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5 days ago · The Connection – Margot Robbie and Mary Pickford. Robbie’s success is a positive sign of the times. It reflects the long fight Mary Pickford started. Mary was one of the first members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She had the guts to demand equal pay. Her impressive earnings in her time showed other women it’s possible.
5 days ago · Margot Robbie’s record-breaking $59 million salary was made possible by the pioneering efforts of Canadian actress Mary Pickford, known as ‘America’s sweetheart’ in Hollywood’s early days. Pickford was the highest-paid actress in the 1920s, paving the way for stars like Robbie today.
4 days ago · William Randolph Hearst (center in tuxedo) with party attendees (from left to right) Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and Princess Bibesco. Credit: Marc Wanamaker/Bison...
4 days ago · In March 1933, Mary Pickford approached Walt with a proposal for a feature-length adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, which would combine Pickford's live-action performance of the title role with an animated Wonderland supplied by the Disney studio.
2 days ago · The first was a silent film by the same name, released in 1910. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and starred Mary Pickford. Other versions were made in 1928, 1936 and 1946. Ramona, a 17-minute short directed by D. W. Griffith; Ramona, directed by Donald Crisp
1 day ago · Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first name Sarah was rarely used) [4] in Chicago, Illinois in 1896, she was the daughter of Pearl Alexander, a dancer, and Gilbert Joel Sweet, a wine merchant. [a] The actors Antrim and Gertrude Short were cousins of Blanche. [6] [b] Her mother died when she was an infant, and she was raised by her maternal ...
4 days ago · D.W. Griffith, pioneer American motion-picture director credited with developing many of the basic techniques of filmmaking, in such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), and The Struggle (1931).
