Leavey Peggy Dymond - Mary Pickford Canada's Silent Siren America's Sweetheart - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Mary Pickford's ambition passion innate talent and savvy business acumen sent her career into the stratosphere and set the blueprint for the modern movie star. Born Gladys Louise Smith in 1892, Pickford was raised in a house on University Avenue in Toronto and began her acting career on the stage. However her determination led her to the new world of motion pictures where she not only revolutionized acting method but negotiated her own terms for the highest salary for any actress and complete creative control over her films unheard of behaviour for a woman of that period. Pickford co - founded United Artists in 1919 with Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin which turned the existing studio system on its head. The actress's subsequent marriage to Fairbanks incited a fan frenzy comparable to today's obsession with couples like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Although Pickford's star faded with the advent of talking pictures she was the catalyst for the culture of Hollywood celebrity that enthralls us today.
Title: Mary Pickford Canada's Silent Siren America's Sweetheart
Author(s): Leavey Peggy Dymond
Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
Barcode: 9781554889457
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 9/14/2011
Series: Quest Biography
Category: Biography: Arts & Entertainment