Mary Pickford - A Life on Film
by Hugh Munro Neely
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Actor: Cammilla Johnson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jean Firstenberg, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Whoopi GoldbergDirector: Hugh Munro Neely
Producer: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Cinematographer: John Luker
Producer: Hugh Munro Neely
Producer: Edward Stotsenberg
Producer: Elaina Archer
Producer: Hugh M. Hefner
Writer: Rita Mae Brown
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Mary Pickford - A Life on Film
Movie Review: Excellent Biography
Summary: 5 Stars
Pickford is a fascinating woman. I could explore all of her many gifts, but recommend you watch this film for that. I am writing because I watched this and another recent documentary concerning Mary Pickford within a one-week period. Both documentaries were fascinating, but, in the end, I found this particular film to be much more compassionate toward the aging Mary Pickford. Had I based my opinion of Mary Pickford on the other documentary, and not seen this film, I would have perceived Mary Pickford as being a pathetic has-been in her later years. It seemed that the other documentary portrayed Pickford's life as being "washed up" after the 1930's. The film carried an air of cattiness toward the aging Pickford. So I was surprised to learn, while watching this film, of Pickford's kindness and contribution in her later years and to see with my own eyes that, yes, Pickford grew to be even more beautiful as she aged. She had her issues, true, but her life didn't exactly end in the 1930's --- not according to this documentary, anyway.
I enjoy biographical interpretations, but, at the same time, am wary of them. We love to tell stories about other people but, too often, our own inner life and opinions are projected out on the very people we tell stories about. It's hard to know what is truth. Having said that, this documentary was kinder to Pickford, and the world needs more of that. Five stars.
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