Mary Pickford

Author : Christel Schmidt
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813140551

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Mary Pickford by Christel Schmidt Pdf

“Explains Pickford’s roles as not only a talented actress, but also as a philanthropist and industry leader who managed to end up her own producer.” —Time Out In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema’s first great star. In this engaging collection, co-published with the Library of Congress, an eminent group of film historians sheds new light on this icon’s incredible life and legacy. Pickford emerges from the pages in vivid detail, 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. With extensive photos and illustrations, this book paints a fascinating portrait of a key figure in American cinematic history. Includes over 200 photos, illustrations, and stills from the collections of the Library of Congress and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Author : Scott Eyman
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005339499

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Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart by Scott Eyman Pdf

A biography of Hollywood's first superstar, examining her life and career. Includes a listing of the films she made.

Author : Peggy Dymond Leavey
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554889457

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Mary Pickford by Peggy Dymond Leavey Pdf

Traces the life of silent film star Mary Pickford, from her childhood in Toronto through her years of success in motion pictures in the United States.

Author : George A. Walker
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780889844346

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Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era by George A. Walker Pdf

At the age of 17, Toronto-born Gladys Louise Smith, known to the world as Mary Pickford, burst onto the silent-film scene. But Pickford was more than just ‘the girl with the curls’. In addition to her acting career—an unequivocal success spanning 52 features—Pickford helped establish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the studio United Artists. The first woman to create her own film corporation, she pioneered the roles of the independent actress, film star, producer and distributor. In Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era, wood engraver George A. Walker tells the story of Pickford’s life in a visual, sequential narrative not unlike the silent films of old. Walker’s black-and-white wood engravings recall the monochromatic media of Pickford’s films, and echo the experience of interpreting stories visually. Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era originated as a limited edition of 35 copies hand printed in Walker’s studio in Leslieville, Toronto.

Author : Eileen Whitfield
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813191793

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Pickford by Eileen Whitfield Pdf

A comprehensive biography of film's first star traces her rise to fame with the growth of the medium, her influence as a partner in United Artists, her relationship with Douglas Fairbanks, and her struggles later in life. UP.

Author : Kevin Brownlow
Publisher : Abradale Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015043788317

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Mary Pickford Rediscovered by Kevin Brownlow Pdf

Not only does this volume feature, as the title suggests, many previously unpublished photos of the silent film star (these consisting of film stills, production shots, and personal photographs drawn from the collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), it also contains extensive commentary on Pickford's career and each of her films. Not merely the most popular actress of her day, Pickford also exercised complete control over her films, making her a pioneer for women in positions of power in the film industry. For film historians and fans, this valuable volume contains a wealth of otherwise unavailable information about--as well as images of--her career. 9x12". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Kathleen A. Feeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429978661

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Mary Pickford by Kathleen A. Feeley Pdf

On screen and off, movie star Mary Pickford personified the 'New Woman' of the early 1900s, a moniker given to women who began to demand more autonomy inside and outside the home. Well educated and career-minded, these women also embraced the new mass culture in which consumption and leisure were seen to play a pivotal role in securing happiness. Mary Pickford: Hollywood and the New Woman examines Pickford's role in the rise of industrial capitalism and consumer culture, and uses her life and unprecedented career as a wildly popular actress and savvy film mogul to illustrate the opportunities and obstacles faced by American women during this time. Following Pickford's life from her childhood on stage to her rise as a powerful studio executive, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to American film and mass culture. It also explores her struggles to surpass her confining public film persona as 'America's Sweetheart' with her creative and business achievements, mirroring how women, both then and today, must reconcile domestic life with professional aspirations and work. About the Lives of American Women series: Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a woman's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a 'good read' featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.

Author : Christel Schmidt
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813136677

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Mary Pickford by Christel Schmidt Pdf

In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema's first great star. In this engaging collection, copublished with the Library of Congress, an eminent group of film historians sheds new light on this icon's incredible life and legacy. Pickford emerges from the pages in vivid detail. 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. This beautifully designed volume features more than two hundred color and black and white illustrations, including photographs and stills from the collections of the Library of Congress and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Together with the text, they paint a fascinating portrait of a key figure in American cinematic history.

Author : Peggy Dymond Leavey
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554889457

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Mary Pickford by Peggy Dymond Leavey Pdf

Traces the life of silent film star Mary Pickford, from her childhood in Toronto through her years of success in motion pictures in the United States.

Author : Mary Pickford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615805655

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Why Not Try God? by Mary Pickford Pdf

Famous motion picture actress Mary Pickford wrote her inspirational self-help manual "Why Not Try God?" in 1934, with the aid of her collaborator Adela Rogers St. Johns. For nearly eighty years its thoughtful approach toward spirituality has encouraged and inspired her audience. Pickford's positive approach gives anyone, believer or non-believer, a rationale on which to build faith, and a path to understanding the difficulties we face in life. It contains her most famous quote: ..".this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down," along with her prescription for how to pull yourself back up again for a new beginning. Pickford starts her story with her own youthful rebellion against a God whom she thought unjust, after the death of a childhood friend. She continues with her own turnabout as an adult, including stories of people who have inspired her and the thoughts of scientists and philosophers in whose statements on religion she has found meaning and understanding. "Why Not Try God?" is ultimately a cheerful work, a short, effective essay on why we should believe, and how such belief can become a positive influence that will help us meet our daily challenges and affect our lives and the lives of those around us for the better. This new edition, simply and elegantly set, contains a new "Afterword" by film scholar and educator Anke Brouwers. Dr. Brouwers reveals the reasons that caused Mary Pickford to write "Why Not Try God?" and gives us a context for understanding her work that will of interest both to fans of the actress and to the general public.

Author : Scott Eyman
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015017715973

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Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart by Scott Eyman Pdf

A biography of Hollywood's first superstar, examining her life and career. Includes a listing of the films she made.

Author : Mary Pickford
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781787208902

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My Rendezvous with Life by Mary Pickford Pdf

First published in 1935, this book by famous film actress Mary Pickford is an essay on death and her belief in an afterlife and the undying human spirit. “When we stop to consider that all of life, as we understand it, springs from a little seed, then a progression of life beyond this present experience should not seem such a miraculous thing. “The development of a Sequoia tree growing two hundred and fifty feet into the air and living five thousand years is, to me, more amazing than the transition we call death. “And so why do we humans in this world think of our progression out of it as such a great mystery when the wise ones through the ages have assured us that the only part of us that really can be destroyed is our false and limited conception of life?”—Mary Pickford

Author : Eileen Whitfield
Publisher : Lexington : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040573381

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Pickford by Eileen Whitfield Pdf

The silent-film star who developed her own production company and co-founded United Artists.

Author : Mary Pickford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : OCLC:1356058012

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Sunshine and Shadow by Mary Pickford Pdf

Author : Ira H. Gallen
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781460260999

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D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema by Ira H. Gallen Pdf

Exhaustively researched and accessibly written, D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema is a remarkably comprehensive biography of the legendary director and his days creating his craft at the American Biograph Company between 1908 through 1913. Meticulously detailed, utilizing a wealth of archival documents and photographs, the book effectively details Griffith’s place as a film pioneer. Even a casual film fan can see the lines being drawn from the techniques Griffith developed to modern cinematic experience. Ira Gallen’s exploration of Griffith’s family and his early life sets the stage for his career, and give great context for who he would become. His intricate details about early stage and film paint such a vivid and evocative picture of the time that you will be truly drawn into another world while reading it.