LITERATURE

Information on Mary Pickford and her film legacy is more accessible now than it has ever been before. Included here is a brief listing and description of the LITERATURE, categorized into BOOKS, ESSAYS, and SPECIAL INTEREST, currently available about Mary Pickford.

For more information, please contact the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOOKS

Brownlow, Kevin
Mary Pickford Rediscovered: Rare Pictures of a Hollywood Legend
Introduction by Robert Cushman
Harry N. Abrams Inc., in association with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
New York, NY
1999
ISBN:0810943743
PN2287.P5B76
High-quality art book of photographs, with extended essays and descriptions of her career and films

Eyman, Scott
Mary Pickford: America’s Sweetheart
Donald I. Fine Books
New York
1990
ISBN:1556111479
Full biography. Also published in Toronto, Canada (1990) by HarperCollins as Mary Pickford: From Here to Hollywood; and in London, England (1992) by Robson, Ltd. as Mary Pickford

Herndon, Booton
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks: The Most Popular Couple the World Has Ever Known
W.W. Norton and Co. Inc
New York
1977
ISBN:0393075087
Dual biography, concentrating primarily on their years together

Lee, Raymond
The Films of Mary Pickford
Castle Books
New York
1970
LOC Catalogue Card No: 73-107123
A picture book containing film stills, portraits and other photographs, as well as a short essay

Niver, Kemp R.
Mary Pickford, Comedienne
Locane Research Group
Los Angeles
1969
A book with information on those Biograph films in which Mary played comic roles

Pickford, Mary
My Rendezvous with Life
H.C. Kinsey and Co. Inc
New York, NY
1935
A short, inspirational book of thoughts on love and loss, written after the death of her mother

Pickford, Mary
Sunshine and Shadow
Doubleday and Co. Inc,
Garden City, New York
1955
Autobiography

Pickford, Mary
Why Not Try God?
H.C. Kinsey and Co. Inc
New York, NY
1934
Inspirational wisdom from the star

Whitfield, Eileen
Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood
University Press of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
1997
ISBN:0813120454
Full biography. Also re-printed in paperback

Windeler, Robert
Sweetheart: The Story of Mary Pickford
Praeger Publishers
New York. Washington
1974
ISBN:0491012101
Biographical essay. Also issued in paperback as Mary Pickford Sweetheart of the World

ESSAYS

Basinger, Jeanine
Silent Stars
Alfred A. Knopf
New York, NY
1999
ISBN:0679438408
PN1998.2.B373

SPECIAL INTEREST

Pickford, Mary
The Demi-Widow
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
New York, NY
1935
A novel

 
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