Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies

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MARY PICKFORD MARY PICKFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY MARY PICKFORD QUEEN OF THE MOVIES Edited by Christel Schmidt MARY PICKFORD Y Library of congress k Copyright © 2012 by The Library of Congress The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, andWestern Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales O≈ces: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com 16 15 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mary Pickford: queen of the movies / edited by Christel Schmidt. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8131-3647-9 (hardcover: alk. paper) — isbn 978-08131 -3667-7 (pdf ) — isbn 978-0-8131-4055-1 (epub) 1. Pickford, Mary, 1892–1979. 2. Motion picture actors and actresses— United States—Biography. 3. Motion picture producers and directors—United States—Biography. I. Schmidt, Christel. pn2287.p5m38 2012 791.4302'8092—dc23 [B] 2012019015 ^ This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. Printed in China.¥ Member of the Association of American University Presses Composed in Kennerley Old Style (originally created by Frederic Goudy for Mitchell Kennerley’s 1911 edition of The Open Door by H. G.Wells and digitized in 2001 by Berthold LLC). Designed by Robert L.Wiser, Silver Spring, Maryland. Frontispiece: Photo by Hartsook, circa 1919. To Robert Cushman (1946–2009) for his passionate commitment to Mary Pickford throughout his thirty-seven-year career at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His love for the actress began when he was a teenager and lasted a lifetime. Robert’s curatorial accomplishments on her behalf live on through the institution’s Mary Pickford Collection. To Gwynne Pickford Ornstein (1916–1984), who had a deep love for her aunt Mary and an endless interest in her career. Pickford with her niece Gwynne on the set of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917). ...