A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.
Charles Chaplin
- Self
- (archive footage)
Walt Disney
- Self
- (archive footage)
Amelia Earhart
- Self
- (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Sir Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)
Douglas Fairbanks
- Self
- (archive footage)
Lillian Gish
- Self
- (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as David Wark Griffith)
Roxanne Monroe
- Self - Mary Pickford's Daughter
- (archive footage)
Mary Pickford
- Self
- (archive footage)
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Buddy Rogers)
Mack Sennett
- Self
- (archive footage)
Adolph Zukor
- Self
- (archive footage)
Cecil B. DeMille
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Thomas A. Edison
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Jean Hersholt
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Carl Laemmle
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaOver twelve vintage audio interviews given by Pickford during her lifetime where restored and re-edited to allow Ms. Pickford (a silent star) to narrate over 50% of her story in her own voice, along with co-narrator actor Michael York.
- Quotes
Lillian Gish: She deserved the title of 'America's Sweetheart.'
- ConnectionsFeatures Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
- SoundtracksLet Me Call You Sweetheart
Written by: Beth Slater Whitson and Leo Friedman
Arranged by: David Michael Frank
Performed by: Bonnie Frank
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A lovely overview of the career of Mary Pickford
It's impossible to dislike a film about the life of Mary Pickford--especially when it offers clips from many of her best films as well as narration by Mary herself (taken from various interviews she made later in life). On top of that, the filmmakers seemed to really like Miss Pickford and the documentary was a nice, loving tribute to this silent star. It's narrated by Michael York and is chock full of nice interviews, a few clips that were never shown before* and is nearly as good as the biography of Pickford that they showed on "The American Experience". My only quibble is that the film seemed a bit too glowing at times--and I was left wondering if Pickford could be as wonderful as they made her sound! Well worth seeing.
*Twice in the film, they showed a clip from "Sparrows" of an angel interacting with Mary. It was possibly the most beautiful camera trick I've seen in a silent film--yet, inexplicably, the clip never actually made it to the final movie. I have no idea why--it was amazing.
*Twice in the film, they showed a clip from "Sparrows" of an angel interacting with Mary. It was possibly the most beautiful camera trick I've seen in a silent film--yet, inexplicably, the clip never actually made it to the final movie. I have no idea why--it was amazing.
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- planktonrules
- Aug 11, 2013
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- Budget
- $250,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008) officially released in Canada in English?
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