tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920638799457751115.post7965094604105294437..comments2024-03-07T12:23:33.237-08:00Comments on Silence is Platinum: Miss Mary PickfordJessica Wahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385533879935684021noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920638799457751115.post-48311956734909888842011-08-24T16:13:11.464-07:002011-08-24T16:13:11.464-07:00@Birgit- I love that little picture too! I think i...@Birgit- I love that little picture too! I think in the original, her brother Jack is next to her...and I wanna say William Desmond Taylor, but I could be wrong about that part. And I agree about Pia Zadora and Pickfair. How could you destroy such a wonderful piece of Hollywood history? And you call yourself an "actress"? Unbelievable. <br /><br />@Ruby and Birgit, I agree with both of you that I don't think Mary was a bitch, just a tough lil woman trying to make it in the man's world of the studio days of Hollywood. She had to have a tough skin to survive.Jessica Wahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385533879935684021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920638799457751115.post-66132293019851699942011-08-22T11:23:16.937-07:002011-08-22T11:23:16.937-07:00So informative and wonderful photos! Even she was ...So informative and wonderful photos! Even she was a bitch, I imagine she would use the modern phrase "...you say that like it's a bad thing..."Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311021498743390316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920638799457751115.post-64796028490447352332011-08-21T08:45:19.573-07:002011-08-21T08:45:19.573-07:00What a great entry on Mary! I love that picture of...What a great entry on Mary! I love that picture of her lookign so innocent but holding 2 guns..made me giggle-What a ironic photo. People have no idea today how popular she, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks were. It pales in comparison to the most famous today even the useless reality stars that people seem enraptured by...ughh give me a break on them. When i heard Pia Zadora bought Pickfair I thought Oh No I hope she won't redecorate it in trampy style. She did worse by destroying it just because she had the power to do it. Where is she now? I passed by Mary Pickfor's "home"...well there is a marker now since the home has long since gone in Toronto. I also think she was an extremely shrewd business person and Many men like Sam Goldwyn did not want to work with her because she was so great in business and money. people have issues even now with women in high positions, imagine how it was when Mary was around. She had to be one strong cracker! Probably this is one reason some did not care for her because she was so deligent and a bit uncompromising but I think she felt deeply which may be one reason she finally succumbed to the booze. I also remember watching her on the Oscars...I was a kid but I felt bad for her she seemed almost dreamlike. I remembered wanting to cuddle her and tell her everything will be alright and I was just a kid! OH well, great talent and thank God she never destroyed her films!Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.com