Mary Pickford, a blessing and a curse

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Mary Pickford’s name remains inseparable from the legend of American cinema. She invented the star system at the beginning of the 20th century, and was the biggest star ever known, not just in Hollywood, but worldwide, at a time when actors didn’t even have their names on movie posters.

She was more than a pioneer, she was a jack-of-all-trades: world-famous star, producer and formidable businesswoman, screenwriter and director in the shadows, studio boss, Mary Pickford alone embodied the entire legend of cinema and the advent of women in that particular era.

Directors : Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg
Production : Wichita Films
Producers : Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg
Co Producer : Martine Melloul – Kali Pictures
Network : OCS
Year : 2023
Running Time : 53 minutes
World Distributor : Prime Entertainment

Casting

Mary Pickford (archive)

Tony Maietta
Film Historian

Kathleen Feeley
Author of Mary Pickford: Hollywood and the New Woman

Tracey Goessel
Film historian and author of Douglas Fairbanks the king of Hollywood

Selected at AMDOCS Palm Springs 2024

Selected at The Beverly Hills Films Festival 2024