Rudolph Valentino at the Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009

Mary Pickford in The Poor Little Rich Girl

Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009: Feb. 27
Saturday – Feb. 28, 2009
Morning – starts at 9 a.m.
Feature: The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Mary Pickford (65 min.)
This is the feature film that put little Mary Pickford on the map as a star. She was known before, but this one put her name above the title and fans came to see her pictures after this no matter what the title was. It was also a role that typecast her forever as a child afterwards. Even when she was 33-years old, she was still playing little girls and was known as ‘America’s Sweetheart’. This delightful yet important story is about family and the importance of family. [...]

by Andre Soares | January 27, 2009   
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