- Mary Pickford filmography
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Mary Pickford (1892–1979) was a Canadian motion picture actress, producer, and writer. During the silent film era she became one of the first great celebrities of the cinema and a popular icon known to the public as "America's Sweetheart".[1][2]
Pickford was born in Toronto and began acting on stage in 1900. She started her film career in the United States in 1909.[3] Initially with the Biograph film company, she moved to the Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP) in 1911, then briefly to the Majestic Film Company later that same year, followed by a return to Biograph in 1912.[4] After appearing in over 150 short films during her years with these studios she began working in features with Zukor's Famous Players Film Company, a studio which eventually became part of Paramount Pictures. By 1916 Pickford's popularity had climbed to the point that she was awarded a contract that made her a partner with Zukor and allowed her to produce her own films.[5] In 1919 Pickford teamed with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks to create United Artists, an organization designed to distribute their own films.[6] Following the release of Secrets (1933) Pickford retired from acting in motion pictures. However, she remained active as a producer for several years afterwards.[7] She sold her stock in United Artists in 1956.[8]
Pickford won two Academy Awards in her lifetime. The first was in 1929 when she won the award for Best Actress for her performance in Coquette.[9] The second was in 1975 when she was presented with an Honorary Academy Award "in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium".[9] As of 2009 two of Pickford's films have been added to the National Film Registry: Tess of the Storm Country (1914) and The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917).[10][11] For her work in motion pictures Pickford received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6280 Hollywood Boulevard.[12]
Unless otherwise referenced, the information presented here is derived from the web site of the American Film Institute, the filmography prepared by Library of Congress historian Christel Schmidt, and the books Mary Pickford Rediscovered by Kevin Brownlow, Mary Pickford: From Here to Hollywood by Scott Eyman, and Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood by Eileen Whitfield.
The best known woman who has ever lived, the woman who was known to more people and loved by more people than any other woman that has been in all history.
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Short films
Biograph (1909)
Mary Pickford began working for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in April 1909 and remained with the company until the end of 1910.[14][15] During this period Pickford made 43 films released in 1909, plus a 44th film that was not released. Most of these films are one-reelers while the remaining films are split-reelers (i.e. one of two films released on the same reel).
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role May 25, 1909 Two Memories Yes Marion's sister D.W. Griffith Split-reel May 31, 1909 His Duty Yes One of the children on the street D.W. Griffith Split-reel June 7, 1909 The Violin Maker of Cremona Yes Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter D.W. Griffith June 10, 1909 The Lonely Villa Yes One of the Cullison Children D.W. Griffith Split-reel June 14, 1909 The Son's Return Yes Mary Clark D.W. Griffith June 17, 1909 Faded Lilies Yes Girl at Party D.W. Griffith Split-reel June 17, 1909 Her First Biscuits Yes Biscuit Victim D.W. Griffith Split-reel
The first film that Pickford madeJune 24, 1909 The Peach-Basket Hat Yes Woman on the Street and in Store D.W. Griffith Split-reel June 28, 1909 The Way of Man Yes Winnie, Mabel's Cousin D.W. Griffith July 1, 1909 The Necklace Yes The Maid in the Pawnshop D.W. Griffith July 8, 1909 The Country Doctor Yes Poor Mother's Elder Daughter D.W. Griffith July 12, 1909 The Cardinal's Conspiracy Yes The Señorita D.W. Griffith July 15, 1909 Tender Hearts Yes Nellie D.W. Griffith Split-reel July 19, 1909 The Renunciation Yes Kittie Ryan D.W. Griffith July 22, 1909 Sweet and Twenty Yes Alice D.W. Griffith Split-reel July 29, 1909 The Slave Yes A Young Girl at Court D.W. Griffith August 9, 1909 They Would Elope Yes Bessie D.W. Griffith August 19, 1909 His Wife's Visitor Yes Bessie Wright D.W. Griffith August 23, 1909 The Indian Runner's Romance Yes Blue Cloud's Wife D.W. Griffith August 26, 1909 "Oh, Uncle!" Yes Bessie D.W. Griffith Split-reel August 26, 1909 The Seventh Day Yes The Maid D.W. Griffith Split-reel September 2, 1909 The Little Darling Yes The Little Darling D.W. Griffith September 2, 1909 The Sealed Room Yes A Lady-in-Waiting D.W. Griffith September 6, 1909 1776, or The Hessian Renegades Yes A member of the soldier's family D.W. Griffith September 13, 1909 Getting Even Yes Yes Miss Lucy D.W. Griffith Split-reel September 16, 1909 The Broken Locket Yes Ruth King D.W. Griffith September 20, 1909 In Old Kentucky Yes Homecoming Party D.W. Griffith September 30, 1909 The Awakening Yes Yes The Widow's Daughter D.W. Griffith October 11, 1909 The Little Teacher Yes The Little Teacher D.W. Griffith October 18, 1909 His Lost Love Yes Mary D.W. Griffith October 25, 1909 In the Watches of the Night Yes Girl at Brainard's D.W. Griffith October 28, 1909 Lines of White on a Sullen Sea Yes Second Couple D.W. Griffith November 1, 1909 The Gibson Goddess Yes Girl on Sidewalk D.W. Griffith Split-reel November 1, 1909 What's Your Hurry? Yes Mary D.W. Griffith Split-reel November 8, 1909 The Restoration Yes Alice Ashford D.W. Griffith November 11, 1909 The Light That Came Yes Vivian and Daisy D.W. Griffith November 18, 1909 A Midnight Adventure Yes Eleanor D.W. Griffith Split-reel November 25, 1909 The Mountaineer's Honor Yes Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl D.W. Griffith November 29, 1909 The Trick That Failed Yes Nellie Burt D.W. Griffith Split-reel December 6, 2009 Through the Breakers Yes An extra D.W. Griffith December 16, 1909 The Test Yes Bessie D.W. Griffith December 27, 1909 To Save Her Soul Yes Agnes Hailey D.W. Griffith December 30, 1909 The Day After Yes D.W. Griffith Split-reel unreleased The Heart of an Outlaw Yes The Outlaw's Daughter D.W. Griffith Biograph (1910)
Pickford appeared in 34 Biograph films released in 1910. All of these films are one-reelers.
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role January 15, 1910 All on Account of the Milk Yes The Young Woman Frank Powell[16] February 3, 1910 The Woman From Mellon's Yes Mary Petersby, the Daughter D.W. Griffith February 17, 1910 The Englishman and the Girl Yes The Girl D.W. Griffith March 3, 1910 The Newlyweds Yes Alice Vance D.W. Griffith March 7, 1910 The Thread of Destiny Yes Myrtle D.W. Griffith March 24, 1910 The Twisted Trail Yes Molly Hendricks D.W. Griffith March 31, 1910 The Smoker Yes George's Wife Frank Powell[17] April 4, 1910 As It Is In Life Yes George Forrester's Daughter, as an Adult D.W. Griffith April 7, 1910 A Rich Revenge Yes Jennie D.W. Griffith April 11, 1910 A Romance of the Western Hills Yes Indian D.W. Griffith May 5, 1910 The Unchanging Sea Yes The Daughter as an Adult D.W. Griffith May 9, 1910 Love Among the Roses Yes The Lacemaker D.W. Griffith May 12, 1910 The Two Brothers Yes A Mexican D.W. Griffith May 23, 1910 Ramona Yes Ramona D.W. Griffith Based on the novel by Helen Hunt Jackson June 2, 1910 In the Season of Buds Yes Mabel D.W. Griffith June 9, 1910 A Victim of Jealousy Yes The Wife's Friend D.W. Griffith June 20, 1910 Never Again Yes The Girl Frank Powell[18][19] June 20, 1910 May and December Yes Yes May Frank Powell[16] June 27, 1910 A Child's Impulse Yes Grace D.W. Griffith June 30, 1910 Muggsy's First Sweetheart Yes Mabel Brown D.W. Griffith July 11, 1910 What the Daisy Said Yes Martha D.W. Griffith July 25, 1910 The Call to Arms Yes A Messenger D.W. Griffith August 1, 1910 An Arcadian Maid Yes Priscilla D.W. Griffith August 15, 1910 When We Were In Our 'Teens Yes Mary Frank Powell[20] August 22, 1910 The Sorrows of the Unfaithful Yes Mary D.W. Griffith August 25, 1910 Wilful Peggy Yes Peggy D.W. Griffith September 1, 1910 Muggsy Becomes a Hero Yes Mabel Frank Powell[21] October 6, 1910 A Gold Necklace Yes Mazie Frank Powell[22] October 13, 1910 A Lucky Toothache Yes Bessie Frank Powell[23] November 5, 1910 Waiter No. 5 Yes The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée D.W. Griffith November 14, 1910 Simple Charity Yes Miss Wilkins D.W. Griffith November 21, 1910 The Song of the Wildwood Flute Yes Dove Eyes D.W. Griffith November 28, 1910 A Plain Song Yes Edith D.W. Griffith December 22, 1910 White Roses Yes Betty Frank Powell[24] Biograph (1911)
Pickford left the Biograph Company at the end of 1910. The last films that she made for them before her departure were released in early 1911. All of these five films are one-reelers.
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role January 5, 1911 When A Man Loves Yes Tessie D.W. Griffith January 9, 1911 The Italian Barber Yes Alice D.W. Griffith February 2, 1911 Three Sisters Yes Mary D.W. Griffith March 6, 1911 A Decree of Destiny Yes Mary D.W. Griffith August 17, 1911 Madame Rex Yes D.W. Griffith Selig (1911)
In a 1913 interview Pickford claimed to have written two screenplays for the Selig Polyscope Company.[25] Neither film is known to survive.[26]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role March 3, 1911 The Medallion Yes (unknown) Lost July 31, 1911 Caught in the Act Yes (unknown) Lost IMP (1911–1912)
In December 1910 Carl Laemmle signed Pickford to his Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP).[27] All of her IMP titles are one-reelers. The names of Pickford's characters are given if known. Only 12 of Pickford's 39 Majestic films are known to survive complete, while fragments of two others exist.[26]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role January 9, 1911 Their First Misunderstanding Yes Yes Mae Darcy Thomas Ince Lost January 23, 1911 The Dream Yes Yes The Wife Thomas Ince January 30, 1911 Maid or Man Yes Thomas Ince February 9, 1911 The Mirror Yes Dorothy Thomas Ince February 9, 1911 When The Cat's Away Yes Dorothy Thomas Ince February 13, 1911 Her Darkest Hour Yes Thomas Ince Lost February 16, 1911 The Convert Yes Thomas Ince Lost February 23, 1911 Artful Kate Yes Thomas Ince February 27, 1911 A Manly Man Yes Thomas Ince March 4, 1911 Pictureland Yes Thomas Ince Lost March 6, 1911 Tracked Yes Thomas Ince Lost March 9, 1911 The Message in the Bottle Yes Thomas Ince Lost March 13, 1911 The Secret of the Palm Yes Thomas Ince Lost March 16, 1911 The Fisher-Maid Yes Thomas Ince Lost March 20, 1911 In Old Madrid Yes Thomas Ince March 27, 1911 Sweet Memories Yes Polly Biblett Thomas Ince April 17, 1911 The Stampede Yes Thomas Ince Lost April 24, 1911 While There Is Hope, There Is Life Yes Thomas Ince Lost May 1, 1911 Second Sight Yes Gertrude Edgar Thomas Ince Lost May 8, 1911 The Fair Dentist Yes Edith Morton Thomas Ince Lost May 11, 1911 For Her Brother's Sake Yes Thomas Ince Lost May 15, 1911 The Master and the Man Yes Elsie Graham Thomas Ince Lost May 18, 1911 The Lighthouse Keeper Yes Thomas Ince June 8, 1911 Back to the Soil Yes Sadie Allen Thomas Ince Lost July 3, 1911 In the Sultan's Garden Yes Haidee Thomas Ince July 6, 1911 For the Queen's Honor Yes The Princess Thomas Ince Lost July 10, 1911 A Gasoline Engagement Yes Flora Powell Thomas Ince Lost July 13, 1911 At a Quarter of Two Yes Mrs. Warren Thomas Ince Fragment survives July 24, 1911 Science Yes Mrs. Crawford Thomas Ince Lost July 31, 1911 The Skating Bug Yes Thomas Ince Lost August 13, 1911 The Call of the Song Yes Thomas Ince Lost August 24, 1911 As a Boy Dreams Yes The Girl Thomas Ince August 31, 1911 The Toss of a Coin Yes Thomas Ince Lost September 29, 1911 'Tween Two Loves Yes Thomas Ince October 2, 1911 The Rose's Story Yes Thomas Ince Lost October 9, 1911 The Sentinel Asleep Yes Thomas Ince Lost October 12, 1911 The Better Way Yes A Salvation Army Lass Thomas Ince Lost October 30, 1911 His Dress Shirt Yes Thomas Ince Lost March 11, 1912 A Timely Repentance Yes The Movie Heroine Thomas Ince Fragment survives Majestic (1911–1912)
After leaving IMP, Pickford signed with Harry H. Aiken's Majestic Film Company. During her brief time with this studio she made five one-reelers. Only one of these films is known to survive.[26]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role November 25, 1911 The Courting of Mary Yes George Loane Tucker Lost December 3, 1911 Love Heeds Not the Showers Yes Owen Moore Lost December 17, 1911 Little Red Riding Hood Yes Little Red Riding Hood Owen Moore December 31, 1911 The Caddy's Dream Yes Owen Moore Lost February 9, 1912 Honor Thy Father Yes Owen Moore Lost Biograph (1912–1913)
Pickford returned to the Biography Company in January 1912, where she remained until the end of the year.[28] Except where noted all 26 films from this period are one-reelers.[16]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role February 15, 1912 The Mender of Nets Yes The Net-Mender D.W. Griffith March 11, 1912 A Timely Repentance Yes The Movie Heroine D.W. Griffith March 14, 1912 Iola's Promise Yes Iola D.W. Griffith April 8, 1912 Fate's Interception Yes The Mexican Girl D.W. Griffith April 15, 1912 The Female of the Species Yes The Miner's Wife's Sister D.W. Griffith April 18, 1912 Just Like a Woman Yes The Young Woman D.W. Griffith April 22, 1912 Won By a Fish Yes The Woman Mack Sennett[16] May 6, 1912 The Old Actor Yes The Old Actor's Daughter D.W. Griffith May 9, 1912 A Lodging for the Night Yes The Mexican Girl D.W. Griffith May 27, 1912 A Beast at Bay Yes The Young Woman D.W. Griffith June 6, 1912 Home Folks Yes The Young Woman D.W. Griffith June 17, 1912 Lena and the Geese Yes Yes Lena D.W. Griffith June 27, 1912 The School Teacher and the Waif Yes Nora, the Waif D.W. Griffith July 8, 1912 An Indian Summer Yes The Widow's Daughter D.W. Griffith August 1, 1912 The Narrow Road Yes Mrs. Jim Holcomb D.W. Griffith August 12, 1912 The Inner Circle Yes The Rich Italian's Daughter D.W. Griffith August 19, 1912 With the Enemy's Help Yes Faro Kate Wilfred Lucas[29] August 29, 1912 A Pueblo Legend Yes The Indian Girl D.W. Griffith Two reels September 23, 1912 Friends Yes Dora (the orphan) D.W. Griffith September 30, 1912 So Near, Yet So Far Yes The Young Woman D.W. Griffith October 3, 1912 A Feud in the Kentucky Hills Yes The Daughter D.W. Griffith October 21, 1912 The One She Loved Yes The Wife D.W. Griffith November 14, 1912 My Baby Yes The Wife D.W. Griffith November 21, 1912 The Informer Yes The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart D.W. Griffith December 6, 1912 The New York Hat Yes Miss Mollie Goodhue (the girl) D.W. Griffith The last film that Pickford made for Biograph March 15, 1913 The Unwelcome Guest Yes The Slavey D.W. Griffith Features
State rights (1913–1914)
After leaving Biograph at the end of 1912, Pickford returned to stage acting in the Broadway production of David Belasco's play A Good Little Devil. In May 1913 she resumed acting in motion pictures when she signed with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company. The first five features she made for Zukor were released in the United States on a state rights basis, where regional organizations in each state handled the distribution of each film.[30] Only one of these films is known to survive complete.[26]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role September 10, 1913 In the Bishop's Carriage Yes Nance Olden Edwin S. Porter Lost November 10, 1913 Caprice Yes Mercy Baxter J. Searle Dawley Lost February 10, 1914 Hearts Adrift Yes Nina Edwin S. Porter Lost March 1, 1914 A Good Little Devil Yes Juliet Edwin S. Porter incomplete; One reel survives March 30, 1914 Tess of the Storm Country Yes Tessibel Skinner Edwin S. Porter Extant Paramount (1914–1916)
In 1914 Paramount Pictures began handling the release of Zukor's Famous Players Film Company.[30] Pickford made 17 features prior to beginning with Artcraft. Ten of these films survive complete while six are lost and one survives incomplete.[26]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role July 1, 1914 The Eagle's Mate Yes Anemone Breckenridge James Kirkwood Lost August 26, 1914 Behind the Scenes Yes Dolly Lane James Kirkwood Extant September 21, 1914 Such a Little Queen Yes Queen Anna Victoria Hugh Ford Lost December 28, 1914 Cinderella Yes Cinderella James Kirkwood Extant February 1, 1915 Mistress Nell Yes Mistress Nell James Kirkwood Extant May 10, 1915 Fanchon the Cricket Yes Fanchon, the cricket James Kirkwood Survives incomplete; 3½ of 5 reels survive June 7, 1915 The Dawn of a Tomorrow Yes Glad James Kirkwood Extant July 1, 1915 Little Pal Yes "Little Pal" James Kirkwood Lost August 2, 1915 Rags Yes Rags / Alice McCloud James Kirkwood Extant September 6, 1915 Esmerelda Yes Esmerelda Rogers James Kirkwood Lost October 7, 1915 A Girl of Yesterday Yes Yes Jane Stuart Allan Dwan Lost November 8, 1915 Madame Butterfly Yes Cho-Cho-San Sidney Olcott Extant unreleased The Foundling Yes Molly O Allan Dwan Lost; negative destroyed in a studio fire.[31] January 2, 1916 The Foundling Yes Molly O John B. O'Brien Extant March 2, 1916 Poor Little Peppina Yes Peppina Sidney Olcott Extant April 17, 1916 The Eternal Grind Yes Louise John B. O'Brien Extant July 31, 1916 Hulda from Holland Yes Hulda John B. O'Brien Extant Artcraft (1916–1918)
Pickford signed a new contract with Adolph Zukor in June 1916. Among the agreements in the contract was that she would now be producing her own films and they would be distributed through a special division of Paramount Pictures called Artcraft.[32] Pickford made 13 films for Artcraft of which 11 survive complete.[26]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role November 2, 1916 Less Than the Dust Yes Yes Radha John Emerson Extant January 8, 1917 The Pride of the Clan Yes Yes Marget MacTavish Maurice Tourneur Extant March 5, 1917 The Poor Little Rich Girl Yes Yes Gwendolyn Maurice Tourneur Extant May 14, 1917 A Romance of the Redwoods Yes Yes Jenny Lawrence Cecil B. DeMille Extant July 2, 1917 The Little American Yes Yes Angela Moore Cecil B. DeMille Extant September 3, 1917 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Yes Yes Rebecca Randall Marshall Neilan Extant November 12, 1917 The Little Princess Yes Yes Sara Crewe Marshall Neilan Extant January 21, 1918 Stella Maris Yes Yes Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake Marshall Neilan Extant March 10, 1918 Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Yes Yes Amarilly Jenkins Marshall Neilan Extant May 12, 1918 M'Liss Yes Yes Melissa "M'liss" Smith Marshall Neilan Extant June 23, 1918 How Could You, Jean? Yes Yes Jean Mackaye William Desmond Taylor Lost September 15, 1918 Johanna Enlists Yes Yes Johanna Renssaller William Desmond Taylor Extant April 21, 1919 Captain Kidd, Jr. Yes Yes Mary MacTavish William Desmond Taylor incomplete: 2 of 5 reels survive War propaganda (1917–1918)
During World War I Pickford appeared in four short propaganda films.
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role October 1917 All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan Yes Herself Marshall Neilan October 5, 1918 100% American Yes Mayme Arthur Rosson Released in Canada under the title 100% Canadian.[26] November 1, 1918 United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive Yes Herself Frank Lloyd November 1918 Canadian Victory Loan Drive Yes Herself First National (1918–1920)
In November 1918 Pickford ended her contractual obligations with Adolph Zukor and Paramount. She then signed a three-picture deal with First National to distribute her productions.[33]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role May 12, 1919 Daddy-Long-Legs Yes Yes Yes Jerusha "Judy" Abbott Marshall Neilan Extant September 1, 1919 The Hoodlum Yes Yes Amy Burke Sidney Franklin Extant December 1, 1919 Heart o' the Hills Yes Yes Mavis Hawn Sidney Franklin Extant United Artists (silent films, 1920–1927)
In 1919 Pickford co-founded United Artists with Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks. Pickford starred in 11 silent films for United Artists release and co-produced three film starring her brother, Jack Pickford, and one with their sister, Lottie Pickford. Mary Pickford also made unbilled cameo appearances in six other films during this time.
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role January 18, 1920 Pollyanna Yes Yes Pollyanna Whittier Paul Powell A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsJune 27, 1920 Suds Yes Yes Amanda Afflick John Francis Dillon A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsJanuary 9, 1921 The Love Light Yes Yes Angela Carlotti Frances Marion A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsMarch 6, 1921 The Nut Yes Party Guest (unbilled cameo) J. Theodore Reed A Douglas Fairbanks Production
Released by United ArtistsMay 17, 1921 Through the Back Door Yes Yes Jeanne Alfred E. Green
Jack PickfordA Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsAugust 17, 1921 They Shall Pay Yes Martin Justice A Playgoer Picture
Released by Associated Exhibitors
Starring Lottie PickfordSeptember 16, 1921 Little Lord Fauntleroy Yes Yes Cedric Errol / Widow Errol Alfred E. Green
Jack PickfordA Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsNovember 12, 1922 Tess of the Storm Country Yes Yes Tessibel "Tess" Skinner John S. Robertson A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsJanuary 23, 1923 Garrison's Finish Yes Yes Arthur Rossen A Jack Pickford Production
Released by Allied Producers and DistributorsAugust 19, 1923 Hollywood Yes Herself (unbilled cameo) James Cruze A Paramount Picture;
LostSeptember 3, 1923 Rosita Yes Yes Rosita, a street singer Ernst Lubitsch A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsMarch 15, 1924 The Hill Billy Yes George W. Hill Jack Pickford–Allied Producers and Distributors May 25, 1924 Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Yes Yes Dorothy Vernon Marshall Neilan A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsMarch 29, 1925 Waking Up the Town Yes James Cruze A Jack Pickford Production
Released by Allied Producers and DistributorsSeptember 18, 1925 Little Annie Rooney Yes - credited as Katherine Hennessey Yes Yes Annabelle "Little Annie" Rooney William Beaudine A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsDecember 30, 1925 Ben Hur Yes Spectator at the Circus Maximus (unbilled cameo) Fred Niblo A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production March 8, 1926 The Black Pirate Yes Billie Dove's kissing stand-in (unbilled cameo) Albert Parker An Elton Corporation Production
Released by United Artists
Filmed in TechnicolorSeptember 26, 1926 Sparrows Yes Yes Molly William Beaudine A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsSeptember 9, 1927 A Kiss From Mary Pickford ("Поцелуй Мэри Пикфорд") Yes Herself (cameo) Sergei Komarov A Mezhrabpom–Rus & Sovkino Production November 4, 1927 The Gaucho Yes Virgin Mary (unbilled cameo) F. Richard Jones An Elton Corporation Production
Released by United ArtistsNovember 13, 1927 My Best Girl Yes Yes Maggie Johnson Sam Taylor A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsUnited Artists (sound films, 1929–1950)
Pickford starred in four sound films (excluding the uncompleted Forever Yours). After Secrets, her final film as an actress, she continued working as a producer, including two films in collaboration with Jesse L. Lasky. In 1945, she and her third husband, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, co-founded Comet Productions to produce "B" pictures for United Artists.[34]
Release date Title Credited as Director Notes Writer Producer Actress Role March 30, 1929 Coquette Yes Yes Norma Besant Sam Taylor A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United Artists
Academy Award for Best ActressOctober 26, 1929 The Taming of the Shrew Yes Yes Katherine Sam Taylor A Mary Pickford and Elton Corporation Production
Released by United ArtistsNot released (filmed in 1930) Forever Yours Yes Yes Mary Carlton / Mary Marlow Marshall Neilan A Mary Pickford Production
Not completed; 3½ minutes surviveMarch 14, 1931 Kiki Yes Yes Kiki Sam Taylor An Art Cinema Production
Released byUnited ArtistsMarch 16, 1933 Secrets Yes Yes Mary Carlton / Mary Marlow Frank Borzage A Mary Pickford Production
Released by United ArtistsMay 13, 1936 One Rainy Afternoon Yes Rowland V. Lee A Mary Pickford–Jesse Lasky Production
Released by United ArtistsOctober 2, 1936 The Gay Desperado Yes Rouben Mamoulian A Mary Pickford–Jesse Lasky Production
Released by United ArtistsOctober 20, 1946 Little Iodine Yes Reginald Le Borg A Comet Production
Released by United ArtistsDecember 13, 1946 Susie Steps Out Yes Reginald Le Borg A Comet Production
Released by United ArtistsMay 9, 1947 The Adventures of Don Coyote Yes Reginald Le Borg A Comet Production
Released by United Artists
Filmed in CinecolorJune 21, 1947 Stork Bites Man Yes Cy Endfield A Comet Production
Released by United ArtistsFebruary 18, 1948 Sleep, My Love Yes Douglas Sirk A Triangle Production
Released by United ArtistsNovember 19, 1948 White Cradle Inn Yes Harold French Peak Films–United Artists March 3, 1950 Love Happy Yes David Miller An Allied Alliance Production
Released by United ArtistsCameos and erroneous credits
Cameo appearances in short films
Pickford made cameo appearances as herself in the following short films:
Year Title Ref 1929 Holiday in Mexico [35] 1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 [36] 1934 Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove [37] 1941 Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars [38] Erroneous credits
Three Biograph titles, The Usurer (August 15, 1910), The Affair of an Egg (September 1, 1910), and Examination Day at School (September 2, 1910), and two IMP titles, At the Duke's Command (February 6, 1911) and From the Bottom of the Sea (October 20, 1911), have been erroneously listed in Mary Pickford filmographies. Pickford historian Christel Schmidt has confirmed that the actress does not appear in this these films.[39] The Internet Movie Database lists Pickford as appearing in a Biograph short entitled Mrs. Jones Entertains (January 9, 1909).[40] However, Pickford did not begin with Biograph until the end of April 1909.[41]
Footnotes
- ^ Whitfield 1997, p. 133 "Calling Mary 'America's Sweetheart' was not exactly a stroke of genius. I was simply putting down in two words what everyone in America seemed to be thinking about her." — B.P. Schulberg, publicist for Famous Players and scenario writer for In the Bishop's Carriage (1913) and Tess of the Storm Country (1914)
- ^ "Mary Pickford — America's Sweetheart". Amazon.com, Inc. 2006–2009. http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/1556111479/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all. Retrieved December 7, 2009. (Cover of Scott Eyman's biography)
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 8, 62–80
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 416–419
- ^ Neely 2008, p. 3
- ^ Neely 2008, p. 5
- ^ Neely 2008, p. 8
- ^ Neely 2008, p. 10
- ^ a b "The Official Academy Awards Database". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2009. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
- ^ "Films Added to National Film Registry for 2006" (Press release). Library of Congress. December 27, 2006. http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-234.html. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
- ^ Andrews, Roberts M. (October 11, 1991). "25 Films Designated For Preservation" (Fee required). St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04D5F1431ADB1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
- ^ "The Hollywood Walk of Fame". Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Inc.. 2009. http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/star-name-search?sname=Mary+Pickford. Retrieved October 19, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Liner notes to Little Lord Fauntleroy". Little Lord Fauntleroy DVD. Milestone Film and Video. 2003. http://www.milestonefilms.com/pdf/LLFPK.pdf. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ Whitfield 1997, p. 81
- ^ Brownlow 1999, pp. 72–80
- ^ a b c d "Mary Pickford filmography". The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education. 2008. http://www.marypickford.com/library/filmography. Retrieved October 15, 2009. Note: List needs to be expanded (i.e. "show" / "hide").
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "The Smoker". Silent Era Company. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Smoker1910.html. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Never Again". Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. 2010. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NeverAgain1910.html. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ "Never Again". American Film Institute. 2010. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=39757. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "When We Were in Our 'teens". Silent Era Company. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WhenWeWereinOurteens1910.html. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "Muggsy Becomes a Hero". Silent Era Company. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MuggsyBecomesaHero1910.html. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "A Gold Necklace". Silent Era Company. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GoldNecklace1910.html. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "The Lucky Toothache". Silent Era Company. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LuckyToothache1910.html. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "White Roses". Silent Era Company. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WhiteRoses1910.html. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Frederick James Smith (March 19, 1913). "Unspoiled by Fame is Mary Pickford". New York Dramatic Mirror. http://www.public.asu.edu/~bruce/Taylor58.txt. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Christal Schmidt (2003). "Mary Pickford filmography (1909–1933)". Christel Schmidt. http://pickfordfilmlegacy.tripod.com/pickfordfilmography.htm. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ Brownlow 1999, p. 80
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 111–116
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "With the Enemy's Help". Silent Era Company. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WiththeEnemysHelp1912.html. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ a b Whitfield 1997, pp. 121–122
- ^ Brownlow 1999, p. 177
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 144–145
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 186–188
- ^ Whitfield 1997, p. 323
- ^ Vance, Jeffrey; Tony Maietta (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-520-25667-5.
- ^ Fields, Ronald J. (1984). W.C. Fields — A Life on Film. New York, NY: St. Martin Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-312-85311-4.
- ^ The Gay Divorcee (DVD). Warner Bros. home video. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027039/fullcredits. Retrieved December 7, 2009. Note: Features Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as a bonus
- ^ Boom Town (film) (DVD). Warner Bros. home video. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292626/. Retrieved December 7, 2009. Note: Features Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars as a bonus
- ^ Schmidt, Christel (2003). "The Search for a Film Legacy: Mary Pickford filmography (1909–1933)". Christel Schmidt. http://pickfordfilmlegacy.tripod.com/index.htm. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Mrs. Jones Entertains". IMDb.com, Inc.. 1990–2009. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000731/. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ Henderson, Robert M. (1970). D.W. Griffith: The Years at Biograph. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 64. ISBN 74-109557.
References
- Main sources
- Brownlow, Kevin (1999). Mary Pickford Rediscovered. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0810943742.
- Eyman, Scott (1990). Mary Pickford: From Here to Hollywood. New York, NY: Donald E. Fine, Inc. ISBN 1-55611-243-2. (Originally titled Mary Pickford — America's Sweetheart)
- Neely, Hugh Munro (2008). "Mary Pickford, Filmmaker". The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Eductation. http://www.marypickford.com/library/about-mary-pickford. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- Whitfield, Eileen (1997). Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2045-4.
- Further reading
- Balio, Tino (2008). United Artists: The Company Built By the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0299114442.
- Blum, Daniel (1953, 1972). A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Son. ISBN 399-11098-4.
- Brownlow, Kevin (1968). The Parade's Gone By. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03068-0.
- Everson, William K. (1978). American Silent Film. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-502348-X.
- Henderson, Robert M. (1970). D.W. Griffith: The Years at Biograph. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 74-109557.
- Lee, Raymond (1971). The Films of Mary Pickford. Gazelle Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0498073809.
- Niver, Kemp (1969). Mary Pickford: Comedienne. Renovare Co. ISBN 978-0913986028.
- Pickford, Mary (1953). Sunshine and Shadow — An Autobiography. Doubleday & Co. ISBN B000J0H3S.
- Windeler, Robert (1970). Mary Pickford. Star Press. ISBN B000PDBU88.
External links
- "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp. Retrieved December 4, 2009. Note: Type "Mary Pickford" into Nominee category.
- "Mary Pickford". American Film Institute. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&retailCheck=&Type=PN&CatID=DATABIN_CAST&ID=108778&AN_ID=&searchedFor=Mary_Pickford_. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- "The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education". The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education. 2008. http://www.marypickford.com. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- "Mary Pickford Filmography (1909–1933)". Christel Schmidt. 2003. http://pickfordfilmlegacy.tripod.com/pickfordfilmography.htm. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
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