Some of the biggest stars of the 1910s and of all times:
Mary Pickford, Queen of the Movies; Theda Bara the Vamp Supreme; Douglas Fairbanks Sr., the all american hero; Charles Chaplin, the tramp, and the incredible clowns Mabel NormandandFatty Arbuckle.
You don’t mess with Mary Pickford, film pioneer and undisputed Queen of the Movies. She would go on to become the world`s most famous citizen and the second woman to win an Academy Award, in 1930! - talk about a lengthy career!
Top Box Office hits from the Silent Era (1913-1929) when silent films became long features, not just flicks or one reelers anymore, all the way to the mega productions.
PART I DECADE OF THE 1910s
1913:Traffic in Souls
1914:The Million Dollar Mystery
1915: The Birth of a Nation
1916: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
1917: A Romance of the RedwoodsandCleopatra (lost film)
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks were married on March 28, 1920. They had an intimate ceremony at the Glendale, Calif. home of Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher. #OnThisDay Pictured: leaving for their honeymoon.
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks “dedicate” a new link of the Pacific Highway. The crowned heads of Hollywood, always called out to officiate at cornerstone layings, their popularity toward the end of the Twenties was perhaps more official than real, but none challenged their royal status as long as silence lasted.
A Canadian-American film actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the American film industry, she co-founded Pickford–Fairbanks Studios and United Artists, and was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
