Mary Pickford filmography
Mary Pickford (1892–1979) was a Canadian-American motion picture actress, producer, and writer. During the silent film era she became one of the first great celebrities of the cinema and a popular icon known to the public as "America's Sweetheart".[1]
Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto and began acting on stage in 1900. She started her film career in the United States in 1909.[2] Initially with the Biograph film company, she moved to the Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP) in 1911, then briefly to the Majestic Film Company later that same year, followed by a return to Biograph in 1912.[3] After appearing in over 150 short films during her years with these studios she began working in features with Zukor's Famous Players Film Company, a studio which eventually became part of Paramount Pictures. By 1916 Pickford's popularity had climbed to the point that she was awarded a contract that made her a partner with Zukor and allowed her to produce her own films.[4] In 1919 Pickford teamed with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks to create United Artists, an organization designed to distribute their own films.[5] Following the release of Secrets (1933) Pickford retired from acting in motion pictures. However, she remained active as a producer for several years afterwards.[6] She sold her stock in United Artists in 1956.[7]
Pickford won two Academy Awards in her lifetime. The first was in 1929 when she won the award for Best Actress for her performance in Coquette.[8] The second was in 1975 when she was presented with an Honorary Academy Award "in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium".[8] As of 2009 two of Pickford's films have been added to the National Film Registry: Tess of the Storm Country (1914) and The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917).[9] For her work in motion pictures Pickford received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6280 Hollywood Boulevard.[10]
Unless otherwise referenced, the information presented here is derived from the web site of the American Film Institute, the filmography prepared by Library of Congress historian Christel Schmidt, and the books Mary Pickford Rediscovered by Kevin Brownlow, Mary Pickford: From Here to Hollywood by Scott Eyman, and Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood by Eileen Whitfield.
Box Office Ranking
- 1912 - 11
- 1913 - 15
- 1914 - 3
- 1915 - 2
- 1916 - 2
- 1917 - 4
- 1918 - 2
- 1919 - 3
- 1920 - 6
- 1921 - 1
- 1922 - 1
- 1923 - 4
- 1924 - 7
- 1925 - 4
- 1926 - 7
- 1927 - 23
- 1928 - 18
"The best known woman who has ever lived, the woman who was known to more people and loved by more people than any other woman that has been in all history."
Short films[]
Biograph (1909)[]
Mary Pickford began working for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in April 1909 and remained with the company until the end of 1910.[12][13] During this period Pickford made 43 films released in 1909, plus a 44th film that was not released. Most of these films are one-reelers while the remaining films are split-reelers (i.e. one of two films released on the same reel).
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
May 24, 1909 | Two Memories | Yes | Marion's sister | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
May 31, 1909 | Yes | One of the children on the street | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
June 7, 1909 | The Violin Maker of Cremona | Yes | Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
June 10, 1909 | The Lonely Villa | Yes | One of the Cullison Children | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
June 14, 1909 | Yes | Mary Clark | D.W. Griffith | ||||
June 17, 1909 | Yes | Girl at Party | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
June 17, 1909 | Her First Biscuits | Yes | Biscuit Victim | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel The first film that Pickford made | ||
June 24, 1909 | Yes | Woman on the Street and in Store | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
June 28, 1909 | Yes | Winnie, Mabel's Cousin | D.W. Griffith | ||||
July 1, 1909 | Yes | The Maid in the Pawnshop | D.W. Griffith | ||||
July 8, 1909 | The Country Doctor | Yes | Poor Mother's Elder Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
July 12, 1909 | Yes | The Señorita | D.W. Griffith | ||||
July 15, 1909 | Yes | Nellie | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
July 19, 1909 | The Renunciation | Yes | Kittie Ryan | D.W. Griffith | |||
July 22, 1909 | Sweet and Twenty | Yes | Alice | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
July 29, 1909 | Yes | A Young Girl at Court | D.W. Griffith | ||||
August 9, 1909 | Yes | Bessie | D.W. Griffith | ||||
August 19, 1909 | Yes | Bessie Wright | D.W. Griffith | ||||
August 23, 1909 | Yes | Blue Cloud's Wife | D.W. Griffith | ||||
August 26, 1909 | "" | Yes | Bessie | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
August 26, 1909 | Yes | The Maid | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
September 2, 1909 | The Little Darling | Yes | The Little Darling | D.W. Griffith | |||
September 2, 1909 | The Sealed Room | Yes | A Lady-in-Waiting | D.W. Griffith | |||
September 6, 1909 | The Hessian Renegades | Yes | A member of the soldier's family | D.W. Griffith | |||
September 13, 1909 | Getting Even | Yes | Yes | Miss Lucy | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |
September 16, 1909 | Yes | Ruth King | D.W. Griffith | ||||
September 20, 1909 | In Old Kentucky | Yes | Homecoming Party | D.W. Griffith | |||
September 30, 1909 | Yes | Yes | The Widow's Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
October 11, 1909 | Yes | The Little Teacher | D.W. Griffith | ||||
October 18, 1909 | His Lost Love | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | |||
October 25, 1909 | Yes | Girl at Brainard's | D.W. Griffith | ||||
October 28, 1909 | Yes | Second Couple | D.W. Griffith | ||||
November 1, 1909 | The Gibson Goddess | Yes | Girl on Sidewalk | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
November 1, 1909 | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
November 8, 1909 | Yes | Alice Ashford | D.W. Griffith | ||||
November 11, 1909 | Yes | Vivian and Daisy | D.W. Griffith | ||||
November 18, 1909 | Yes | Eleanor | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
November 25, 1909 | Yes | Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl | D.W. Griffith | ||||
November 29, 1909 | Yes | Nellie Burt | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
December 6, 1909 | Yes | An extra | D.W. Griffith | ||||
December 16, 1909 | Yes | Bessie | D.W. Griffith | ||||
December 27, 1909 | To Save Her Soul | Yes | Agnes Hailey | D.W. Griffith | |||
December 30, 1909 | The Day After | Yes | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
December 31, 1909 | Yes | The Outlaw's Daughter | D.W. Griffith |
Biograph (1910)[]
Pickford appeared in 34 Biograph films released in 1910. All of these films are one-reelers.
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
January 15, 1910 | All on Account of the Milk | Yes | The Young Woman | Frank Powell[14] | |||
February 3, 1910 | The Woman from Mellon's | Yes | Mary Petersby, the Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
February 17, 1910 | The Englishman and the Girl | Yes | The Girl | D.W. Griffith | Lost | ||
March 3, 1910 | Yes | Alice Vance | D.W. Griffith | ||||
March 7, 1910 | Yes | Myrtle | D.W. Griffith | ||||
March 24, 1910 | Yes | Molly Hendricks | D.W. Griffith | ||||
March 31, 1910 | Yes | George's Wife | Frank Powell[15] | ||||
April 4, 1910 | As It Is In Life | Yes | George Forrester's Daughter, as an Adult | D.W. Griffith | |||
April 7, 1910 | Yes | Jennie | D.W. Griffith | ||||
April 11, 1910 | A Romance of the Western Hills | Yes | Indian | D.W. Griffith | |||
May 5, 1910 | The Unchanging Sea | Yes | The Daughter as an Adult | D.W. Griffith | |||
May 9, 1910 | Yes | The Lacemaker | D.W. Griffith | ||||
May 12, 1910 | The Two Brothers | Yes | A Mexican | D.W. Griffith | |||
May 23, 1910 | Ramona | Yes | Ramona | D.W. Griffith | Based on the novel by Helen Hunt Jackson | ||
June 2, 1910 | In the Season of Buds | Yes | Mabel | D.W. Griffith | |||
June 9, 1910 | Yes | The Wife's Friend | D.W. Griffith | ||||
June 20, 1910 | Yes | The Girl | Frank Powell[16] | ||||
June 20, 1910 | Yes | Yes | May | Frank Powell[14] | |||
June 27, 1910 | Yes | Grace | D.W. Griffith | ||||
June 30, 1910 | Yes | Mabel Brown | D.W. Griffith | ||||
July 11, 1910 | What the Daisy Said | Yes | Martha | D.W. Griffith | |||
July 25, 1910 | Yes | A Messenger | D.W. Griffith | Unique male role of her career | |||
August 1, 1910 | An Arcadian Maid | Yes | Priscilla | D.W. Griffith | |||
August 15, 1910 | Yes | Mary | Frank Powell[17] | ||||
August 22, 1910 | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | ||||
August 25, 1910 | Wilful Peggy | Yes | Peggy | D.W. Griffith | |||
September 1, 1910 | Yes | Mabel | Frank Powell[18] | ||||
October 6, 1910 | Yes | Mazie | Frank Powell[19] | ||||
October 13, 1910 | The Lucky Toothache | Yes | Bessie | Frank Powell[20] | |||
November 5, 1910 | Yes | The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée | D.W. Griffith | ||||
November 14, 1910 | Yes | Miss Wilkins | D.W. Griffith | ||||
November 21, 1910 | Yes | Dove Eyes | D.W. Griffith | ||||
November 28, 1910 | Yes | Edith | D.W. Griffith | ||||
December 22, 1910 | Yes | Betty | Frank Powell[21] |
Biograph (1911)[]
Pickford left the Biograph Company at the end of 1910. The last films that she made for them before her departure were released in early 1911. All of these five films are one-reelers.
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
January 5, 1911 | Yes | Tessie | D.W. Griffith | ||||
January 9, 1911 | The Italian Barber | Yes | Alice | D.W. Griffith | |||
February 2, 1911 | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | ||||
March 6, 1911 | A Decree of Destiny | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | |||
August 17, 1911 | Yes | D.W. Griffith |
Selig (1911)[]
In a 1913 interview Pickford claimed to have written two screenplays for the Selig Polyscope Company.[22] Neither film is known to survive.[23]
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
March 3, 1911 | Yes | (unknown) | Lost | ||||
July 31, 1911 | Yes | (unknown) | Lost |
IMP (1911–1912)[]
In December 1910 Carl Laemmle signed Pickford to his Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP).[24] All of her IMP titles are one-reelers. The names of Pickford's characters are given if known. Only 13 of Pickford's 41 IMP films are known to survive complete, while fragments of two others exist.[23][25]
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
January 9, 1911 | Their First Misunderstanding | Yes | Yes | Mae Darcy | Thomas Ince | Extant[25] | |
January 23, 1911 | The Dream | Yes | Yes | The Wife | Thomas Ince George Loane Tucker |
preserved; Library of Congress | |
January 30, 1911 | Yes | Jimmie's sister | Thomas Ince | ||||
February 9, 1911 | Yes | Dorothy | Thomas Ince | ||||
February 9, 1911 | Yes | Dorothy, the wife | Thomas Ince | ||||
February 13, 1911 | Yes | Ruth | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
February 16, 1911 | Yes | Agnes Boyd | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
February 23, 1911 | Artful Kate | Yes | Artful Kate Stanley | Thomas Ince | preserved; Library of Congress | ||
February 27, 1911 | Yes | Walk-on | Thomas Ince | ||||
March 6, 1911 | Tracked | Yes | Unknown role | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
March 9, 1911 | The Message in the Bottle | Yes | Walk-on | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
March 13, 1911 | Yes | Unknown role | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
March 16, 1911 | Yes | Paula, the Fisher-Maid | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
March 20, 1911 | Yes | Walk-on | Thomas Ince | ||||
March 27, 1911 | Sweet Memories | Yes | Polly Biblett | Thomas Ince | preserved at the Library of Congress | ||
April 17, 1911 | Yes | Nello, the Bandit's Daughter | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
April 24, 1911 | Yes | Unknown role | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
May 1, 1911 | Yes | Gertrude Edgar | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
May 8, 1911 | Yes | Edith Morton | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
May 11, 1911 | Yes | Madge Spotwood | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
May 15, 1911 | Yes | Elsie Graham | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
May 18, 1911 | The Lighthouse Keeper | Yes | Polly Berry, the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter | Thomas Ince | |||
June 8, 1911 | Yes | Sadie Allen | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
July 3, 1911 | Yes | Haidee | Thomas Ince | ||||
July 6, 1911 | Yes | Princess Gilda | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
July 10, 1911 | Yes | Flora Powell | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
July 13, 1911 | Yes | Mrs. Warren | Thomas Ince | Fragment survives | |||
July 24, 1911 | Science | Yes | Mrs. Crawford | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
July 31, 1911 | Yes | The Girl | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
August 13, 1911 | Yes | Amy Gordon | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
August 24, 1911 | Yes | The Girl | Thomas Ince | ||||
August 31, 1911 | Yes | Alice Barton, the Farmer's Daughter | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
September 29, 1911 | Yes | Grace | Thomas Ince | ||||
October 2, 1911 | Yes | Unknown role | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
October 9, 1911 | Yes | Unknown role | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
October 12, 1911 | Yes | Lilian Garvey, a Salvation Army Lass | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
October 30, 1911 | Yes | Mrs. Kirby | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
December 28, 1911 | Yes | Little Vera, the Model | |||||
1911 (exact date unknown) | Yes | Mary | |||||
March 11, 1912 | Yes | Heroine of the Movie Within the Movie, The Wife's Desertion | Thomas Ince | Fragment survives |
Majestic (1911–1912)[]
After leaving IMP, Pickford signed with Harry H. Aiken's Majestic Film Company. During her brief time with this studio she made five one-reelers. Only one of these films is known to survive.[23]
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
November 25, 1911 | Yes | Mary | George Loane Tucker | Lost | |||
December 3, 1911 | Yes | Unknown role | Owen Moore | Lost | |||
December 17, 1911 | Yes | Little Red Riding Hood | Owen Moore | ||||
December 31, 1911 | Yes | Unknown role | Owen Moore | Lost | |||
February 9, 1912 | Yes | Mary Fuller | Owen Moore | Lost |
Biograph (1912–1913)[]
Pickford returned to the Biograph Company in January 1912, where she remained until the end of the year.[26] Except where noted all 26 films from this period are one-reelers.[14]
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
February 15, 1912 | The Mender of Nets | Yes | The Net-Mender | D.W. Griffith | |||
March 11, 1912 | A Timely Repentance | Yes | The Movie Heroine | D.W. Griffith | |||
March 14, 1912 | Iola's Promise | Yes | Iola | D.W. Griffith | |||
April 8, 1912 | Fate's Interception | Yes | The Mexican Girl | D.W. Griffith | |||
April 15, 1912 | The Female of the Species | Yes | The Miner's Wife's Sister | D.W. Griffith | |||
April 18, 1912 | Just Like a Woman | Yes | The Young Woman | D.W. Griffith | |||
April 22, 1912 | Yes | The Woman | Mack Sennett[14] | ||||
May 6, 1912 | The Old Actor | Yes | The Old Actor's Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
May 9, 1912 | A Lodging for the Night | Yes | The Mexican Girl | D.W. Griffith | |||
May 27, 1912 | A Beast at Bay | Yes | The Young Woman | D.W. Griffith | |||
June 6, 1912 | Home Folks | Yes | The Young Woman | D.W. Griffith | |||
June 17, 1912 | Lena and the Geese | Yes | Yes | Lena | D.W. Griffith | ||
June 27, 1912 | The School Teacher and the Waif | Yes | Nora, the Waif | D.W. Griffith | |||
July 8, 1912 | An Indian Summer | Yes | The Widow's Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
August 1, 1912 | The Narrow Road | Yes | Mrs. Jim Holcomb | D.W. Griffith | |||
August 12, 1912 | The Inner Circle | Yes | The Rich Italian's Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
August 19, 1912 | With the Enemy's Help | Yes | Faro Kate | Wilfred Lucas[27] | |||
August 29, 1912 | A Pueblo Legend | Yes | The Indian Girl | D.W. Griffith | Two reels | ||
September 23, 1912 | Friends | Yes | Dora (the orphan) | D.W. Griffith | |||
September 30, 1912 | So Near, yet So Far | Yes | The Young Woman | D.W. Griffith | |||
October 3, 1912 | A Feud in the Kentucky Hills | Yes | The Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
October 21, 1912 | The One She Loved | Yes | The Wife | D.W. Griffith | |||
November 14, 1912 | My Baby | Yes | The Wife | D.W. Griffith | |||
November 21, 1912 | The Informer | Yes | The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart | D.W. Griffith | |||
December 6, 1912 | The New York Hat | Yes | Miss Mollie Goodhue (the girl) | D.W. Griffith | The last film that Pickford made for Biograph | ||
March 15, 1913 | The Unwelcome Guest | Yes | The Slavey | D.W. Griffith |
Features[]
State rights (1913–1914)[]
After leaving Biograph at the end of 1912, Pickford returned to stage acting in the Broadway production of David Belasco's play A Good Little Devil. In May 1913 she resumed acting in motion pictures when she signed with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company. The first five features she made for Zukor were released in the United States on a state rights basis, where regional organizations in each state handled the distribution of each film.[28] Only one of these films is known to survive complete.[23]
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
September 10, 1913 | In the Bishop's Carriage | Yes | Nance Olden | Edwin S. Porter | Lost | ||
November 10, 1913 | Caprice | Yes | Mercy Baxter | J. Searle Dawley | Lost | ||
February 10, 1914 | Hearts Adrift | Yes | Nina | Edwin S. Porter | Lost | ||
March 1, 1914 | A Good Little Devil | Yes | Juliet | Edwin S. Porter | incomplete; One reel survives | ||
March 30, 1914 | Tess of the Storm Country | Yes | Tessibel Skinner | Edwin S. Porter |
Paramount (1914–1916)[]
In 1914 Paramount Pictures began handling the release of Zukor's Famous Players Film Company.[28] Pickford made 17 features prior to beginning with Artcraft. Ten of these films survive complete while six are lost and one survives incomplete.[23]
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
July 1, 1914 | The Eagle's Mate | Yes | Anemone Breckenridge | James Kirkwood | |||
August 26, 1914 | Behind the Scenes | Yes | Dolly Lane | James Kirkwood | |||
September 21, 1914 | Such a Little Queen | Yes | Queen Anna Victoria | Hugh Ford | Lost | ||
December 28, 1914 | Cinderella | Yes | Cinderella | James Kirkwood | |||
February 1, 1915 | Mistress Nell | Yes | Mistress Nell | James Kirkwood | |||
May 10, 1915 | Fanchon the Cricket | Yes | Fanchon, the cricket | James Kirkwood | Survives incomplete; 3½ of 5 reels survive | ||
June 7, 1915 | The Dawn of a Tomorrow | Yes | Glad | James Kirkwood | |||
July 1, 1915 | Little Pal | Yes | "Little Pal" | James Kirkwood | |||
August 2, 1915 | Rags | Yes | Rags / Alice McCloud | James Kirkwood | |||
September 6, 1915 | Esmeralda | Yes | Esmerelda Rogers | James Kirkwood | Lost | ||
October 7, 1915 | A Girl of Yesterday | Yes | Yes | Jane Stuart | Allan Dwan | Lost | |
November 8, 1915 | Madame Butterfly | Yes | Cho-Cho-San | Sidney Olcott | |||
Unreleased | The Foundling | Yes | Molly O | Allan Dwan | Lost; negative destroyed in a studio fire.[29] | ||
January 2, 1916 | The Foundling | Yes | Molly O | John B. O'Brien | |||
March 2, 1916 | Poor Little Peppina | Yes | Peppina | Sidney Olcott | |||
April 17, 1916 | The Eternal Grind | Yes | Louise | John B. O'Brien | |||
July 31, 1916 | Hulda from Holland | Yes | Hulda | John B. O'Brien |
Artcraft (1916–1918)[]
Pickford signed a new contract with Adolph Zukor in June 1916. Among the agreements in the contract was that she would now be producing her own films and they would be distributed through a special division of Paramount Pictures called Artcraft.[30] Pickford made 13 films for Artcraft of which 11 survive complete.[23]
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
November 2, 1916 | Less Than the Dust | Yes | Yes | Radha | John Emerson | ||
January 8, 1917 | The Pride of the Clan | Yes | Yes | Marget MacTavish | Maurice Tourneur | ||
March 5, 1917 | The Poor Little Rich Girl | Yes | Yes | Gwendolyn | Maurice Tourneur | ||
May 14, 1917 | A Romance of the Redwoods | Yes | Yes | Jenny Lawrence | Cecil B. DeMille | ||
July 2, 1917 | The Little American | Yes | Yes | Angela Moore | Cecil B. DeMille | ||
September 3, 1917 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Yes | Yes | Rebecca Randall | Marshall Neilan | ||
November 12, 1917 | A Little Princess | Yes | Yes | Sara Crewe | Marshall Neilan | ||
January 21, 1918 | Stella Maris | Yes | Yes | Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake | Marshall Neilan | ||
March 10, 1918 | Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley | Yes | Yes | Amarilly Jenkins | Marshall Neilan | ||
May 12, 1918 | M'Liss | Yes | Yes | Melissa "M'liss" Smith | Marshall Neilan | ||
June 23, 1918 | How Could You, Jean? | Yes | Yes | Jean Mackaye | William Desmond Taylor | Lost | |
September 15, 1918 | Johanna Enlists | Yes | Yes | Johanna Renssaller | William Desmond Taylor | ||
April 21, 1919 | Captain Kidd, Jr. | Yes | Yes | Mary MacTavish | William Desmond Taylor | Incomplete print survives |
War propaganda (1917–1918)[]
During World War I Pickford appeared in four short propaganda films.
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
October 1917 | All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan | Yes | Herself | Marshall Neilan | |||
October 5, 1918 | 100% American | Yes | Mayme | Arthur Rosson | Released in Canada under the title 100% Canadian.[23] | ||
November 1, 1918 | United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive | Yes | Herself | Frank Lloyd | |||
November 1918 | Canadian Victory Loan Drive | Yes | Herself |
First National (1918–1920)[]
In November 1918 Pickford ended her contractual obligations with Adolph Zukor and Paramount. She then signed a three-picture deal with First National to distribute her productions.[31]
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
May 12, 1919 | Daddy-Long-Legs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jerusha "Judy" Abbott | Marshall Neilan | |
September 1, 1919 | The Hoodlum | Yes | Yes | Amy Burke | Sidney Franklin | ||
December 1, 1919 | Heart o' the Hills | Yes | Yes | Mavis Hawn | Sidney Franklin |
United Artists (silent films, 1920–1927)[]
In 1919 Pickford co-founded United Artists with Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks. Pickford starred in 11 silent films for United Artists release and co-produced three films starring her brother, Jack Pickford, and one with their sister, Lottie Pickford. Mary Pickford also made unbilled cameo appearances in three other films during this time.
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
January 18, 1920 | Pollyanna | Yes | Yes | Pollyanna Whittier | Paul Powell | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
January 27, 1920 | Suds | Yes | Yes | Amanda Afflick | John Francis Dillon | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
January 9, 1921 | The Love Light | Yes | Yes | Angela Carlotti | Frances Marion | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
May 17, 1921 | Through the Back Door | Yes | Yes | Jeanne | Alfred E. Green Jack Pickford |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
August 17, 1921 | They Shall Pay | Yes | Martin Justice | A Playgoer Picture Released by Associated Exhibitors Starring Lottie Pickford | |||
September 16, 1921 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Yes | Yes | Cedric Errol / Widow Errol | Alfred E. Green Jack Pickford |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
November 12, 1922 | Tess of the Storm Country | Yes | Yes | Tessibel "Tess" Skinner | John S. Robertson | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
January 23, 1923 | Garrison's Finish | Yes | Arthur Rossen | A Jack Pickford Production Released by Allied Producers and Distributors | |||
August 19, 1923 | Hollywood | Yes | Herself (unbilled cameo) | James Cruze | A Paramount Picture; Lost | ||
September 3, 1923 | Rosita | Yes | Yes | Rosita, a street singer | Ernst Lubitsch | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
March 15, 1924 | The Hill Billy | Yes | George W. Hill | Jack Pickford–Allied Producers and Distributors | |||
May 25, 1924 | Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall | Yes | Yes | Dorothy Vernon | Marshall Neilan | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
March 29, 1925 | Waking Up the Town | Yes | James Cruze | A Jack Pickford Production Released by Allied Producers and Distributors | |||
September 18, 1925 | Little Annie Rooney | Yes | Yes | Yes | Annabelle "Little Annie" Rooney | William Beaudine | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
March 8, 1926 | The Black Pirate | Yes | Billie Dove's kissing stand-in (unbilled cameo) | Albert Parker | An Elton Corporation Production Released by United Artists Filmed in Technicolor | ||
September 26, 1926 | Sparrows | Yes | Yes | Molly | William Beaudine | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
September 9, 1927 | A Kiss from Mary Pickford ("Поцелуй Мэри Пикфорд") | Yes | Herself (cameo) | Sergei Komarov | A Mezhrabpom–Rus & Sovkino Production | ||
November 4, 1927 | The Gaucho | Yes | Virgin Mary (unbilled cameo) | F. Richard Jones | An Elton Corporation Production Released by United Artists | ||
November 13, 1927 | My Best Girl | Yes | Yes | Maggie Johnson | Sam Taylor | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
United Artists (sound films, 1929–1949)[]
Pickford starred in four sound films (excluding the uncompleted Forever Yours). After Secrets, her final film as an actress, she continued working as a producer, including two films in collaboration with Jesse L. Lasky. In 1945, she and her third husband, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, co-founded Comet Productions to produce "B" pictures for United Artists.[32] Her role as producer in these later films was generally uncredited.
Release date | Title | Credited as | Director | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Actress | Role | ||||
March 30, 1929 | Coquette | Yes | Yes | Norma Besant | Sam Taylor | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists Academy Award for Best Actress | |
October 26, 1929 | The Taming of the Shrew | Yes | Yes | Katherine | Sam Taylor | A Mary Pickford and Elton Corporation Production Released by United Artists | |
Not released (filmed in 1930) | Forever Yours | Yes | Yes | Mary Carlton / Mary Marlow | Marshall Neilan | A Mary Pickford Production Not completed; 3½ minutes survive | |
March 14, 1931 | Kiki | Yes | Kiki | Sam Taylor | An Art Cinema Production Released by United Artists | ||
March 16, 1933 | Secrets | Yes | Yes | Mary Carlton / Mary Marlow | Frank Borzage | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists | |
May 13, 1936 | One Rainy Afternoon | Yes | Rowland V. Lee | A Mary Pickford–Jesse Lasky Production Released by United Artists | |||
October 2, 1936 | The Gay Desperado | Yes | Rouben Mamoulian | A Mary Pickford–Jesse Lasky Production Released by United Artists | |||
October 20, 1946 | Little Iodine | Yes | Reginald Le Borg | A Comet Production Released by United Artists | |||
December 13, 1946 | Susie Steps Out | Yes | Reginald Le Borg | A Comet Production Released by United Artists | |||
May 9, 1947 | The Adventures of Don Coyote | Yes | Reginald Le Borg | A Comet Production Released by United Artists Filmed in Cinecolor | |||
June 21, 1947 | Stork Bites Man | Yes | Cy Endfield | A Comet Production Released by United Artists | |||
February 18, 1948 | Sleep, My Love | Yes | Douglas Sirk | A Triangle Production Released by United Artists | |||
November 19, 1948 | White Cradle Inn | Yes | Harold French | Peak Films–United Artists | |||
October 12, 1949 | Love Happy | Yes | David Miller | An Allied Alliance Production Released by United Artists |
Cameos and erroneous credits[]
Cameo appearances in short films[]
Pickford made cameo appearances as herself in the following short films:
Year | Title | Ref |
---|---|---|
1928 | Holiday in Mexico | [33] |
1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 | [34] |
1934 | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | [35] |
1941 | Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars | [36] |
Erroneous credits[]
Three Biograph titles, The Usurer (August 15, 1910), The Affair of an Egg (September 1, 1910), and Examination Day at School (September 2, 1910), and two IMP titles, At the Duke's Command (February 6, 1911) and From the Bottom of the Sea (October 20, 1911), have been erroneously listed in Mary Pickford filmographies. Pickford historian Christel Schmidt has confirmed that the actress does not appear in these films.[37] The Internet Movie Database lists Pickford as appearing in the Biograph shorts entitled Mrs. Jones Entertains (January 9, 1909),[38] The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (January 21, 1909)[39] and The Deception (March 22, 1909).[40] However, Pickford did not begin with Biograph until the end of April 1909.[41] Mary Pickford is credited with appearing in the movie Pictureland in 1911 but a recently discovered copy shows that she is not in the film. The stars are Isabel Rae and King Baggot and the film was likely directed by Thomas Ince.
See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Sources:
- Whitfield 1997, p. 133 "Calling Mary 'America's Sweetheart' was not exactly a stroke of genius. I was simply putting down in two words what everyone in America seemed to be thinking about her." — B.P. Schulberg, publicist for Famous Players and scenario writer for In the Bishop's Carriage (1913) and Tess of the Storm Country (1914)
- "Mary Pickford — America's Sweetheart". Amazon.com, Inc. 2006–2009. Retrieved December 7, 2009. (Cover of Scott Eyman's biography)
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 8, 62–80
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 416–419
- ^ Neely 2008, p. 3
- ^ Neely 2008, p. 5
- ^ Neely 2008, p. 8
- ^ Neely 2008, p. 10
- ^ a b "The Official Academy Awards Database". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2009. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
- ^ Sources:
- "Films Added to National Film Registry for 2006" (Press release). Library of Congress. December 27, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
- Andrews, Roberts M. (October 11, 1991). "25 Films Designated For Preservation" (Fee required). St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
- ^ "The Hollywood Walk of Fame". Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Inc. 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
- ^ "Liner notes to Little Lord Fauntleroy" (PDF). Little Lord Fauntleroy DVD. Milestone Film and Video. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ Whitfield 1997, p. 81
- ^ Brownlow 1999, pp. 72–80
- ^ a b c d "Mary Pickford filmography". The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education. 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2009. Note: List needs to be expanded (i.e. "show" / "hide").
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "The Smoker". Silent Era Company. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Sources:
- "Never Again". Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. 2010. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- "Never Again". American Film Institute. 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "When We Were in Our 'teens". Silent Era Company. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "Muggsy Becomes a Hero". Silent Era Company. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "A Gold Necklace". Silent Era Company. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "The Lucky Toothache". Silent Era Company. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "White Roses". Silent Era Company. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Frederick James Smith (March 19, 1913). "Unspoiled by Fame is Mary Pickford". New York Dramatic Mirror. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Christal Schmidt (2003). "Mary Pickford filmography (1909–1933)". Christel Schmidt. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ Brownlow 1999, p. 80
- ^ a b King, Susan (September 17, 2013). "Restored Mary Pickford film to be screened in New Hampshire". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 111–116
- ^ Bennett, Carl (2010). "With the Enemy's Help". Silent Era Company. Archived from the original on October 21, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ a b Whitfield 1997, pp. 121–122
- ^ Brownlow 1999, p. 177
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 144–145
- ^ Whitfield 1997, pp. 186–188
- ^ Whitfield 1997, p. 323
- ^ Schmidt, Christel. "Library of Congress Project Report". Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ Fields, Ronald J. (1984). W.C. Fields — A Life on Film. New York, NY: St. Martin Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-312-85311-4.
- ^ The Gay Divorcee (DVD). Warner Bros. home video. Retrieved December 7, 2009. Note: Features Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as a bonus
- ^ Boom Town (film) (DVD). Warner Bros. home video. Retrieved December 7, 2009. Note: Features Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars as a bonus
- ^ Schmidt, Christel (2003). "The Search for a Film Legacy: Mary Pickford filmography (1909–1933)". Christel Schmidt. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Mrs. Jones Entertains". IMDb.com, Inc. 1990–2015. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "The Fascinating Mrs. Francis". IMDb.com, Inc. 1990–2015. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "The Deception". IMDb.com, Inc. 1990–2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ^ Henderson, Robert M. (1970). D.W. Griffith: The Years at Biograph. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 64. ISBN 0374134162.
References[]
- Main sources
- Brownlow, Kevin (1999). Mary Pickford Rediscovered. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-4374-2.
- Eyman, Scott (1990). Mary Pickford: From Here to Hollywood. New York, NY: Donald E. Fine, Inc. ISBN 1-55611-243-2. (Originally titled Mary Pickford – America's Sweetheart)
- Neely, Hugh Munro (2008). "Mary Pickford, Filmmaker". The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Eductation. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- Whitfield, Eileen (1997). Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2045-4.
- Petersen, Anne Helen (2014). Pickford&Fairbanks: American Royalty. Penguin.
- Further reading
- Balio, Tino (2008). United Artists: The Company Built By the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-11444-2.
- Blum, Daniel (1972) [1953]. A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Son. ISBN 0399506675.
- Brownlow, Kevin (1968). The Parade's Gone By. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03068-0.
- Everson, William K. (1978). American Silent Film. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-502348-X.
- Henderson, Robert M. (1970). D.W. Griffith: The Years at Biograph. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374134162.
- Lee, Raymond (1971). The Films of Mary Pickford. Gazelle Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0-498-07380-9.
- Niver, Kemp (1969). Mary Pickford: Comedienne. Renovare Co. ISBN 978-0-913986-02-8.
- Pickford, Mary (1953). Sunshine and Shadow – An Autobiography. Doubleday & Co. ASIN B0006DDPVC.
- Windeler, Robert (1970). Mary Pickford. Star Press. ISBN 0275514102.
External links[]
- "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2009. Note: Type "Mary Pickford" into Nominee category.
- "Mary Pickford". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- "The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education". The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education. 2008. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- "Mary Pickford Filmography (1909–1933)". Christel Schmidt. 2003. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
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