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Status
Released
Release
2008
Runtime
1h 42m
"Illuminates the life of "America's Sweetheart", film pioneer, actress and keen business woman Mary Pickford"
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoman. Pickford's life also parallels an even larger story, telling of the birth of the cinema itself.
12 Cast Members
Michael York
Self - Narrator
Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Amelia Earhart
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage)
Lillian Gish
Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith
Self (archive footage)
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Self (archive footage)
Mack Sennett
Self (archive footage)
Adolph Zukor
Self (archive footage)