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Mary Pickford : Queen of the Movies /

In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema's first great star. In this engaging collection, copublished with the...

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Otros Autores: Schmidt, Christel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction / Molly Haskell -- The Natural: Transitions in Mary Pickford's Acting from the Footlights to Her Greatest Role in Film / Eileen Whitfield -- Childhood Revisited: An Evaluation of Mary Pickford's Youngest Characters / Eileen Whitfield -- Mary Pickford: passionate producer / Kevin Brownlow -- Father of the Family: Mary Pickford's Journey from Breadwinner to Businesswoman / Christel Schmidt -- Pickford and Fairbanks: A Modern Marriage / Christel Schmidt -- "Little Mary": Formidable Philanthropist / Alison Trope -- America's Sweetheart / Edward Wagenknecht -- Dressing the Part: Mary Pickford's Use of Costume / Beth Werling -- American Idol: Mary Pickford, World War I, and the Making of a National Icon / Christel Schmidt -- Laws of attraction: Mary Pickford, movies, and the evolution of fame / Eileen Whitfield -- Crown of Glory: The Rise and Fall of the Mary Pickford Curls / Christel Schmidt -- Blood and Sympathy: Race and the Films of Mary Pickford / Elizabeth Binggeli -- The Films of Mary Pickford / James Card -- Mary Pickford and the Archival Film Movement / Christel Schmidt -- The Mary Pickford Film Collection at the Library of Congress / Christel Schmidt -- The Mary Pickford Photograph Collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library / Robert Cushman -- The Mary Pickford Costume and Ephemera Collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County / Beth Werling -- Chronology of Mary Pickford's Life / Christel Schmidt -- Filmography / Christel Schmidt. 
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