In coming years...you may find a Mary Pickford Foundation performance in many places across the nation - perhaps in your own neighborhood. For more information on applying for a Mary Pickford Foundation Legacy Grant, please contact: Andi Hicks, Director/MPI ... or
Hugh Munro Neely, Director – Archive, Library and Legacy 310-287-3700 Mary Pickford Legacy : Past Events On Wednesday, September 14...
...film historian and Leona Valley resident Hugh Munro Neely will present a program on the life and work of Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904-1999). "Buddy," as he was known by friends and fans, was an actor and musician, who appeared in "Wings" (1927) with Clara Bow, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper; the first film to win an Academy Award for "Best Picture." The preternaturally handsome young man from Kansas later appeared in dozens of popular films, opposite stars like W.C. Fields, Mary Pickford, Nancy Carroll, Mary Brian, Lupe Velez and many others. As an instrumentalist and sometime vocalist, he founded the "California Cavaliers" and "Buddy Rogers' Famous Swing Band" with which he recorded a number of hit records in the 1930's, including "Anytime's the Time to Fall in Love," "Moonshine Over Kentucky," and "This is Madness (To Love Like This)." In 1937, Buddy married America's Sweetheart, Mary Pickford. He served as a naval test pilot during World War Two, and produced films and television into the 1950s. Hugh will present a rare screening of his 1997 documentary film about Charles "Buddy" Rogers, titled "Anytime's the Time to Fall in Love." Hugh met Buddy on a number of occasions, during his work for the Mary Pickford Foundation, and after the film screening he will participate in an audience Q&A session and offer the audience a peek at Buddy's personal scrapbooks, which are part of the Foundation's collection. |
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| August 6th, in fort Collins, Colorado, we will recreate "An Evening at the Movies circa 1918" |
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Sunday, June 26 @ 8PMRebecca of Sunnybrook FarmThis 1917 film showcases three of the early 20th century’s most talented women: author Kate Wiggin, screenwriter Frances Marion, who adapted Wiggen’s novel for screen, and Mary Pickford, who produced and starred in the film. L.A.’s own 21st century composer Maria Newman’s penned a new score to this classic film - for an evening of entertainment from creative women that bridges two centuries. "Amy Greenspan, as Pickford, opens the evening in Keith Lawrences' play "Land of Dreams." This evening presented through a grant from the Mary Pickford Foundation. [directions]
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June 26th, as part of the Grand Performances series at California Place in Los Angeles, we will premiere Maria Newman's new score to "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". An additional treat for silent film fans is a live theatrical performance of "Land of Dreams", a 25 minute one-act play about the aspirations of a young Mary Pickford, starring local actress, Amy Greenspan. |
JULY 2010
The Mary Pickford Foundation and the Detroit Symphony (Detroit, MI) presented a silent film "extravaganza" with silent filmmaking reenactments, a play about Mary Pickford, and a performance of Sparrows (1926), with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performing the U.S. premiere of a new score by Jeffrey Silverman. (View Quicktime)FEBRUARY 2010
The Mary Pickford Foundation sponsored a Silent Film Experience in Santa Clarita, CA. Mary Pickford’s timeless classic silent film Daddy Long Legs, with a contemporary score composed by Maria Newman, was accompanied by a six-piece chamber ensemble of the Santa Clarita Symphony. Guest conductor, Hugh Munro Neely. Pickford produced and starred in the 1919 film as Judy Abbott, an orphan whose college education is paid for by an anonymous trustee she knows only as “Daddy-Long-Legs.” The comic gem was one of Pickford’s greatest successes upon its original release.MAY 2009
The Mary Pickford Foundation and the National Philharmonic Orchestra (Bethesda, MD) presented The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) with score by Philip Carli.