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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.
Soon after the turn of twentieth century, Mary Pickford became "America's Sweetheart." In these interview excerpts, film historians explain her appeal, talk about her roles, and describe what it ...
The greatest cinema from the True North Strong and Free, spanning Denis Villeneuve's early masterpieces, Guy Maddin's oddball majesty and a whole lot of body horror and hockey comedy.
On April 2, 1910, filming of D.W. Griffith's "Ramona," starring Mary Pickford, the first known movie shot in the ...
Mary Pickford was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's silent era, and rose to become one of the most powerful women in America's film industry. Born plain old Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto in ...
The Smithsonian has an array of sheet music from the period. In Hollywood, mega-star Mary Pickford led the war effort, selling bonds and making such movies as Johanna Enlists (1918).