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Mary Pickford | | Variant Name: |
Gladys Louise Smith | | Birth Date: |
April 8, 1893 | | Death Date: |
May 29, 1979 | | Place of Birth: |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | Place of Death: |
Santa Monica, California, United States of America | | Nationality: |
American, Canadian | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
actress, producer, screenwriter, film studio founder |
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Biography of Mary Pickford
1,747 words, approx. 6 pages
 Mary Pickford (1893-1979) was the first star of American cinema. Immensely popular in the silent era of motion pictures, Pickford was also a savvy businesswoman and the first female movie mogul. She and three other film legends (including one-time...


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Mary Pickford Quotes
171 words, approx. 1 pages
 Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a Canadian-born film star and co-founder of United Artists, known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curls." Unsourced Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus...


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Pickford, Mary (1893-1979) Summary
1,899 words, approx. 6 pages Touted as the first female movie mogul, "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford is best remembered for the sticky-sweet Pollyanna image she cultivated in her films of the 1910s and 1920s. The child-like innocence and eternal optimism...
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Mary Pickford Information
4,881 words, approx. 16 pages
 Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian motion picture star, as well as a co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences....




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Film academy sues to stop sale of Oscars
9/1/2007: 300 words, approx. 1 pages The Motion Picture Academy of Arts & Sciences is suing to stop the public sale of two Academy Awards given to silent film star Mary Pickford.In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, the academy claims it has the right to buy the historic statuettes and one owned...
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Oscar lawsuit will be heard in LA County
11/20/2007: 283 words, approx. 1 pages A judge has ruled that a lawsuit aimed at stopping the public sale of two Oscars given to Mary Pickford should be tried in Los Angeles County.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences claims it has the right to buy the statuettes and one...
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Mission possible: Reviving movie studio
11/26/2007: 1,023 words, approx. 3 pages For a studio with a hallowed past, the star power of Tom Cruise and producing partner Paula Wagner at the helm, and a $500 million bankroll, United Artists seemed supercharged for a comeback.But the studio is off to a shaky start.Its first film, the somber...
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American Idylls! A Multi-City Celebri-Spree
5/14/2006: 1,011 words, approx. 3 pages Having spent the last two weeks on a whistle-stop tour of American hotspots, I now have a very clear understanding as to why illegal immigrants continue to storm our borders with such persistence and verve. It is, quite simply, because they still think America is...


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