Mary Pickford

Films on video #2

Heart o' the Hills (1919)
Mary plays Mavis Hawn an appalachian girl,
A tale of love and tragedy in the Kentucky hills.

Available from Facets video.

Pollyanna (1920)
After the death of her father,Pollyanna (Mary)
whose credo has always been "Just be glad" goes
to live with her cranky old Aunt Polly.Even after
many good deeds Aunt Polly remains unmoved.
This was Mary's first release for United Artists.

Available from Grapevine.

Suds (1920)
Mary plays an English washhouse maiden
who sets her sights on a rich young man
who leaves his shirt to be laundered.

Available from Grapevine.

Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
Wealthy Elias Graves builds a house on a
hill and tries unsuccessfully to evict the
squatters who live in the valley below.Tess
(Mary)leads the squatters struggle for survival.

A Milestone video release
Available from Amazon.

Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Slum girl Annie (Mary) is the daughter of
a cop who is shot and Annies love is suspected

Available from Grapevine.

Sparrows (1926)
Hidden deep in the Southern swamps,the Grimes
family operate a baby farm where unwanted or lost
children are cruelly underfed and overworked.
Mollie (Mary) leads them on an escape through the
alligator-infested swamp.

A Milestone video release
Available from Amazon.

My Best Girl (1927)
Maggie a shop girl in a five-and-cent store,
falls in love with the owners son,Joe who is
working incognito as a clerk to prove himself
to his father.

A Milestone video release
Available from Amazon.

Coquette (1929)
In her first talkie Mary Pickford won 1929s Best
Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Norma
Besant,a flirtatious socialite who falls in love
with a poor ne're-do-well.

Available from Amazon.

The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
Pickford and Fairbanks do a fantastic job as
Katharina and Petruchio,her playing the man-hating
unmanagable woman and him playing her tough,
strict and stern husband.

Available from Amazon.

Mary on DVD