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4 lut 2019 · Credited with defining cinema’s ingénue archetype, Pickford was Hollywood’s first close-up and Hollywood’s conscience. Soldiers wore her portrait in lockets they took to war. She looked ...
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Beginning her film career in 1909, by 1916 Pickford became Hollywood's first millionaire, and at the height of her career had complete creative control of her films and was one of the most recognizable women in the world.
27 lut 2018 · One hundred years ago, the most powerful woman in Hollywood was a producer, a studio head and a major force onscreen. Mary Pickford was a founder of the Motion Picture Academy and much admired...
13 gru 2017 · In the early years of Hollywood, from 1915 through the early 1930s, Frances Marion was one of Hollywood’s most successful screenwriters and arguably the most famous. She defined and shaped the role of the screenwriter, becoming the best adaptor of novels and plays in the business.
3 mar 2017 · Not only are they early Academy Award winners—Mary Pickford as Best Actress for “Coquette” (1929), one of her final films before she retired from acting, as well as an Honorary Oscar in 1976, while Frances Marion won twice out of three nominations, for Best Writing (Achievement) for “Big House” (1930) and the following year for the ...
With Zukor, Pickford made a number of high-grossing films, including one of her best-remembered silents, Tess of the Storm Country (1914), which the producer later claimed saved Famous Players from bankruptcy. Pickford's involvement in early Hollywood includes a range of contributions.
Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. She was one of the first Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and an outstanding influence in the development of film acting. Since her international fame was triggered by moving pictures and the resultant ...
