable Philanthropist / Alison Trope; title: America's Sweetheart / Edward Wagenknecht; title: Dressing the Part: Mary Pickford's Use of Costume / Beth Werling; title: American Idol: Mary Pickford, World War I, and the Making of a National Icon / Christel Schmidt; title: Laws of attraction: Mary Pickford, movies, and the evolution of fame / Eileen Whitfield; title: Crown of Glory: The Rise and Fall of the Mary Pickford Curls / Christel Schmidt; title: Blood and Sympathy: Race and the Films of Mary Pickford / Elizabeth Binggeli; title: The Films of Mary Pickford / James Card; title: Mary Pickford and the Archival Film Movement / Christel Schmidt; title: The Mary Pickford Film Collection at the Library of Congress / Christel Schmidt; title: The Mary Pickford Photograph Collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library / Robert Cushman; title: The Mary Pickford Costume and Ephemera Collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County / Beth Werling; title: Chronology of Mary Pickford's Life / Christel Schmidt; title: Filmography / Christel Schmidt.