I don't know everybody's story that worked in Artcraft just Pickford's story. Adolph Zukor wanted to exploit Pickford naturally and I think she wanted more money for it. Artcraft allowed her to be a producer of her own films for a little while. Eventually Zukor wanted to make it where she and other ...

One reason I found Daniel Blum's silent film pictorial book so amazing was, though illustrating a mere fifty years earlier at the time, it seemed positively ancient! This is never more evident than when you read commentary on silent film that comes from the early sound era. Think of the reissue of ...

When I watch old Brograph shorts and see Mary Pickford make fun of a old man's beard, I wonder what she really thinks of him. Maybe she thinks "gee this guy is so much older than me, he probably was alive before cameras or airplanes were invented", or maybe "gee this guy is so old, he might have com...

You know when I first saw that title, I was thinking of something else for some reason :oops: :oops: Anyway, there were some funny exchanges between Lady Sylvia Ashley and Mary Pickford according to Whitfield's book. Apparently the ladies were on the same flight at one point during the 1930s and Pic...

I felt the first two films PLRG and The Hoodlum were very sharp on blu-ray but Sparrows looked very soft focused unless it's just me. I don't really care since I'm just glad these wonderful films are finally available for home theater viewing and overall I think the quality of the blu-rays are great...

I'm saddened that Poor Little Peppina(1916) is difficult to purchase and own as I've seen brief clips of this film and it looks very interesting. I have no interest in Madame Butterfly as I don't care for white performers playing asian. I think they look absolutely ridiculous and caricature I'm curi...

I missed You Never Know Women last night because it just went too late. I stayed for everything today, and it's already 1 a.m., so here's a quick update for today... Both Charley Chase shorts, The Real McCoy (1930) with Edgar Kennedy and Thelma Todd; and the Columbia From Bad to Worse (1937) were v...

I don't think this film will ever be made but I think she'd make for an interesting biography movie. Whats difficult about her life is you'd have to actually cast a DW Griffith, Chaplin, Fairbanks,Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Lottie and Jack, Zukor, everybody that was in the business for her film if ...

Mary and Doug always seemed like complete opposites to me for some reason. The funny thing about them is they both cheated on their spouses for years. Because the world was so smitten over them they didn't even criticize them for cheating, divorcing their spouses(in Pickford's case I think she had t...

Someone needs to do a proper bio of Buddy Rogers. I would like to know more about what made him tick. I always thought he and Mary were an odd pair but their marriage lasted until Mary's death. I absolutely agree. He always comes across as an incredibly sweet guy, but there was something strange an...

I haven't seen the documentary, but to me, she was a completely tragic figure in her later years. I know modern documentaries have a ridiculous habit of overstating the more sensational parts of a star's life, but it would be wrong to say that her life was all hearts and roses. Have you seen the fo...

The Pickfords and the Gishs were close family friends since they were youngsters traveling performing in plays during the turn of the century. I read somewhere that Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford became estranged in the 1960s and didn't see each other since due to Mary's alcoholism but I could be wr...

:) The November schedule is very exciting for the return of THE VIKING, and Chaney's WHERE EAST IS EAST. Plus the premier's of the newly restored versions of Pickford's POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL, and THE HOODLUM. I guess they are running those rather than the new SPARROWS? Maybe that will still be show...

Does anybody know if the film is going to be released on Blu-Ray format? Thats what I'm mostly curious about.

I'd say Heart o the Hills is my favorite of the three, also it has a nice score by I believe Maria Newman on that DVD.

My second favorite is Amarilly of Clothes Line Alley

..................maybe Nazimova and if not for being taken care of by Charles"Buddy" Rogers who doesnt believe Mary Pickford with her alcoholic problems wouldnt have become a Norma Desmond. Rogers was very good to her. Mary Pickford would have been great as Norma Desmond, and here is why I think t...

Dear fellow silent film fans. I host a weekly chat room discussion on various classic films. We chat about the story, the players, the direction, and importance of the films in question. This week, I am pleased to announce we are doing a discussion on the D.W. Griffith film Broken Blossoms with an ...

My apologies I actually have seen Little Lord Fauntleroy in addition to the 18 titles I mentioned in previous post. I'm clearly missing Sparrows(1927) as the obvious next available DVD. The thing is for whatever reason its not available on Netflix for me to see. Thankyou for letting me know about Th...

I still need to see like 10 more of her films but not all of them are available on Netflix :(. I have seen: My Best Girl Stella Maris Through The Backdoor Tess of the Storm Country(1922) Daddy Long Legs The Love Light Suds Amarilly of Clothes Line Alley Annie Rooney Cinderella M'Liss Heart O The Hil...

That girl with the curly hair with the child, is that Mary Pickford? Or someone that is trying to look like her?

Hey guys! Hope your week has been going well! I'm sorry I changed the schedule to tonight but I definitely enjoyed seeing Dancing Mothers(1926) @ the Silent Movie Theatre. Tonight we will be discussing His Girl Friday a wonderful screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks and starring the amazing Car...

email me at oddreyhepburn.com if you want to be a part of this chat So this week is Cinco De Mayo, and thus a perfect excuse to introduce Mexican Cinema to the classic cinema chat and another way of attracting those that believe classic cinema chat is becoming dead. As many of you all know, I'm a fa...

Hey everyone, a couple of you came to Classic Chat last wednesday but I never got your email information so I have no idea how to contact you about the updates for this weeks chat... however hopefully you still read this thread This wednesday we are keeping it bouncing with a hot debate over who did...

Hey guys, here is the address to the classic cinema chat room. It's on AIM Chats, so if you don't have a screen name or haven't registered, its pretty simple to do. After you have a username you can sign in and chat along with us tonight. Heres the addy. I'll be around all evening in case anybody sh...

hello everyone, I'm a newbie here but I love classic cinema and silents. Anyway, I'm trying to start a classic cinema chat once a week so that fans can come together and discuss specific topics for an hour or so. My classic cinema chat can be accessed either through aol, or AIM chat, so I hope that ...

I'm a newbie at all this and sadly some of these myths I thought were true until people brought them up in here. I shall no longer believe them but can anybody say what the truth is for some of these myths so I don't fall under the clueless category. Anyway, I read somewhere that a while back and p...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I found this site today when looking for some forums specific to Mary Pickford fans. Unfortunately I didnt find any but this interesting silent film forum looks pretty awesome. I've know about silent cinema and Pickford for a few years however didn't really know either un...