| Description |
x, 276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Note |
"Library of Congress" -- T.p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-263), filmography (pages 241-249) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Molly Haskell -- The Natural: Transitions in Mary Pickford's Acting from the Footlights to Her Greatest Role in Film / Eileen Whitfield -- Childhood Revisited: An Evaluation of Mary Pickford's Youngest Characters / Eileen Whitfield -- Mary Pickford: passionate producer / Kevin Brownlow -- Father of the Family: Mary Pickford's Journey from Breadwinner to Businesswoman / Christel Schmidt -- Pickford and Fairbanks: A Modern Marriage / Christel Schmidt -- "Little Mary": Formidable Philanthropist / Alison Trope -- America's Sweetheart / Edward Wagenknecht -- Dressing the Part: Mary Pickford's Use of Costume / Beth Werling -- American Idol: Mary Pickford, World War I, and the Making of a National Icon / Christel Schmidt -- Laws of attraction: Mary Pickford, movies, and the evolution of fame / Eileen Whitfield -- Crown of Glory: The Rise and Fall of the Mary Pickford Curls / Christel Schmidt -- Blood and Sympathy: Race and the Films of Mary Pickford / Elizabeth Binggeli -- The Films of Mary Pickford / James Card -- Mary Pickford and the Archival Film Movement / Christel Schmidt -- The Mary Pickford Film Collection at the Library of Congress / Christel Schmidt -- The Mary Pickford Photograph Collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library / Robert Cushman -- The Mary Pickford Costume and Ephemera Collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County / Beth Werling -- Mary Pickford Chronology / Christel Schmidt -- Filmography / Christel Schmidt. |
| Local Note |
WNDSR--This book is the gift of Jennifer Runsford & B6 Nursing Staff in memory of Bernice Howard. |
| Subject |
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Schmidt, Christel, 1969-
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| ISBN |
9780813136479 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0813136474 hardcover alkaline paper |
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