Showing posts with label Mary Pickford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Pickford. Show all posts

Sunday, April 9, 2017

20 Fascinating Facts About Hollywood Pioneer Mary Pickford

REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM (1917) -- Mary Pickford, dir. by Marshall Neilan Do you know who formed United Artists studios in 1919 with Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith? Even when they were shown a photograph of her, not one trivia-obsessed Jeopardy! contestant on a recent episode could come up with her name: Mary Pickford.As Americas first movie starand the first successful businesswoman...
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Saturday, April 8, 2017

UPI Almanac for Saturday, April 8, 2017

Mary Pickford (AMERICAN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)Today is Saturday, April 8, the 98th day of 2017 with 267 to follow.The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Venus. Evening stars are Mercury, Mars and Jupiter.Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, in 1726; pioneer neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing in 1869; actor...
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