She was the first pop culture icon who took shape through cinema, the first Hollywood actress to produce her own pictures, the first screen queen to truly merit the label "superstar." Twenty-six years ...

There are very few marriages like that of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Not only were they two of the most beloved actors of the silent film era, but they are also responsible for the creation ...

Picture this: a grand neo-Tudor residence in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park, built for the silent film siren Mary Pickford — the “Queen of Movies” — who never even unpacked her bags. Now, this storied slice ...

Filmmakers Mary Pickford and Lois Weber during the silent era Credit: Photo of Mary Pickford from the Library of Congress, Photo of Weber from the J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs ...