Mary Pickford filmography

Biograph (1909)

Mary Pickford began working for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in April 1909 and remained with the company until the end of 1910.^[12][13] 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).

Biograph (1910)

Pickford appeared in 34 Biograph films released in 1910. All of these films are one-reelers.

Biograph (1911)

Pickford left the Biograph Company 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.

Selig (1911)

In a 1913 interview Pickford claimed to have written two screenplays for the Selig Polyscope Company.^[22] Neither film is known to survive.^[23]

IMP (1911–1912)

In December 1910 Carl Laemmle signed Pickford to his Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP).^[24] All of her IMP titles are one-reelers. The names of Pickford's characters are given if known. Only 13 of Pickford's 41 IMP films are known to survive complete, while fragments of two others exist.^[23][25]

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.^[23]

Biograph (1912–1913)

Pickford returned to the Biograph Company in January 1912, where she remained until the end of the year.^[26] Except where noted all 26 films from this period are one-reelers.^[14]

State rights (1913–1914)

After leaving Biograph 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.^[28] Only one of these films is known to survive complete.^[23]

Paramount (1914–1916)

In 1914 Paramount Pictures began handling the release of Zukor's Famous Players Film Company.^[28] Pickford made 17 features prior to beginning with Artcraft. Ten of these films survive complete while six are lost and one survives incomplete.^[23]

Artcraft (1916–1918)

Pickford signed a new contract with Adolph Zukor 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.^[30] Pickford made 13 films for Artcraft of which 11 survive complete.^[23]

War propaganda (1917–1918)

During World War I Pickford appeared in four short propaganda films.

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 National to distribute her productions.^[31]

United Artists (silent films, 1920–1927)

In 1919 Pickford co-founded United Artists with Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks. Pickford starred in 11 silent films for United Artists release and co-produced three films starring her brother, Jack Pickford, and one with their sister, Lottie Pickford. Mary Pickford also made unbilled cameo appearances in three other films during this time.

United Artists (sound films, 1929–1949)

Pickford starred in four sound films (excluding the uncompleted Forever Yours). After Secrets, 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.^[32] Her role as producer in these later films was generally uncredited.

Cameo appearances in short films

Pickford made cameo appearances as herself in the following short films:

Erroneous credits

Three Biograph 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 these films.^[37] The Internet Movie Database lists Pickford as appearing in the Biograph shorts entitled Mrs. Jones Entertains (January 9, 1909),^[38] The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (January 21, 1909)^[39] and The Deception (March 22, 1909).^[40] However, Pickford did not begin with Biograph until the end of April 1909.^[41] Mary Pickford is credited with appearing in the movie Pictureland in 1911, but a recently discovered copy shows that she is not in the film. The stars are Isabel Rae and King Baggot and the film was likely directed by Thomas Ince.

• Timeline of Mary Pickford

Main sources

• Brownlow, Kevin (1999). Mary Pickford Rediscovered. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-4374-2.
• Eyman, Scott (1990). Mary Pickford: From Here to Hollywood. New York, NY: Donald E. Fine, Inc. ISBN 1-55611-243-2. (Originally titled Mary Pickford – America's Sweetheart)
• Neely, Hugh Munro (2008). "Mary Pickford, Filmmaker". The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Eductation. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
• Whitfield, Eileen (1997). Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2045-4.
• Petersen, Anne Helen (2014). Pickford&Fairbanks: American Royalty. Penguin.

Further reading

• Balio, Tino (2008). United Artists: The Company Built By the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-11444-2.
• Blum, Daniel (1972) [1953]. A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Son. ISBN 0399506675.
• Brownlow, Kevin (1968). The Parade's Gone By. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03068-0.
• Everson, William K. (1978). American Silent Film. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-502348-X.
• Henderson, Robert M. (1970). D.W. Griffith: The Years at Biograph. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374134162.
• Lee, Raymond (1971). The Films of Mary Pickford. Gazelle Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0-498-07380-9.
• Niver, Kemp (1969). Mary Pickford: Comedienne. Renovare Co. ISBN 978-0-913986-02-8.
• Pickford, Mary (1953). Sunshine and Shadow – An Autobiography. Doubleday & Co. ASIN B0006DDPVC.
• Windeler, Robert (1970). Mary Pickford. Star Press. ISBN 0275514102.

• "Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2009.

Note: Type "Mary Pickford" into Nominee category.

• "Mary Pickford". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/108778 American Film Institute
• "The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education". 2008. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
• "Mary Pickford Filmography (1909–1933)". Christel Schmidt @ pickfordfilmlegacy.tripod.com. 2003. Retrieved December 4, 2009.