Mary Pickford

Born: 1892-04-07

Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1894 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter and film studio founder, who was a pioneer in the US film industry with a Hollywood career that spanned five decades. Pickford alongside her future husband, actor-producer Douglas Fairbanks, founded Pickford–Fairbanks Studios and United Artists, and was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pickford is considered to be one of the most recognisable women in history. Known as "America's Sweetheart" during the silent film era, she is named on the list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars as the 24th-top female star from the Classical Hollywood Cinema era and the "girl with the curls." Pickford was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film acting. She was one of the earliest stars to be billed under her own name, and was one of the most popular actresses of the 1910s and 1920s, earning the nickname "Queen of the Movies." She is credited with having defined the ingénue type in cinema. She was awarded the second Academy Award for Best Actress for her first sound film role in Coquette (1929). By the late 1920s, Pickford's career went into decline. She received an Academy Honorary Award in 1976 in consideration of her contributions to American cinema.


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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1925-12-25

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...

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Smash His Camera

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2010-07-30

A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of...

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The Black Pirate

as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Released: 1926-03-08

A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he...

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Sparrows

as Molly
Released: 1926-09-19

Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a...

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The Poor Little Rich Girl

as Gwen
Released: 1917-03-05

Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so...

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Birth of the Tramp

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2013-12-29

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall...

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The Lonely Villa

as uncredited
Released: 1909-06-10

A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and...

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The Tramp and the Dictator

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2002-02-14

A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the...

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The New York Hat

as Mary Harding, the Daughter
Released: 1912-12-05

To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a...

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The Sealed Room

as A Lady-in-Waiting
Released: 1909-09-02

The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one...

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The Gaucho

as The Virgin Mary
Released: 1927-11-21

A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed...

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Ramona

as Ramona
Released: 1910-05-23

Ramona, residing on her wealthy Spanish adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love...

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as Rebecca Randall
Released: 1917-09-22

Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths,...

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Coquette

as Norma Besant
Released: 1929-03-30

A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.

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Fanchon, the Cricket

as Fanchon, the Cricket
Released: 1915-05-10

A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by...

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Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1982-02-24

A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy...

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As It Is in Life

as uncredited
Released: 1910-04-04

A man sacrifices a new marriage for the happiness of his daughter.

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The Old Actor

as The Old Actor's Daughter
Released: 1912-05-06

An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because...

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Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2000-09-12

Arguably the quintessential film siren of the silent era, Mary Pickford was known as "America's...

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1940-07-31

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...

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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

as Herself
Released: 1942-10-05

Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at...

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Tess of the Storm Country

as Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
Released: 1922-11-12

Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken...

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The Country Doctor

as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
Released: 1909-07-08

While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He...

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The Little American

as Angela Moore
Released: 1917-07-12

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral...

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Pollyanna

as Pollyanna Whittier
Released: 1920-01-18

When Pollyanna is orphaned, she's sent to live with her crotchety Aunt Polly. Pollyanna...

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The Gibson Goddess

as Woman on Sidewalk
Released: 1909-11-01

A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a...

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So Near, Yet So Far

as The Young Woman
Released: 1912-09-29

It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles-- namely shyness, and the temerity of other...

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1776, or The Hessian Renegades

as Messenger's Sister
Released: 1909-09-06

During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington...

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The Unchanging Sea

as The Daughter as an Adult
Released: 1910-05-05

In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young...

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
Released: 1921-09-15

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with...

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Stella Maris

as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
Released: 1918-01-21

Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her...

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The Taming of the Shrew

as Caterina
Released: 1929-10-26

Adapted from Shakespeare's play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of...

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Secrets

as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
Released: 1933-03-16

In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with...

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Heart o' the Hills

as Mavis Hawn
Released: 1919-11-30

Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit...

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My Best Girl

as Maggie Johnson
Released: 1927-10-31

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe...

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Rosita

as Rosita
Released: 1923-09-03

The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too...

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Little Annie Rooney

as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
Released: 1925-10-18

A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough...

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The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)
Released: 1931-07-08

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount...

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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1961-05-24

A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life,...

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A Romance of the Redwoods

as Jenny Lawrence
Released: 1917-05-14

A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find...

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A Victim of Jealousy

as The Wife's Friend
Released: 1910-06-09

The young husband's irrational jealousy makes him suspicious of every attention bestowed upon...

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The Female of the Species

as The Miner's Wife's Sister
Released: 1912-04-15

A man and three women leave an abandoned mining town and travel across the desert. After the...

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The Cardinal's Conspiracy

as A Disguised Servant
Released: 1909-07-12

A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave...

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The Narrow Road

as Mrs. Jim Holcomb
Released: 1912-08-01

Two men are released from prison after having served their sentences. One is determined to go...

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Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-03

In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood...

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The Usurer

as Invalid Daughter
Released: 1910-08-15

A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.

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Her First Biscuits

as Biscuit Victim
Released: 1909-06-17

A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the...

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The Women Who Run Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2016-05-16

The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who...

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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

as Second Couple
Released: 1909-10-27

Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return....

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The Thread of Destiny

as Myrtle
Released: 1910-03-07

The orphan girl of San Gabriel meets and is attracted by a Spanish stranger. The Spaniard is...

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The Love Light

as Angela Carlotti
Released: 1921-01-08

Angela maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from...

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Hollywood

as Mary Pickford
Released: 1923-08-19

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....

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Sigrid Holmquist

as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Released: 2010-10-08

The story of Swedish silent film actress Sigrid Holmquist's life (1899-1970), by using the...

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Through The Back Door

as Jeanne
Released: 1921-05-05

A young Belgian girl, raised by her longtime nanny, flees Europe at the advent of World War I...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

as uncredited
Released: 1941-12-05

Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends...

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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2008-08-29

This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford,...

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A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

as The Daughter
Released: 1912-10-03

The two brothers and their adopted daughter of the household grew up from childhood together....

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Getting Even

as Miss Lucy
Released: 1909-09-12

All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a...

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The Little Darling

as Little Darling
Released: 1909-09-01

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple...

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100% American

as Mayme
Released: 1918-10-04

A girl wants to go to a ball, admission one Liberty Bond, but rather than go herself, she loans...

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Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

as Dorothy Vernon
Released: 1924-05-24

In the year 1550, Sir George Vernon agrees to have his young daughter Dorothy betrothed to John...

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The Mender of Nets

as The Little Net-Mender
Released: 1912-02-15

A young woman who works mending fishermen's nets is engaged to be married. But her fiancé has an...

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Kiki

as Kiki
Released: 1931-03-14

A young Frenchwoman is determined to get into and stay in show business, no matter what. Then...

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A Little Princess

as Sara Crewe
Released: 1917-11-05

Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he...

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The Hoodlum

as Amy Burke
Released: 1919-08-31

A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys,...

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My Baby

as The Wife
Released: 1912-11-14

When the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the...

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Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Released: 2017-06-14

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the...

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Love Among the Roses

as The Lacemaker
Released: 1910-05-08

In the Kingdom of Never-Never Land there live a great Lord and Lady, each presiding over their...

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Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

as Amarilly Jenkins
Released: 1918-03-10

Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family...

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The Awakening

as The Widow's Daughter
Released: 1909-09-29

A confirmed bachelor learns that he will inherit his late uncle's fortune only if he marries,...

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The Violin Maker of Cremona

as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
Released: 1909-06-07

A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the...

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The Way of Man

as Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
Released: 1909-06-28

A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to...

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A Lodging for the Night

as The Mexican Girl
Released: 1912-05-09

Dick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican Inn....

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Poor Little Peppina

as Peppina
Released: 1916-03-02

Holding a grudge against Robert Torrens and his wife, who live in Italy, a member of the Mafia...

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Rags

as Rags / Alice McCloud
Released: 1915-08-02

Mary Pickford plays "Rags," a pretty but wild girl who defends her alcoholic father a disgraced...

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Released: 2007-05-23

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was,...

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The Italian Barber

as Alice
Released: 1911-01-09

Tony, the barber, on his way to the shop meets little Alice, the newsgirl, who runs a stand on a...

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Suds

as Amanda Afflick
Released: 1920-01-27

Amanda Afflick is a lovesick laundress who daydreams about customer Horace Greensmith and...

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How Could You, Jean?

as Jean Mackaye
Released: 1918-06-29

A lost Film. Mary Pickford plays a socialite who, having lost her fortune, takes a job as a...

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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

as uncredited
Released: 2002-09-10

In the span of five years, pioneering director D.W. Griffith delivered some 450 films for the...

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A Good Little Devil

as Juliet
Released: 1914-03-01

A partially lost film, with only one surviving reel. A movie released in 1914 directed by Edwin...

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Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)
Released: 1953-12-02

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of...

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Won by a Fish

as The Woman
Released: 1912-04-22

Papa becomes so miserable over his bad luck as a fisherman, it causes him to reject Harry, his...

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Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-07-01

African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has...

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Daddy-Long-Legs

as Judy Abbott
Released: 1919-05-11

Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her...

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Cinderella

as Cinderella
Released: 1914-12-28

Good-hearted Cinderella is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, but she is able to go...

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The Broken Locket

as Ruth King
Released: 1909-09-16

George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal...

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The Light That Came

as uncredited
Released: 1909-11-11

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still...

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Tess of the Storm Country

as Tessibel Skinner
Released: 1914-03-30

A young girl, squatting on a wealthy man's land fights for her fellow squatters' right to stay.

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A Strange Meeting

as uncredited
Released: 1909-08-01

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into...

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The Necklace

as The Maid / In Pawnshop
Released: 1909-07-01

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The...

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What's Your Hurry?

as Mary
Released: 1909-11-01

Papa is proud of his new birthday present, a shotgun. Mary's boyfriend arrives for a visit and...

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Wilful Peggy

as Peggy
Released: 1910-08-24

Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a...

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An Arcadian Maid

as The Arcadian Maid
Released: 1910-08-01

A young maiden is seduced by a charming traveling peddler who persuades her to steal from her...

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They Would Elope

as Bessie
Released: 1909-08-09

Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them...

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The Son's Return

as Mary
Released: 1909-06-14

A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his...

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What the Daisy Said

as Martha
Released: 1910-07-11

Two sisters want to know whether there is romance in their future. One sister pulls the petals...

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A Child's Impulse

as Grace
Released: 1910-06-27

Mrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To...

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To Save Her Soul

as Agnes Hailey
Released: 1909-12-27

Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her...

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Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-08-09

Douglas Fairbanks, the screen's great swashbuckler, charmed millions with his energetic...

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The Faded Lilies

as At party
Released: 1909-06-17

A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his...

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The Mountaineer's Honor

as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
Released: 1909-11-24

A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down...

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A Beast at Bay

as The Young Woman
Released: 1912-05-26

Mary Pickford as "The Young Woman", is quite taken with Edwin August; in fact, he is her...

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Waiter No. 5

as The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
Released: 1910-11-03

After conducting a raid on a Rebel camp, a Czarist officer discovers that his wife has joined...

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The Unwelcome Guest

as Jessie - the Slavey
Released: 1913-03-15

Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly...

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The Informer

as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
Released: 1912-11-21

The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his...

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The Peachbasket Hat

as On street/In store
Released: 1909-06-24

Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid...

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Little Red Riding Hood

as Little Red Riding Hood
Released: 1911-12-17

A little girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her sickly grandmother, only to...

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The Dawn of a Tomorrow

as Glad
Released: 1915-06-07

A young girl who lives in the slums of London, is in love with a thief. She persuades him to...

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The Toss of a Coin

as Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
Released: 1911-08-31

A lost film. Dan Gardner, a young man, is down and out. Arrested as a tramp, he is thrown into...

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Sunshine Sue

as uncredited
Released: 1910-11-14

A country girl follows a city suitor, but is left alone and must fend for herself.

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The Song of the Wildwood Flute

as Dove Eyes
Released: 1910-11-21

Her trademarked curls hidden under a black wig, Mary Pickford stars as a wide-eyed Indian...

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Friends

as Dora - the Orphan
Released: 1912-09-22

The orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.

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Johanna Enlists

as Johanna Renssaller
Released: 1918-09-14

A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an...

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The Indian Runner's Romance

as Blue Cloud's Wife
Released: 1909-08-22

An Indian comforts a dying prospector in his last moments. In exchange, the prospector tells him...

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The Pride of the Clan

as Marget MacTavish
Released: 1917-01-07

Donald MacTavish, the last chieftain of his clan on an island off the coast of Scotland, dies at...

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Sweet and Twenty

as Alice
Released: 1909-07-22

Alice misunderstands when she sees her sweetheart Frank accidentally kissing her sister, and...

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A Timely Repentance

as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
Released: 1912-03-11

A lost film. John Crawford, an honest mechanic, and Wilbur Robinson, a young man of leisure,...

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The Renunciation

as Kittie Ryan
Released: 1909-07-19

Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the...

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A Pueblo Legend

as The Indian Girl
Released: 1912-08-29

A love story set among Native Americans.

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That Chink at Golden Gulch

as uncredited
Released: 1910-10-10

In China, before leaving for America, Charlie Lee promises that he will never dishonour his...

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Iola's Promise

as Iola
Released: 1912-03-14

Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats but is soon rescued by...

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The Slave

as A Slave Girl
Released: 1909-07-29

A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she...

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His Duty

as A young woman in the street
Released: 1909-05-31

It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him...

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A Gold Necklace

as Masie
Released: 1910-10-06

Mazie lends her necklace to Nellie, her guest. Nellie is asleep in a hammock when Sam, her...

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Through the Breakers

as An Extra
Released: 1909-12-06

A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl...

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A Kiss from Mary Pickford

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1927-09-08

Goga is a Russian man who has no luck with women. He has a chance meeting with Mary Pickford,...

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Two Memories

as Marion's Sister
Released: 1909-05-23

Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years...

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-01

Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.

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A Manly Man

as Lola
Released: 1911-02-27

Of the over 30 one-reelers Mary Pickford made in Cuba for Carl Laemmle’s Independent Motion...

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Caprice

as Mercy Baxter
Released: 1913-11-10

A lost film. A wealthy young man's marriage to a mountain girl he meets while hunting is...

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For the Queen's Honor

as Princess Gilda
Released: 1911-07-06

A lost film. The king is good-natured and doesn't suspect that the queen is plainly beginning to...

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Mistress Nell

as Nell Gwyn
Released: 1915-02-01

Nell Gwyn and King Charles II fall in love after meeting at a fox hunt. Nell soon learns the...

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A Girl of Yesterday

as Jane Stuart
Released: 1915-10-07

A lost film. A girl with old-fashioned values becomes a modern sophisticate.

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Hearts Adrift

as Nina
Released: 1914-02-09

A lost film. A man and a woman are shipwrecked on a desert island. It doesn't take long before...

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All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

as uncredited
Released: 1917-10-01

Short film with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford & W.S. Hart promoting war bonds.

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The Dream

as Nell Herbert
Released: 1911-01-23

A loutish husband neglects his patient, loving wife to enjoy a night on the town. When he comes...

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All on Account of the Milk

as The Young Woman
Released: 1910-01-13

The hero, a young contractor, is mistaken by the heroine for a laborer, while he thinks she is...

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His Wife's Visitor

as Bessie Wright
Released: 1909-08-19

Harry leaves his new wife at home while he goes out to play poker. Angry, his wife fakes...

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Lena and the Geese

as Lena
Released: 1912-06-17

A first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman,...

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In Old Kentucky

as Partygoer
Released: 1909-09-20

Brothers George and Robert enlist on opposite sides in the Civil War. Robert is captured as a...

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Home Folks

as The Young Woman
Released: 1912-06-06

Griffith interweaves two tales of one family: A stern father rules his family by what he thinks...

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M'Liss

as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
Released: 1918-05-05

M'liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher....

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Their First Misunderstanding

as Mae Darcy
Released: 1911-01-09

A long-lost film starring actress Mary Pickford. She received her first on-screen credit in this...

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The Newlyweds

as Alice Vance
Released: 1910-03-03

A young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid (and...

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The Call to Arms

as A Messenger
Released: 1910-07-25

A Feudal Lord and his bride were visited by their cousin at a time when this Lord was presenting...

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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

as Self
Released: 1934-12-01

Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.

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The Eternal Grind

as Louise
Released: 1916-04-17

Louise (Pickford) is a sewing-machine girl in a sweatshop in New York City. She lives together...

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Madame Butterfly

as Cho-Cho-San
Released: 1915-11-07

The story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.

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Muggsy Becomes a Hero

as Mabel
Released: 1910-09-01

Two spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is...

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A Plain Song

as Edith
Released: 1910-11-28

Edith is a salesgirl in a department store who envys her store-mates, as she views them passing...

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In the Sultan's Garden

as Hadee
Released: 1911-07-03

Lieutenant Robbins, a young naval officer, sees Haydee the favored inmate of the sultan's harem...

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In the Sultan's Garden

as Haidee
Released: 1911-07-03

Lieutenant Robbins, a young naval officer, sees Haydee the favored inmate of the sultan's harem...

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The School Teacher and the Waif

as Nora, the Waif
Released: 1912-06-26

Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends...

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A Lucky Toothache

as Bessie
Released: 1910-10-13

Bessie, the new school teacher, arrives at the little western village, and on her way to the...

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A Lucky Toothache

as Mary
Released: 1910-10-13

Bessie, the new school teacher, arrives at the little western village, and on her way to the...

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An Indian Summer

as The Widow's Daughter
Released: 1912-07-08

A lonely old widower arrives in town and seeks out a pleasant boarding place. The house he...

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When We Were in Our 'Teens

as Mary
Released: 1910-08-18

Diplomacy was not Tom's strong suit. So when May showed to him her latest painting he poured...

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Pippa Passes

as Girl in crowd
Released: 1909-10-03

Pippa awakes and faces the world outside with a song. Unbeknown to her, the music has a healing...

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When a Man Loves

as Tessie
Released: 1911-01-05

Mr. Bach, a wealthy man, visits the scenes of his boyhood days in his auto and meets farmer...

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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Released: 1998-01-01

The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are...

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The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

as Mary
Released: 1910-08-22

In a quaint fishing village Bill and Mary are childhood sweethearts. Ten years roll by, and the...

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Less Than the Dust

as Radha
Released: 1916-11-04

Young Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service...

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Hulda from Holland

as Hulda
Released: 1916-07-31

Hulda, a plucky Dutch girl, brings her three little brothers from Holland to America to live...

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The Two Brothers

as A Mexican
Released: 1910-05-12

In Camarillo, principality of the Spanish dominion, there lived two brothers, Jose and Manuel....

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The Foundling

as Molly O
Released: 1916-01-03

Rich artist David King sends his infant daughter Molly to an orphanage, then years later regrets...

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Sweet Memories

as Polly Biblett
Released: 1911-03-27

An elderly woman looks back on the special times in her life, thinking especially about her...

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Captain Kidd, Jr.

as Mary MacTavish
Released: 1919-04-05

An old man wills a map to his grandson, with instructions showing a buried treasure, but it is...

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As a Boy Dreams

as uncredited
Released: 1911-08-13

A cabin-boy gets to take center stage during a riotous adventure story involving mutineers and...

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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

as Mary Pickford
Released: 1930-12-01

Andy Clyde plays football with the Sennett girls; Mary Pickford's miniature golf course is shown.

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The Restoration

as Alice Ashford
Released: 1909-11-08

A husband suspects his wife of an affair. The wife's cousin borrows a shawl to meet her lover in...

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Oh, Uncle!

as Bessie
Released: 1909-08-26

Harry's rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit,...

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The One She Loved

as The Wife
Released: 1912-10-21

Roy Norris, a young author, proposes to pretty Mary Ford and is accepted. The first year or more...

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Cupid Angling

as uncredited
Released: 1918-07-18

Cupid Angling is a 1918 silent film starring Ruth Roland and Albert Morrison, with walk-on...

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Maid or Man

as Elsie Keene
Released: 1911-01-30

Jimmie Keene is an ardent devotee of the art of self-defense and never misses a boxing match...

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The Inner Circle

as The Rich Italian's Daughter
Released: 1912-08-12

A lonely widower living in the Italian quarter of the city, whose only solace since the death of...

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Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

as Self
Released: 2023-11-19

Mary Pickford's name remains inseparable from the legend of American cinema. She invented the...

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Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1932-04-17

Hollywood on Parade was a series of short subjects produced by Paramount Pictures between 1932...

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In the Bishop's Carriage

as Nance Olden
Released: 1913-09-10

A lost film. A successful stage actress with a hidden past as a criminal is kept on the path of...

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Mary Pickford

as Self/Archival Footage
Released: 2005-04-04

It was the golden age of silent film, and she was the world's most celebrated actress. Known as...

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His Lost Love

as Mary
Released: 1909-10-18

Mary marries James, after jilting his brother Luke. Mary's sister arrives and soon James is...

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May and December

as May
Released: 1910-06-20

The quartet comprising this story are of ages as the months are to each other. June, a young...

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Esmeralda

as Esmeralda Rogers
Released: 1915-09-06

A lost film. Esmeralda, a simple farm girl is in love with country boy David, but her mother...

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The Mirror

as Dorothy
Released: 1911-02-09

A love story filled with amusing complications, but the contest is won by Dick because he...

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The Convert

as Agnes Boyd
Released: 1911-02-16

A lost film. A young lieutenant is sent to the Philippines and is erroneously reported dead. His...

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Such a Little Queen

as Queen Anna Victoria
Released: 1914-09-20

A lost film. Queen Anna Victoria of Herzegovina is exiled from her tiny country and forced to...

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Fate's Interception

as The Mexican Girl
Released: 1912-04-08

The representative of an American Syndicate comes to Mexico to look over some land. While there,...

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The Courting of Mary

as Mary
Released: 1911-11-26

A lost film. Mary the tomboy, and Owen, the sportsman, have an equal aversion to the opposite...

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From Farm to Fame

as Mary Pickford
Released: 1922-10-01

A two-reel comedy featuring Corliss Palmer, First Prize Winner of the 1920 Fame and Fortune...

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The Better Way

as Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
Released: 1911-10-12

A lost film. Louis Perry is discharged from the penitentiary, having served his sentence. He...

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Tender Hearts

as Nellie
Released: 1909-07-19

A country boy and a city boy are both courting the same girl. The girl sees the country boy's...

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The Eagle's Mate

as Anemone Breckenridge
Released: 1914-07-10

A young girl, Anemone, who lives with her Aunt is abducted by a crude family of Virginia...

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Muggsy's First Sweetheart

as Mabel Brown
Released: 1910-06-30

A scrappy lad from the skids attempts to court a well-to-do maiden. During his visits to her...

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In Old Madrid

as uncredited
Released: 1911-03-20

A young Spanish couple want to be together, but are hindered by the girl's parents. They try a...

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Artful Kate

as Artful Kate Stanley
Released: 1911-02-23

The story opens with a pretty love scene between the Lieutenant and his betrothed, Kate Stanley....

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Simple Charity

as Miss Wilkins
Released: 1910-11-10

A pretty young woman attempts to help a poor, old couple while attracting the attention of a...

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Little Pal

as 'Little Pal'
Released: 1915-07-01

"Little Pal" is the daughter of a saloon keeper in a rough Alaskan gold rush town. During a game...

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The Temptress

as Lucille Allen
Released: 1911-05-04

Gilbert Irving and Bertie Erroll have been inseparable companions since boyhood. At a house...

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His Dress Shirt

as Mrs. Kirby
Released: 1911-10-30

A lost film. Mr. Kirby has rather a tarty disposition for a newly married man and his wife is...

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Her Darkest Hour

as Ruth
Released: 1911-02-13

A lost film. A Teacher is struggling to control her classroom. Her failure has evidently reached...

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What Do Those Old Films Mean?

as Herself(archive footage)
Released: 1985-11-16

Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC...

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Behind the Scenes

as Dolly Lane
Released: 1914-10-26

Young Dolly Lane has committed herself to becoming a star on the stage, but when she meets...

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The Rose's Story

as Unknown Role
Released: 1911-10-02

A lost film. Gerald Kinney is a man with plenty of money and wild excesses. one day he leaves...

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A Romance of the Western Hills

as uncredited
Released: 1910-04-10

A young Indian girl is adopted by a white couple who treat her almost as their daughter,...

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'Tween Two Loves

as Grace
Released: 1911-09-28

A story of an only daughter of a farmer; her mother is dead and she is her father's consolation....

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One of Many

as Archive footage
Released: 1927-10-31

A Soviet film-obsessed girl has met Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford during their visit to...

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American Experience

as Self
First aired: 1988-10-04

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...

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