Stolen Moments #25 - A Kiss for Mary Pickford

I love Mary Pickford and it is my pleasure and honor to have a chance to speak with documentary filmmaker Hugh Munro Neely about Mary Pickford.  In addition to being a filmmaker, Hugh Neely is also the curator of the Mary Pickford Institute Library in Los Angeles.  You can visit the Mary Pickford Institute’s website to learn more about Mary Pickford and the MPI outreach program at www.marypickford.com.   

Recommended books on Mary Pickford:
Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood by Eileen Whitefield
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks: The Most Popular Couple the World Has Known By Booton Herndon
Mary Pickford Rediscovered by Kevin Brownlow and Robert Cushman (a gorgeous photo book)

To listen to the complete 1959 CBC interview with Mary Pickford:
http://archives.cbc.ca/programs/129-3653/page/4/    

Rob Brooks' beautiful collection on Mary Pickford can be found here: http://www.211university.ca/home.php 

Hugh and I discussed, briefly, The New York Hat, a 1912 Biograph film starring Mary Pickford and a much younger Lionel Barrymore than you normally see.    Do give it a look, Mary's performance is remarkably mature and touching for a 1912 film.