Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies

Contents

CONTENTS Editor’s Preface Christel Schmidt ix INTRODUCTION Molly Haskell 1 THE NATURAL Transitions in Mary Pickford’s Acting from the Footlights to Her Greatest Role in Film EileenWhitfield 7 Childhood Revisited An Evaluation of Mary Pickford’s Youngest Characters EileenWhitfield 23 MARY PICKFORD Passionate Producer Kevin Brownlow 33 FATHER OF THE FAMILY Mary Pickford’s Journey from Breadwinner to Businesswoman Christel Schmidt 47 Pickford and Fairbanks A Modern Marriage Christel Schmidt 64 “LITTLE MARY” Formidable Philanthropist Alison Trope 73 AMERICA’S SWEETHEART EdwardWagenknecht 89 Memorabilia: 1910s 100 DRESSING THE PART Mary Pickford’s Use of Costume BethWerling 109 Memorabilia: 1920s 136 AMERICAN IDOL Mary Pickford, World War I, and the Making of a National Icon Christel Schmidt 145 Laws of Attraction Mary Pickford, Movies, and the Evolution of Fame EileenWhitfield 163 CROWN OF GLORY The Rise and Fall of the Mary Pickford Curls Christel Schmidt 169 BLOOD AND SYMPATHY Race and the Films of Mary Pickford Elizabeth Binggeli 187 THE FILMS OF MARY PICKFORD James Card 205 Mary Pickford and the Archival Film Movement Christel Schmidt 218 The Mary Pickford Film Collection at the Library of Congress Christel Schmidt 224 The Mary Pickford Photograph Collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library Robert Cushman 226 The Mary Pickford Costume and Ephemera Collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County BethWerling 228 Mary Pickford Chronology Christel Schmidt 230 Filmography Christel Schmidt 241 Acknowlegments 251 Notes 252 Bibliography 262 List of Contributors 265 Photo Credits and Permissions 266 Index 270 ...