Mary Pickford filmography
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Mary Pickford
(1892–1979) was a Canadian 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".
Pickford was born in Toronto and began acting on stage in 1900. She started her film career in the United States in 1909. 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. 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. 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. Following the release of Secrets
(1933) Pickford retired from acting in motion pictures. However, she remained active as a producer for several years afterwards. She sold her stock in United Artists in 1956.
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
. 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". 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). For her work in motion pictures Pickford received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
located at 6280 Hollywood Boulevard
.
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.
in April 1909 and remained with the company until the end of 1910. 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).
films released in 1910. All of these films are one-reelers.
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.
. Neither film is known to survive.
signed Pickford to his Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP). All of her IMP titles are one-reelers. The names of Pickford's characters are given if known. Only 12 of Pickford's 39 Majestic films are known to survive complete, while fragments of two others exist.
in January 1912, where she remained until the end of the year. Except where noted all 26 films from this period are one-reelers.
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. Only one of these films is known to survive complete.
began handling the release of Zukor
's Famous Players Film Company
. Pickford made 17 features prior to beginning with Artcraft. Ten of these films survive complete while six are lost and one survives incomplete.
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. Pickford made 13 films for Artcraft of which 11 survive complete.
Pickford appeared in four short propaganda films.
to distribute her productions.
with Charlie Chaplin
, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks
. Pickford starred in 11 silent films for United Artists release and co-produced three film starring her brother, Jack Pickford
, and one with their sister, Lottie Pickford
. Mary Pickford also made unbilled cameo appearances in six other films during this time.
, 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.
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 this these films. The Internet Movie Database lists Pickford as appearing in a Biograph short entitled Mrs. Jones Entertains (January 9, 1909). However, Pickford did not begin with Biograph until the end of April 1909.
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
(1892–1979) was a Canadian motion picture actress, producer, and writer. During the silent film era
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
she became one of the first great celebrities of the cinema and a popular icon
Icon
An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
known to the public as "America's Sweetheart".
Pickford was born in Toronto and began acting on stage in 1900. She started her film career in the United States in 1909. Initially with the Biograph film company
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
, 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. After appearing in over 150 short films during her years with these studios she began working in features with Zukor
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor , born Adolph Cukor, was a film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures.-Early life:...
's Famous Players Film Company
Famous Players Film Company
The Famous Players Film Company was founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios. The company advertised "Famous Players in Famous Plays" and its first release was the French film Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth starring...
, a studio which eventually became part of Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
. 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. In 1919 Pickford teamed with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
, and Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....
to create United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
, an organization designed to distribute their own films. Following the release of Secrets
Secrets (film)
Secrets is a 1933 Western film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Mary Pickford in her last film role. The film is a remake of Secrets , a silent film starring Norma Talmadge....
(1933) Pickford retired from acting in motion pictures. However, she remained active as a producer for several years afterwards. She sold her stock in United Artists in 1956.
Pickford won two Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
in her lifetime. The first was in 1929 when she won the award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
for her performance in Coquette
Coquette (film)
-Plot:Norma Besant, daughter of a Southern doctor, is an incorrigible flirt and has many suitors. Her father Dr. Besant favors Stanley , who is taken with Norma. However Norma has met a simple man named Michael Jeffrey who she has fallen madly in love with. Dr. Besant disapproves of Michael...
. 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". As of 2009 two of Pickford's films have been added to the National Film Registry: Tess of the Storm Country
Tess of the Storm Country (1914 film)
Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 drama, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White. It starred Mary Pickford, in a role she would reprise eight years later for the 1922 adaptation by John S...
(1914) and The Poor Little Rich Girl
The Poor Little Rich Girl
The Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1917 American comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. Adapted by Frances Marion from the 1913 play by Eleanor Gates. The Broadway play actually starred future screen actress Viola Dana...
(1917). For her work in motion pictures Pickford received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
located at 6280 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
-Revitalization:In recent years successful efforts have been made at cleaning up Hollywood Blvd., as the street had gained a reputation for crime and seediness. Central to these efforts was the construction of the Hollywood and Highland shopping center and adjacent Kodak Theatre in 2001...
.
Unless otherwise referenced, the information presented here is derived from the web site of the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
, the filmography prepared by Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
historian Christel Schmidt, and the books Mary Pickford Rediscovered by Kevin Brownlow
Kevin Brownlow
Kevin Brownlow is a filmmaker, film historian, television documentary-maker, author, and Academy Award recipient. Brownlow is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era. Brownlow became interested in silent film at the age of eleven. This interest grew into a career spent...
, Mary Pickford: From Here to Hollywood by Scott Eyman
Scott Eyman
Scott Eyman is an American author and book editor of the Palm Beach Post and contributor for The New York Observer. His books specialize in the Golden Age of Hollywood. He is the author of Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille, , Louis B...
, and Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood by Eileen Whitfield.
Biograph (1909)
Mary Pickford began working for the American Mutoscope and Biograph CompanyAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
in April 1909 and remained with the company until the end of 1910. 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 Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| May 25, 1909 | Two Memories | Yes | Marion's sister | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
| May 31, 1909 | His Duty | 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 The Lonely Villa The Lonely Villa is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced by the Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film survives.-... |
Yes | One of the Cullison Children | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
| June 14, 1909 | The Son's Return | Yes | Mary Clark | D.W. Griffith | |||
| June 17, 1909 | Faded Lilies | 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 |
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| June 24, 1909 | The Peach-Basket Hat | Yes | Woman on the Street and in Store | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
| June 28, 1909 | The Way of Man | Yes | Winnie, Mabel's Cousin | D.W. Griffith | |||
| July 1, 1909 | The Necklace | Yes | The Maid in the Pawnshop | D.W. Griffith | |||
| July 8, 1909 | The Country Doctor The Country Doctor (film) The Country Doctor is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film exist in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Kate Bruce as Poor Mother... |
Yes | Poor Mother's Elder Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
| July 12, 1909 | The Cardinal's Conspiracy | Yes | The Señorita | D.W. Griffith | |||
| July 15, 1909 | Tender Hearts | 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 | The Slave | Yes | A Young Girl at Court | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 9, 1909 | They Would Elope | Yes | Bessie | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 19, 1909 | His Wife's Visitor | Yes | Bessie Wright | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 23, 1909 | The Indian Runner's Romance | Yes | Blue Cloud's Wife | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 26, 1909 | "Oh, Uncle!" | Yes | Bessie | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
| August 26, 1909 | The Seventh Day | 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 The Sealed Room The Sealed Room is an eleven minute film released in 1909. Directed by D.W. Griffith, the film's cast included Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Pickford, and Mack Sennett. The film was also known as The Sealed Door.... |
Yes | A Lady-in-Waiting | D.W. Griffith | |||
| September 6, 1909 | 1776, or 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 | The Broken Locket | Yes | Ruth King | D.W. Griffith | |||
| September 20, 1909 | In Old Kentucky | Yes | Homecoming Party | D.W. Griffith | |||
| September 30, 1909 | The Awakening | Yes | Yes | The Widow's Daughter | D.W. Griffith | ||
| October 11, 1909 | The Little Teacher | Yes | The Little Teacher | D.W. Griffith | |||
| October 18, 1909 | His Lost Love | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | |||
| October 25, 1909 | In the Watches of the Night | Yes | Girl at Brainard's | D.W. Griffith | |||
| October 28, 1909 | Lines of White on a Sullen Sea | Yes | Second Couple | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 1, 1909 | The Gibson Goddess | Yes | Girl on Sidewalk | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
| November 1, 1909 | What's Your Hurry? | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
| November 8, 1909 | The Restoration | Yes | Alice Ashford | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 11, 1909 | The Light That Came | Yes | Vivian and Daisy | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 18, 1909 | A Midnight Adventure | Yes | Eleanor | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
| November 25, 1909 | The Mountaineer's Honor | Yes | Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 29, 1909 | The Trick That Failed | Yes | Nellie Burt | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | ||
| December 6, 2009 | Through the Breakers | Yes | An extra | D.W. Griffith | |||
| December 16, 1909 | The Test | Yes | Bessie | D.W. Griffith | |||
| December 27, 1909 | To Save Her Soul To Save Her Soul To Save Her Soul is a 1909 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many of the early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.-Cast:* Arthur V... |
Yes | Agnes Hailey | D.W. Griffith | |||
| December 30, 1909 | The Day After The Day After (1909 film) The Day After is a 1909 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Arthur V. Johnson - Mr. Hilton* Blanche Sweet - The New Year... |
Yes | D.W. Griffith | Split-reel | |||
| unreleased | The Heart of an Outlaw | Yes | The Outlaw's Daughter | D.W. Griffith |
Biograph (1910)
Pickford appeared in 34 BiographAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
films released in 1910. All of these films are one-reelers.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| January 15, 1910 | All on Account of the Milk All on Account of the Milk All on Account of the Milk is a 1910 short silent drama film directed by Frank Powell, starring Mary Pickford and Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the Biograph Company using one of the many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry that were based there... |
Yes | The Young Woman | Frank Powell Frank Powell Frank E. Powell was a stage and silent film actor, screenwriter, and director in the United States. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Powell made his Broadway theatre debut in 1904 and began his career in film in 1909 as an actor and scriptwriter at Biograph Studios. There, he also... |
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| February 3, 1910 | The Woman From Mellon's | Yes | Mary Petersby, the Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
| February 17, 1910 | The Englishman and the Girl The Englishman and the Girl The Englishman and the Girl was a 1910 short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film is currently presumed to be lost.-Plot:A small town's drama group is preparing for a Pocahontas-type play, when one of the member's English relatives suddenly arrives for a visit... |
Yes | The Girl | D.W. Griffith | |||
| March 3, 1910 | The Newlyweds | Yes | Alice Vance | D.W. Griffith | |||
| March 7, 1910 | The Thread of Destiny | Yes | Myrtle | D.W. Griffith | |||
| March 24, 1910 | The Twisted Trail | Yes | Molly Hendricks | D.W. Griffith | |||
| March 31, 1910 | The Smoker | Yes | George's Wife | Frank Powell | |||
| April 4, 1910 | As It Is In Life | Yes | George Forrester's Daughter, as an Adult | D.W. Griffith | |||
| April 7, 1910 | A Rich Revenge | Yes | Jennie | D.W. Griffith | |||
| April 11, 1910 | A Romance of the Western Hills A Romance of the Western Hills A Romance of the Western Hills is a 1910 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford and Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Mary Pickford - Indian... |
Yes | Indian | D.W. Griffith | |||
| May 5, 1910 | The Unchanging Sea The Unchanging Sea The Unchanging Sea is a 1910 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the Library of Congress film archive.-Cast:* Arthur V... |
Yes | The Daughter as an Adult | D.W. Griffith | |||
| May 9, 1910 | Love Among the Roses | Yes | The Lacemaker | D.W. Griffith | |||
| May 12, 1910 | The Two Brothers The Two Brothers The Two Brothers is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 60. It is Aarne-Thompson type 567A, the magic bird heart, and type 303, the blood brothers.-Synopsis:... |
Yes | A Mexican | D.W. Griffith | |||
| May 23, 1910 | Ramona Ramona (1910 film) Ramona is a 1910 short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. A copy of the print survives in the Library of Congress film archive.-Cast:* Mary Pickford - Ramona* Henry B. Walthall - Alessandro... |
Yes | Ramona | D.W. Griffith | Based on the novel Ramona Ramona is a 1884 United States historical novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. It is the story of a Scots-Native American orphan girl in Southern California, who suffers racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the Christian Union on a weekly basis, the novel became immensely... by Helen Hunt Jackson Helen Hunt Jackson Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske , was a United States writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government. She detailed the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor... |
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| June 2, 1910 | In the Season of Buds | Yes | Mabel | D.W. Griffith | |||
| June 9, 1910 | A Victim of Jealousy | Yes | The Wife's Friend | D.W. Griffith | |||
| June 20, 1910 | Never Again | Yes | The Girl | Frank Powell | |||
| June 20, 1910 | May and December | Yes | Yes | May | Frank Powell | ||
| June 27, 1910 | A Child's Impulse | Yes | Grace | D.W. Griffith | |||
| June 30, 1910 | Muggsy's First Sweetheart | Yes | Mabel Brown | D.W. Griffith | |||
| July 11, 1910 | What the Daisy Said What the Daisy Said What the Daisy Said is a one-reel film made by D. W. Griffith for Biograph in 1910.-Plot:Two farm sisters are feeling romantic and looking for suitors. Mary consults a gypsy who gives her a fortune that promotes his intentions to seduce her... |
Yes | Martha | D.W. Griffith | |||
| July 25, 1910 | The Call to Arms | Yes | A Messenger | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 1, 1910 | An Arcadian Maid | Yes | Priscilla | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 15, 1910 | When We Were In Our 'Teens | Yes | Mary | Frank Powell | |||
| August 22, 1910 | The Sorrows of the Unfaithful | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 25, 1910 | Wilful Peggy | Yes | Peggy | D.W. Griffith | |||
| September 1, 1910 | Muggsy Becomes a Hero | Yes | Mabel | Frank Powell | |||
| October 6, 1910 | A Gold Necklace | Yes | Mazie | Frank Powell | |||
| October 13, 1910 | A Lucky Toothache | Yes | Bessie | Frank Powell | |||
| November 5, 1910 | Waiter No. 5 | Yes | The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 14, 1910 | Simple Charity | Yes | Miss Wilkins | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 21, 1910 | The Song of the Wildwood Flute | Yes | Dove Eyes | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 28, 1910 | A Plain Song | Yes | Edith | D.W. Griffith | |||
| December 22, 1910 | White Roses | Yes | Betty | Frank Powell |
Biograph (1911)
Pickford left the Biograph CompanyAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
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 Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| January 5, 1911 | When A Man Loves | Yes | Tessie | D.W. Griffith | |||
| January 9, 1911 | The Italian Barber The Italian Barber The Italian Barber is a 1911 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Joseph Graybill and featuring Mary Pickford. The film, by the Biograph Company, was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the... |
Yes | Alice | D.W. Griffith | |||
| February 2, 1911 | Three Sisters | Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | |||
| March 6, 1911 | A Decree of Destiny A Decree of Destiny A Decree of Destiny is a 1911 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford and featuring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Joseph Graybill - Kenneth Marsden* Marion Sunshine - Edith* Mary Pickford - Mary* Clara T... |
Yes | Mary | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 17, 1911 | Madame Rex | Yes | D.W. Griffith |
Selig (1911)
In a 1913 interview Pickford claimed to have written two screenplays for the Selig Polyscope CompanySelig Polyscope Company
The Selig Polyscope Company was an American motion picture company founded in 1896 by William Selig in Chicago, Illinois. Selig Polyscope is noted for establishing Southern California's first permanent movie studio, in the historic Edendale district of Los Angeles...
. Neither film is known to survive.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| March 3, 1911 | The Medallion | Yes | (unknown) | Lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... |
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| July 31, 1911 | Caught in the Act | Yes | (unknown) | Lost |
IMP (1911–1912)
In December 1910 Carl LaemmleCarl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle , born in Laupheim, Württemberg, Germany, was a pioneer in American film making and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios - Universal...
signed Pickford to his Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP). All of her IMP titles are one-reelers. The names of Pickford's characters are given if known. Only 12 of Pickford's 39 Majestic films are known to survive complete, while fragments of two others exist.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
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| January 9, 1911 | Their First Misunderstanding | Yes | Yes | Mae Darcy | Thomas Ince Thomas H. Ince Thomas Harper Ince was an American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer of more than 100 films and pioneering studio mogul. Known as the "Father of the Western", he invented many mechanisms of professional movie production, introducing early Hollywood to the "assembly line"... |
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| January 23, 1911 | The Dream | Yes | Yes | The Wife | Thomas Ince | ||
| January 30, 1911 | Maid or Man | Yes | Thomas Ince | ||||
| February 9, 1911 | The Mirror | Yes | Dorothy | Thomas Ince | |||
| February 9, 1911 | When The Cat's Away | Yes | Dorothy | Thomas Ince | |||
| February 13, 1911 | Her Darkest Hour | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| February 16, 1911 | The Convert | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| February 23, 1911 | Artful Kate | Yes | Thomas Ince | ||||
| February 27, 1911 | A Manly Man | Yes | Thomas Ince | ||||
| March 4, 1911 | Pictureland | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| March 6, 1911 | Tracked | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| March 9, 1911 | The Message in the Bottle | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| March 13, 1911 | The Secret of the Palm | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| March 16, 1911 | The Fisher-Maid | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| March 20, 1911 | In Old Madrid | Yes | Thomas Ince | ||||
| March 27, 1911 | Sweet Memories Sweet Memories Sweet Memories is a 1911 silent short romantic drama film, written and directed by Thomas H. Ince, released on March 27, 1911.-Plot:... |
Yes | Polly Biblett | Thomas Ince | |||
| April 17, 1911 | The Stampede | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| April 24, 1911 | While There Is Hope, There Is Life | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| May 1, 1911 | Second Sight | Yes | Gertrude Edgar | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
| May 8, 1911 | The Fair Dentist | Yes | Edith Morton | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
| May 11, 1911 | For Her Brother's Sake | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| May 15, 1911 | The Master and the Man | Yes | Elsie Graham | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
| May 18, 1911 | The Lighthouse Keeper | Yes | Thomas Ince | ||||
| June 8, 1911 | Back to the Soil | Yes | Sadie Allen | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
| July 3, 1911 | In the Sultan's Garden | Yes | Haidee | Thomas Ince | |||
| July 6, 1911 | For the Queen's Honor | Yes | The Princess | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
| July 10, 1911 | A Gasoline Engagement | Yes | Flora Powell | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
| July 13, 1911 | At a Quarter of Two | Yes | Mrs. Warren | Thomas Ince | Fragment survives | ||
| July 24, 1911 | Science | Yes | Mrs. Crawford | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
| July 31, 1911 | The Skating Bug | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| August 13, 1911 | The Call of the Song | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| August 24, 1911 | As a Boy Dreams | Yes | The Girl | Thomas Ince | |||
| August 31, 1911 | The Toss of a Coin | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| September 29, 1911 | 'Tween Two Loves | Yes | Thomas Ince | ||||
| October 2, 1911 | The Rose's Story | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| October 9, 1911 | The Sentinel Asleep | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| October 12, 1911 | The Better Way | Yes | A Salvation Army Lass | Thomas Ince | Lost | ||
| October 30, 1911 | His Dress Shirt | Yes | Thomas Ince | Lost | |||
| March 11, 1912 | A Timely Repentance | Yes | The Movie Heroine | 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.| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| November 25, 1911 | The Courting of Mary | Yes | George Loane Tucker George Loane Tucker George Loane Tucker was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 61 films between 1911 and 1921. Tucker had been an actor before moving to directing. In 1913 he directed Traffic in Souls, which concerned the topic of white slavery. The film, over 70 years later, remains an early... |
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| December 3, 1911 | Love Heeds Not the Showers | Yes | Owen Moore Owen Moore Owen Moore was an Irish-born actor in American films, appearing in more than 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937.-Life and career:... |
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| December 17, 1911 | Little Red Riding Hood | Yes | Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings.... |
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| December 31, 1911 | The Caddy's Dream | Yes | Owen Moore | Lost | |||
| February 9, 1912 | Honor Thy Father | Yes | Owen Moore | Lost |
Biograph (1912–1913)
Pickford returned to the Biography CompanyAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
in January 1912, where she remained until the end of the year. Except where noted all 26 films from this period are one-reelers.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |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 | Won By a Fish | Yes | The Woman | Mack Sennett Mack Sennett Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"... |
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| 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 The Inner Circle (1912 film) The Inner Circle is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford and Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Adolph Lestina - The Widower... |
Yes | The Rich Italian's Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
| August 19, 1912 | With the Enemy's Help With the Enemy's Help With the Enemy's Help is a 1912 short silent Western film directed by Wilfred Lucas, starring Blanche Sweet and Mary Pickford.-Cast:* Charles West - The Prospector* Blanche Sweet - The Prospector's Wife* Mary Pickford - Faro Kate... |
Yes | Faro Kate | Wilfred Lucas Wilfred Lucas Wilfred Lucas was a Canadian stage and film actor, film director, and screenwriter.-Career:A native of Ontario, Canada, Lucas headed to New York City to work in the theater, making his Broadway acting debut in 1904 at the Savoy Theater in the production of The Superstition of Sue... |
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| August 29, 1912 | A Pueblo Legend | Yes | The Indian Girl | D.W. Griffith | Two reels | ||
| September 23, 1912 | Friends Friends (1912 film) Friends is a 1912 film written and directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey... |
Yes | Dora (the orphan) | D.W. Griffith | |||
| September 30, 1912 | So Near, Yet So Far So Near, Yet So Far So Near, Yet So Far is a 1912 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.-Cast:* Walter Miller - Howard* Mary Pickford - The Young Woman* Robert Harron - The Rival/In Club... |
Yes | The Young Woman | D.W. Griffith | |||
| October 3, 1912 | A Feud in the Kentucky Hills A Feud in the Kentucky Hills A Feud in the Kentucky Hills is a 1912 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film, by the Biograph Company, was shot on the Hudson Palisades near Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th... |
Yes | The Daughter | D.W. Griffith | |||
| October 21, 1912 | The One She Loved The One She Loved The One She Loved is a 1912 silent drama film directed by D.W. Griffith. The film, by the Biograph Company, was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.-Cast:* Henry B... |
Yes | The Wife | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 14, 1912 | My Baby My Baby (film) My Baby is a 1912 short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith and Frank Powell. Prints of the film exist in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Mary Pickford - The Wife* Henry B. Walthall - The Husband... |
Yes | The Wife | D.W. Griffith | |||
| November 21, 1912 | The Informer The Informer (1912 film) The Informer is a 1912 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Walter Miller - The Confederate Captain* Mary Pickford - The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart* Henry B... |
Yes | The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart | D.W. Griffith | |||
| December 6, 1912 | The New York Hat The New York Hat The New York Hat is a short silent film directed by D. W. Griffith from a screenplay by Anita Loos, and starring Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, and Lillian Gish.-Production:... |
Yes | Miss Mollie Goodhue (the girl) | D.W. Griffith | The last film that Pickford made for Biograph | ||
| March 15, 1913 | The Unwelcome Guest The Unwelcome Guest The Unwelcome Guest is a 1913 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* Mary Pickford - The Slavey* W. Chrystie Miller - The Old Father* Charles Hill Mailes - The Son* Claire McDowell - The Wife* Jack Pickford - One of the Children... |
Yes | The Slavey | D.W. Griffith |
State rights (1913–1914)
After leaving BiographAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
at the end of 1912, Pickford returned to stage acting in the Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
production of David Belasco
David Belasco
David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright.-Biography:Born in San Francisco, California, where his Sephardic Jewish parents had moved from London, England, during the Gold Rush, he began working in a San Francisco theatre doing a variety of routine jobs,...
's play A Good Little Devil. In May 1913 she resumed acting in motion pictures when she signed with Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor , born Adolph Cukor, was a film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures.-Early life:...
's Famous Players Film Company
Famous Players Film Company
The Famous Players Film Company was founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios. The company advertised "Famous Players in Famous Plays" and its first release was the French film Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth starring...
. 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. Only one of these films is known to survive complete.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| September 10, 1913 | In the Bishop's Carriage In the Bishop's Carriage In the Bishop's Carriage is a 1913 silent film produced by Famous Players Film Company film company and starring Mary Pickford. It is based on a 1907 Broadway play In the Bishop's Carriage by Channing Pollock, the play itself based on the novel of the same name by Miriam Michelson. This film is lost... |
Yes | Nance Olden | Edwin S. Porter Edwin S. Porter Edwin Stanton Porter was an American early film pioneer, most famous as a director with Thomas Edison's company... |
Lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... |
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| November 10, 1913 | Caprice Caprice (1913 film) Caprice is a 1913 silent film feature produced by Daniel Frohman and Adolph Zukor and starring Mary Pickford. J. Searle Dawley directed. Though Zukor helped finance the film it was distributed on a 'State's Rights' arrangement primarily since no Paramount Pictures had yet to exist... |
Yes | Mercy Baxter | J. Searle Dawley J. Searle Dawley J. Searle Dawley was an American director and screenwriter. He directed 149 films between 1907 and 1926. He was born in Del Norte, Colorado and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:... |
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| February 10, 1914 | Hearts Adrift Hearts Adrift Hearts Adrift was a 1914 silent short romance film directed by Edwin S. Porter. Based upon the 1911 story As the Sparks Fly Upward by Cyrus Townsend Brady, the film is now considered lost.-Production:... |
Yes | Nina | Edwin S. Porter | Lost | ||
| March 1, 1914 | A Good Little Devil A Good Little Devil A Good Little Devil is a 1914 silent film starring Mary Pickford. It was produced by Adolph Zukor and Daniel Frohman and distributed on a 'State's Rights' basis. Pickford along with friend Lillian Gish appeared in the Broadway play version of the story prior to Pickford making this film. Much of... |
Yes | Juliet | Edwin S. Porter | incomplete; One reel survives | ||
| March 30, 1914 | Tess of the Storm Country Tess of the Storm Country (1914 film) Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 drama, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White. It starred Mary Pickford, in a role she would reprise eight years later for the 1922 adaptation by John S... |
Yes | Tessibel Skinner | Edwin S. Porter | Extant |
Paramount (1914–1916)
In 1914 Paramount PicturesParamount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
began handling the release of Zukor
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor , born Adolph Cukor, was a film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures.-Early life:...
's Famous Players Film Company
Famous Players Film Company
The Famous Players Film Company was founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios. The company advertised "Famous Players in Famous Plays" and its first release was the French film Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth starring...
. Pickford made 17 features prior to beginning with Artcraft. Ten of these films survive complete while six are lost and one survives incomplete.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| July 1, 1914 | The Eagle's Mate The Eagle's Mate The Eagle's Mate is a 1914 silent film produced by Famous Players film company and released through Paramount Pictures. The film starred Mary Pickford and was her first film working with actor/director James Kirkwood. The film is based on a novel The Eagle's Mate by Anna Alice Chapin... |
Yes | Anemone Breckenridge | James Kirkwood James Kirkwood, Sr. James Kirkwood, Sr. was an American actor and director.... |
Lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... |
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| August 26, 1914 | Behind the Scenes | Yes | Dolly Lane | James Kirkwood | Extant | ||
| September 21, 1914 | Such a Little Queen Such a Little Queen Such a Little Queen is a 1914 silent film starring Mary Pickford. It is based on a 1909 play by Channing Pollock which starred Elsie Ferguson. This film would later be remade in 1921 with Constance Binney in the lead. Cinematographer Ernest Haller was in charge of photography on both films. The... |
Yes | Queen Anna Victoria | Hugh Ford Hugh Ford Hugh Ford was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 31 films between 1913 and 1921. He also wrote for 19 films between 1913 and 1920.He was born in Washington, D.C..-Selected filmography:... |
Lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... |
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| December 28, 1914 | Cinderella Cinderella (1914 film) Cinderella is a 1914 silent film starring Mary Pickford, directed by James Kirkwood, Sr., produced by Daniel Frohman, and released by Famous Players Film Company, later known as Paramount Pictures. The film is based upon the famous fairy tale with the same name... |
Yes | Cinderella Cinderella "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune... |
James Kirkwood | Extant | ||
| February 1, 1915 | Mistress Nell Mistress Nell Mistress Nell is a 1915 silent film historical adventure starring Mary Pickford. It is yet another story about Nell Gwyn taken from a Broadway play Mistress Nell that was very successful for stage actress Henrietta Crosman in 1900. This production was produced by Adolph Zukor's production company... |
Yes | Mistress Nell | James Kirkwood | Extant | ||
| 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 The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915 film) The Dawn of a Tomorrow is a 1915 silent film starring Mary Pickford, produced by Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and directed by James Kirkwood. It is based on a 1909 stage play starring Eleanor Robson Belmont, her last stage role. This film was rereleased by Paramount in 1919 under... |
Yes | Glad | James Kirkwood | Extant | ||
| July 1, 1915 | Little Pal | Yes | "Little Pal" | James Kirkwood | Lost | ||
| August 2, 1915 | Rags | Yes | Rags / Alice McCloud | James Kirkwood | Extant | ||
| September 6, 1915 | Esmerelda Esmerelda (1915 film) Esmerelda; sometimes Esmeralda is a 1915 silent film starring Mary Pickford and directed by James Kirkwood. It was produced by Adolph Zukor and stage impresario Daniel Frohman... |
Yes | Esmerelda Rogers | James Kirkwood | Lost | ||
| October 7, 1915 | A Girl of Yesterday A Girl of Yesterday A Girl of Yesterday is a 1915 film produced by Adolph Zukor's Famous Players company and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Allan Dwan and starred Mary Pickford. Pickford at last played a mature woman more or less her own age. The picture costarred Frances Marion, soon to be a... |
Yes | Yes | Jane Stuart | Allan Dwan Allan Dwan Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:... |
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| November 8, 1915 | Madame Butterfly Madame Butterfly (1915 film) Madame Butterfly is a 1915 silent film directed by Sidney Olcott. The film is based upon a John Luther Long novel and the opera Madama Butterfly.-Production:... |
Yes | Cho-Cho-San | Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter.-Biography:Born John Sidney Alcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great directors of the motion picture business... |
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| unreleased | The Foundling | Yes | Molly O | Allan Dwan | Lost; negative destroyed in a studio fire. | ||
| January 2, 1916 | The Foundling The Foundling (1916 film) The Foundling is a 1916 silent film directed by John B. O'Brien. The film is a remake of a 1915 version and serves as its replacement, as the 1915 Allan Dwan directed version was destroyed in a fire. -Plot:... |
Yes | Molly O | John B. O'Brien John B. O'Brien John B. O'Brien was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 88 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926.... |
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| March 2, 1916 | Poor Little Peppina Poor Little Peppina Poor Little Peppina is a 1916 American silent film directed by Sidney Olcott. The film was in 1916 Mary Pickford's longest film to be made. It was soon surpassed by her later films.-Plot:... |
Yes | Peppina | Sidney Olcott | Extant | ||
| April 17, 1916 | The Eternal Grind The Eternal Grind The Eternal Grind is a 1916 silent drama film directed by John B. O'Brien, and starring Mary Pickford. The film is inspired by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which took place in 1911. -Plot:... |
Yes | Louise | John B. O'Brien | Extant | ||
| July 31, 1916 | Hulda from Holland | Yes | Hulda | John B. O'Brien | Extant |
Artcraft (1916–1918)
Pickford signed a new contract with Adolph ZukorAdolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor , born Adolph Cukor, was a film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures.-Early life:...
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
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
called Artcraft. Pickford made 13 films for Artcraft of which 11 survive complete.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| November 2, 1916 | Less Than the Dust | Yes | Yes | Radha | John Emerson John Emerson (filmmaker) John Emerson was a stage actor, playwright, producer, and director of silent films... |
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| January 8, 1917 | The Pride of the Clan The Pride of the Clan The Poor Pride of the Clan is a 1917 romantic drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. It stars Mary Pickford and Matt Moore. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th... |
Yes | Yes | Marget MacTavish | Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur was an important international film director and screenwriter.-Life:Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the... |
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| March 5, 1917 | The Poor Little Rich Girl The Poor Little Rich Girl The Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1917 American comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. Adapted by Frances Marion from the 1913 play by Eleanor Gates. The Broadway play actually starred future screen actress Viola Dana... |
Yes | Yes | Gwendolyn | Maurice Tourneur | Extant | |
| May 14, 1917 | A Romance of the Redwoods A Romance of the Redwoods __notoc__A Romance of the Redwoods is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Mary Pickford.A print of the film survives in the film archive at George Eastman House.-Cast:* Mary Pickford as Jenny Lawrence... |
Yes | Yes | Jenny Lawrence | Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies... |
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| July 2, 1917 | The Little American The Little American The Little American is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Mary Pickford as an American woman who is in love with both a German and a French soldier during World War I.-Plot:... |
Yes | Yes | Angela Moore | Cecil B. DeMille | Extant | |
| September 3, 1917 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1917 silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion... |
Yes | Yes | Rebecca Randall | Marshall Neilan Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose Neilan was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.-Early life:... |
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| November 12, 1917 | The Little Princess | Yes | Yes | Sara Crewe | Marshall Neilan | Extant | |
| January 21, 1918 | Stella Maris Stella Maris (1918 film) Stella Maris is a 1918 silent film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on William J. Locke's novel. The film was remade in 1925, with Mary Philbin in the title role.-Plot:... |
Yes | Yes | Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake | Marshall Neilan | Extant | |
| March 10, 1918 | Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley is a 1918 silent film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on a Belle K. Maniates novel.-Plot:... |
Yes | Yes | Amarilly Jenkins | Marshall Neilan | Extant | |
| May 12, 1918 | M'Liss M'Liss (1918 film) M'Liss is a 1918 silent film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on a Bret Harte's story. The film was made previously in 1915 and was remade again in 1922 as The Girl Who Ran Wild, starring Gladys Walton. Another same-titled remake was released in 1936, starring Anne... |
Yes | Yes | Melissa "M'liss" Smith | Marshall Neilan | Extant | |
| June 23, 1918 | How Could You, Jean? | Yes | Yes | Jean Mackaye | William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor was an Irish-born American actor, successful film director of silent movies and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 1920s... |
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| September 15, 1918 | Johanna Enlists | Yes | Yes | Johanna Renssaller | William Desmond Taylor | Extant | |
| April 21, 1919 | Captain Kidd, Jr. | Yes | Yes | Mary MacTavish | William Desmond Taylor | incomplete: 2 of 5 reels survive |
War propaganda (1917–1918)
During World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Pickford appeared in four short propaganda films.
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| October 1917 | All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan | Yes | Herself | Marshall Neilan Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose Neilan was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.-Early life:... |
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| October 5, 1918 | 100% American | Yes | Mayme | Arthur Rosson Arthur Rosson Arthur Rosson was an English film director. He directed 61 films between 1917 and 1948.He was born in London and died in Los Angeles, California. Rosson came from a film-making family. His brother, Harold Rosson, was an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer and several other family members were... |
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| November 1, 1918 | United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive | Yes | Herself | Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd was a film director, scriptwriter and producer... |
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| 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 NationalFirst National
First National was an association of independent theater owners in the United States that expanded from exhibiting movies to distributing them, and eventually to producing them as a movie studio, called First National Pictures, Inc. It later merged with Warner Bros.-Early history:The First National...
to distribute her productions.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| May 12, 1919 | Daddy-Long-Legs Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film) Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1919 silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, and based on Jean Webster's novel of the same name. The film stars Mary Pickford.-Plot:A police officer finds a baby in a trash can, and Mrs... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Jerusha "Judy" Abbott | Marshall Neilan Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose Neilan was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.-Early life:... |
Extant |
| September 1, 1919 | The Hoodlum | Yes | Yes | Amy Burke | Sidney Franklin Sidney Franklin (director) Sidney Franklin was an American film director and producer. His brother Chester Franklin also became a director during the silent film era best known for helming the early Technicolor film Toll of the Sea.... |
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| December 1, 1919 | Heart o' the Hills Heart o' the Hills Heart o' the Hills is a 1919 silent film directed by Joseph De Grasse and Sidney Franklin, written by Bernard McConville and based on a John Fox Jr.'s novel.-Plot:... |
Yes | Yes | Mavis Hawn | Sidney Franklin | Extant |
United Artists (silent films, 1920–1927)
In 1919 Pickford co-founded United ArtistsUnited Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
with Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....
. Pickford starred in 11 silent films for United Artists release and co-produced three film starring her brother, Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top starlets of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family.-Early life:...
, and one with their sister, Lottie Pickford
Lottie Pickford
Lottie Pickford was a Canadian-born silent film actress, socialite, and sister to Mary Pickford and Jack Pickford. Her career is often overshadowed by that of her siblings and though she was a notable figure in the 1920s her films and role in the Pickford acting family is now largely forgotten...
. Mary Pickford also made unbilled cameo appearances in six other films during this time.
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| January 18, 1920 | Pollyanna Pollyanna (1920 film) Pollyanna is a 1920 American melodrama/comedy film starring Mary Pickford, directed by Paul Powell, and based upon an Eleanor H. Porter novel. It was Pickford's first motion picture for United Artists. It became a major success and would be regarded as one of Pickford's most defining pictures... |
Yes | Yes | Pollyanna Whittier | Paul Powell Paul Powell (director) Paul Powell was a director and producer of silent films in early Hollywood. He is best known for directing Mary Pickford in Pollyanna in 1920.-Selected filmography:* Her Market Value * Dangerous Lies... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists United Artists United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.... |
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| June 27, 1920 | Suds Suds (film) Suds is a 1920 silent film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Mary Pickford. The film is based upon the stage production Op o' me Thumb.-Plot:Amanda Afflick is a poor laundry woman working in London springtime... |
Yes | Yes | Amanda Afflick | John Francis Dillon John Francis Dillon (director) John Francis Dillon was an American film director and actor of the silent era. He directed 130 films between 1914 and 1934... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| January 9, 1921 | The Love Light The Love Light The Love Light is a 1921 silent drama film starring Mary Pickford. The film was written and directed by Frances Marion.-Cast:* Mary Pickford as Angela Carlotti* Evelyn Dumo as Maria* Raymond Bloomer as Giovanni* Fred Thomson as Joseph... |
Yes | Yes | Angela Carlotti | Frances Marion Frances Marion Frances Marion was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos.-Career:... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| March 6, 1921 | The Nut | Yes | Party Guest (unbilled cameo) | J. Theodore Reed | A Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro.... Production Released by United Artists |
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| May 17, 1921 | Through the Back Door Through the Back Door Through the Back Door is a 1921 silent film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford, and starring Mary Pickford.-Plot:The movie starts in Belgium in the early 1900s. Jeanne is the 10-year-old daughter of Louise . Troubles start when Louise remarries a selfish but rich man named Elton Reeves... |
Yes | Yes | Jeanne | Alfred E. Green Jack Pickford Jack Pickford Jack Pickford was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top starlets of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family.-Early life:... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| August 17, 1921 | They Shall Pay | Yes | Martin Justice | A Playgoer Picture Released by Associated Exhibitors Starring Lottie Pickford Lottie Pickford Lottie Pickford was a Canadian-born silent film actress, socialite, and sister to Mary Pickford and Jack Pickford. Her career is often overshadowed by that of her siblings and though she was a notable figure in the 1920s her films and role in the Pickford acting family is now largely forgotten... |
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| September 16, 1921 | Little Lord Fauntleroy Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921 film) Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1921 American film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford and starring Mary Pickford as both Cedric Errol and Widow Errol. The film is based on the novel Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett. A statue depicting Mary Pickford's role exists today... |
Yes | Yes | Cedric Errol / Widow Errol | Alfred E. Green Jack Pickford |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| November 12, 1922 | Tess of the Storm Country Tess of the Storm Country (1922 film) Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. The movie was remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.-Production:... |
Yes | Yes | Tessibel "Tess" Skinner | John S. Robertson John S. Robertson John Stuart Robertson was a Canadian born actor and later film director perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore. He broke into filmmaking in 1915 with Vitagraph, then with Famous Players-Lasky, making 57 features in his career... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| January 23, 1923 | Garrison's Finish | Yes | Yes | Arthur Rossen | A Jack Pickford Jack Pickford Jack Pickford was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top starlets of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family.-Early life:... Production Released by Allied Producers and Distributors |
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| August 19, 1923 | Hollywood Hollywood (1923 film) Hollywood was a silent comedy film directed by James Cruze, co-written by Frank Condon and Thomas J. Geraghty, and released by Paramount Pictures.The film has become famous as having featured cameos of more than thirty famous Hollywood stars... |
Yes | Herself (unbilled cameo) | James Cruze James Cruze James Cruze was a silent film actor and film director.-Life:Cruze was born as Jens Vera Cruz Bosen. The Vera Cruz middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz. He was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but did not practice the religion after his teenage years... |
A Paramount Picture Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still... ; Lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... |
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| September 3, 1923 | Rosita Rosita (film) Rosita is a 1923 silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film is based upon a 1872 opera Don César de Bazan.-Synopsis:The film takes place in Seville, in a period where the city has sunk into the depths of depravity and sin... |
Yes | Yes | Rosita, a street singer | Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| March 15, 1924 | The Hill Billy | Yes | George W. Hill George W. Hill George William Hill was an American film director and cinematographer.-Career:He began his film career at age 13 as a stagehand with director D. W. Griffith... |
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| May 25, 1924 | Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (film) Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall is a 1924 silent historical drama directed by Marshall Neilan. The film is based upon the 1902 novel by the same name.-Production:... |
Yes | Yes | Dorothy Vernon | Marshall Neilan Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose Neilan was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.-Early life:... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| March 29, 1925 | Waking Up the Town | Yes | James Cruze | A Jack Pickford Jack Pickford Jack Pickford was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top starlets of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family.-Early life:... Production Released by Allied Producers and Distributors |
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| September 18, 1925 | Little Annie Rooney Little Annie Rooney Little Annie Rooney was a comic strip about a young orphaned girl who traveled about with her dog, Zero. King Features Syndicate launched the strip on January 10, 1927, not long after it was apparent that the Chicago Tribune Syndicate had scored a huge hit with Little Orphan Annie.Although the King... |
Yes - credited as Katherine Hennessey | Yes | Yes | Annabelle "Little Annie" Rooney | William Beaudine William Beaudine William Beaudine was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.-Early life and career:... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
| December 30, 1925 | Ben Hur | Yes | Spectator at the Circus Maximus (unbilled cameo) | Fred Niblo Fred Niblo Fred Niblo was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer.-Biography:He was born Frederick Liedtke in York, Nebraska, to a French mother and a father who had served as a captain in the American Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg... |
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer... Production |
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| March 8, 1926 | The Black Pirate The Black Pirate The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent adventure film shot entirely in two-strip Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse, and Billie Dove.-Plot:... |
Yes | Billie Dove Billie Dove Billie Dove was an American actress.-Early life and career:She was born as Bertha Bohny in New York City to Charles and Bertha Bohny who were Swiss immigrants. As a teen, she worked as a model to help support her family and was hired at the age of 15 by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his Ziegfeld... 's kissing stand-in (unbilled cameo) |
Albert Parker Albert Parker Albert Parker was the owner of The Claxton Bakery and creator of the Old Fashion Claxton Fruitcake. Parker got his start working with Savino Tos, the founder and previous owner of The Claxton Bakery, in 1927 when he was eleven years old. In 1945, Tos sold the bakery to Albert Parker and retired... |
An Elton Corporation Production Released by United Artists Filmed in Technicolor |
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| September 26, 1926 | Sparrows | Yes | Yes | Molly | William Beaudine | A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| September 9, 1927 | A Kiss From Mary Pickford A Kiss From Mary Pickford A Kiss From Mary Pickford is a comedy film made in the Soviet Union, directed by Sergei Komarov and co-written by Komarov and Vadim Shershenevich. The film, starring Igor Ilyinsky, is mostly known today because of a cameo by the popular film couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks... ("Поцелуй Мэри Пикфорд") |
Yes | Herself (cameo) | Sergei Komarov | A Mezhrabpom–Rus & Sovkino Production | ||
| November 4, 1927 | The Gaucho The Gaucho The Gaucho is a 1927 movie starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks' box office clout, was directed by F... |
Yes | Virgin Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee... (unbilled cameo) |
F. Richard Jones | An Elton Corporation Production Released by United Artists |
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| November 13, 1927 | My Best Girl | Yes | Yes | Maggie Johnson | Sam Taylor Sam Taylor (director) Sam Taylor was a film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in silent film era. Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford.... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
United Artists (sound films, 1929–1950)
Pickford starred in four sound films (excluding the uncompleted Forever Yours). After SecretsSecrets (film)
Secrets is a 1933 Western film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Mary Pickford in her last film role. The film is a remake of Secrets , a silent film starring Norma Talmadge....
, her final film as an actress, she continued working as a producer, including two films in collaboration with Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse Louis Lasky, Sr. was a pioneer Hollywood film producer. He was a key founder of Paramount Pictures with Adolph Zukor, and father of screenwriter Jesse L...
. In 1945, she and her third husband, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, co-founded Comet Productions to produce "B" pictures
B movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
for United Artists.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Notes | |||
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Actress | | Role | ||||
| March 30, 1929 | Coquette Coquette (film) -Plot:Norma Besant, daughter of a Southern doctor, is an incorrigible flirt and has many suitors. Her father Dr. Besant favors Stanley , who is taken with Norma. However Norma has met a simple man named Michael Jeffrey who she has fallen madly in love with. Dr. Besant disapproves of Michael... |
Yes | Yes | Norma Besant | Sam Taylor Sam Taylor (director) Sam Taylor was a film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in silent film era. Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford.... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists United Artists United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.... Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... |
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| October 26, 1929 | The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew (1929 film) The Taming of the Shrew is the first sound film adaptation of the Shakespearean play of the same name. It stars Mary Pickford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks.-Cast:*Mary Pickford as Katherine*Douglas Fairbanks as Petruchio... |
Yes | Yes | Katherine Kate (The Taming of the Shrew) Katherina Minola is a fictional character and the female romantic lead in the comedy The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Kate is the elder outspoken daughter of Baptista Minola and the sister of apparently sweet-tempered Bianca... |
Sam Taylor | A Mary Pickford and Elton Corporation Production Released by United Artists |
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| Not released (filmed in 1930) | Forever Yours | Yes | Yes | Mary Carlton / Mary Marlow | Marshall Neilan Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose Neilan was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.-Early life:... |
A Mary Pickford Production Not completed; 3½ minutes survive |
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| March 14, 1931 | Kiki | Yes | Yes | Kiki | Sam Taylor | An Art Cinema Production Released byUnited Artists |
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| March 16, 1933 | Secrets Secrets (film) Secrets is a 1933 Western film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Mary Pickford in her last film role. The film is a remake of Secrets , a silent film starring Norma Talmadge.... |
Yes | Yes | Mary Carlton / Mary Marlow | Frank Borzage Frank Borzage Frank Borzage was an American film director and actor.-Biography:Frank Borzage's father, Luigi Borzaga, was born in Ronzone, in 1859. As a stonemason, he sometimes worked in Switzerland; he met his future wife, Maria Ruegg , where she worked in a silk factory... |
A Mary Pickford Production Released by United Artists |
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| May 13, 1936 | One Rainy Afternoon One Rainy Afternoon One Rainy Afternoon is a 1936 romantic comedy film directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Francis Lederer and Ida Lupino and featuring Hugh Herbert, Roland Young and Erik Rhodes... |
Yes | Rowland V. Lee Rowland V. Lee Rowland Vance Lee was a U.S. film director, writer, and producer.... |
A Mary Pickford–Jesse Lasky Production Released by United Artists |
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| October 2, 1936 | The Gay Desperado The Gay Desperado The Gay Desperado is a comedy film starring Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, and Nino Martini and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Mary Pickford, and originally released by United Artists... |
Yes | Rouben Mamoulian Rouben Mamoulian Rouben Mamoulian was an Armenian-American film and theatre director.-Biography:Born in Tbilisi, Georgia to an Armenian family, Rouben relocated to England and started directing plays in London in 1922... |
A Mary Pickford–Jesse Lasky Production Released by United Artists |
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| October 20, 1946 | Little Iodine | Yes | Reginald Le Borg Reginald Le Borg Reginald Le Borg was an Austrian film director. He directed 68 films between 1936 and 1974. He was born in Vienna, Austria as Reginald Grobel and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack.... |
A Comet Production Released by United Artists |
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| December 13, 1946 | Susie Steps Out | Yes | Reginald Le Borg | A Comet Production Released by United Artists |
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| May 9, 1947 | The Adventures of Don Coyote | Yes | Reginald Le Borg | A Comet Production Released by United Artists Filmed in Cinecolor Cinecolor Cinecolor was an early subtractive color-model two color film process, based upon the Prizma system of the 1910s and 1920s and the Multicolor system of the late 1920s and 1930s. It was developed by William T. Crispinel and Alan M... |
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| June 21, 1947 | Stork Bites Man | Yes | Cy Endfield Cy Endfield Cyril Raker Endfield was an American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author, magician and inventor, based in Britain from 1953.- Biography :... |
A Comet Production Released by United Artists |
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| February 18, 1948 | Sleep, My Love Sleep, My Love Sleep, My Love is a feature film directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings and Don Ameche.-Plot:Alison Courtland, a wealthy New Yorker, hasn't a clue how she ended up on a train bound for Boston... |
Yes | Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk was a Danish-German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.-Life and work:... |
A Triangle Production Released by United Artists |
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| November 19, 1948 | White Cradle Inn | Yes | Harold French Harold French Harold French was an English director and actor of stage and screen. As an actor most of his roles occurred between 1912 and 1936. He did not garner as much attention as an actor as he would as a director. From 1940 to 1955 he had a several solid box-office successes... |
Peak Films–United Artists | |||
| March 3, 1950 | Love Happy Love Happy Love Happy was the 14th and last starring feature for the Marx Brothers. The film stars Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, and, in a smaller role than usual, Groucho Marx, plus Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Paul Valentine, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr, Bruce Gordon , and Eric Blore, with a walk-on by Marilyn Monroe... |
Yes | David Miller David Miller (director) David Miller was an American movie director who directed such varied films as Billy the Kid with Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy, Flying Tigers with John Wayne, and Love Happy with the Marx Brothers.-Filmography:* Bittersweet Love * Executive Action * Hail, Hero! * Hammerhead... |
An Allied Alliance Production Released by United Artists |
Cameo appearances in short films
Pickford made cameo appearances as herself in the following short films:| Year | Title | Ref |
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| 1929 | Holiday in Mexico | |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 | |
| 1934 | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | |
| 1941 | Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars |
Erroneous credits
Three BiographAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
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 this these films. The Internet Movie Database lists Pickford as appearing in a Biograph short entitled Mrs. Jones Entertains (January 9, 1909). However, Pickford did not begin with Biograph until the end of April 1909.