Mary Pickford News

HE was not only one of the most famous Hollywood stars of the golden era but a war hero who received the highest awards for bravery and a man who counted the Royal Family among his many friends.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that hands out the annual Oscar awards, plans to present a program next week aimed at recreating the moviegoing experience of the silent era 100 years ago -- long before the advent of "Hollywood" films.

The Pickford Film Center will celebrate its 11th anniversary by screening Mary Pickford's "Cinderella" at noon Sunday, Nov.

The movie theaters of today and tomorrow are in our homes Last week's report that the Strand Theater would go on the auction block suggests the end of the "big screen" era in Dover and possibly elsewhere in Strafford County.

It's too bad Oscar voters can't transfer those five extra best picture noms to the documentary feature race, where having a few more slots would really come in handy.

GENTLEMEN, START YOUR PROJECTORS: The first Wheels On Reels film festival is revved up and ready for ignition at the Mary Pickford in Cathedral City.

In 1916, Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity, silent film actress Mary Pickford signed a then-record-breaking contract paying her $10,000 per week, and President Woodrow Wilson signed into law an act creating the National Park Service.

Michael York has been selected to receive the International Press Academy's 2009 Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Entertainment Industry at this year's 14th annual Satellite Awards on Dec.

Critics agreed John Galliano 's spring 2010 show in Paris yesterday was staggeringly beautiful.

Tonight is the 3rd annual a oeEvening Before Emmys" fundraiser for the Motion Picture & Television Fund.A But outside the event in Century City, the grassroots organization "Saving The Lives Of Our Own" held a candlelight vigil to protest the "Evening Before Eviction" -- its moniker for the MPTF closures of the acute- and long-term care ...

Ever wonder what Pleasanton was like when silent movies were filmed or when bandits ruled the streets? The Museum On Main Street is bringing those days back with "Hollywood in Pleasanton" Sept.

The "Flying LC" ranch brand can be seen in the hand-forged iron entrance gate to the hacienda at Leo Carrillo park.

Respect your elders. The Toronto International Film Festival is only 34. The City of Toronto is 175.

Shooting stars A Dean Elizabeth Daley addresses alumni, students and faculty at the unveiling of the cinema schoola s star Thursday.

Anyone involved in journalism or interested in journalism or interested in anyone who's involved or interested in journalism knows that journalism is in the midst of an existential crisis equal in size and severity to the one Hollywood went through when it discovered sound and silent-movie titans like Buster Keaton and Mary Pickford were suddenly ...

Mary Pickford has often been referred to as the Muse of the Movies. But, what she is really known for is her influential role in establishing American Cinema and Hollywood as the capital of the Entertainment Industry.

Mass hysteria causes sightings of Charlie Chaplin from the Waldorf Astoria to Beaumont, Texas.

This is the 90th year of United Artists Corporation, which was formed by four Hollywood greats who were looking for artistic freedom.

When you think old movies, you might think Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, MGM musicals or John Ford Westerns.

Tonight is a great night for an outdoor movie or two. As part of the Old Pasadena Film Festival tonight the screenings are gems.