Mary Pickford: Canada's 'America's Sweetheart' 🇨🇦🌟

Although known as 'America's Sweetheart,' Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto! She was one of the first great stars of the silent film era and a co-founder of the United Artists film studio. Her Canadian heritage is often overlooked! 🇨🇦 #Canada #MaryPickford #CanadianActress #SilentFilm #Hollywood

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To give actors & filmmakers creative control, #UnitedArtists was founded on #ThisDayInHistory in 1919, by #CharlieChaplin, #MaryPickford, #DouglasFairbanks, & #DWGriffith. With a #socialist in Chaplin & a vicious #racist in Griffith, the company was comfortable with controversy.
‘Clueless,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Glory,’ ‘The Big Chill,’ ‘High Society,’ ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Enter the National Film Registry

Also picked for preservation: ‘The Thing,’ ‘Before Sunrise,’ ‘Frida,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘Philadelphia,’ ‘The Incredibles’ and ‘The Hours,’ while Ken Burns makes the list for the first time.

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Mary Pickford in “The Love Light” (1921) (also pictured: Frances Marion)
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Mary Pickford and Fred Thomson in “The Love Light” (1921)
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American posters and advertisements for “The Love Light” (1921)
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Mary Pickford: 'America's Sweetheart' with Canadian Roots 🇨🇦🌟

Although known as 'America's Sweetheart,' Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto! She was one of the first great stars of the silent film era and a co-founder of the United Artists film studio. Her Canadian heritage is often overlooked! 🇨🇦 #Canada #MaryPickford #CanadianActress #SilentFilm #Hollywood

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-pickford

Next week’s #SilentSundayNights has the #SilentFilm romantic drama “The Love Light” (1921) starring Mary Pickford and written & directed by Frances Marion
#TCMParty #TheLoveLight #MaryPickford #FrancesMarion

Mary Pickford: 'America's Sweetheart' with Canadian Roots 🇨🇦🌟

Although known as 'America's Sweetheart,' Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto! She was one of the first great stars of the silent film era and a co-founder of the United Artists film studio. Her Canadian heritage is often overlooked! 🇨🇦 #Canada #MaryPickford #CanadianActress #SilentFilm #Hollywood

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-pickford

Next week’s #SilentSundayNights has the Frances Marion penned dramedy “Johanna Enlists” (1918) starring Mary Pickford
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