Mary Pickford [electronic resource] : queen of the movies / edited by Christel Schmidt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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