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  • The entire complex is dominated by a multiplex movie theatre called the Mary Pickford, which is where we were headed to see the opening day of "Dreamgirls."

    Archive 2006-12-01 sfmike 2006

  • The entire complex is dominated by a multiplex movie theatre called the Mary Pickford, which is where we were headed to see the opening day of "Dreamgirls."

    Dreamgirls in Cathedral City sfmike 2006

  • I had one called 'Mary Pickford', whilst Tudur had a 'French 75' - it's supposed to replicate the effect of a 75mm howitzer artillery shell.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

  • On the bookshelves were such volumes as Lou Tellegen’s Women Have Been Kind—DeMille disliked the book because Tellegen paraded his conquests but he kept it anyway—Mary Pickford’s Sunshine and Shadow inscribed “With love, Your little sister ‘Betty Warren’ Sometimes known as Mary Pickford,” and We the Living, inscribed “To Cecil B.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • By 1912 Hollywood boasted its first generation of stars in such talents as Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • By 1912 Hollywood boasted its first generation of stars in such talents as Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • DeMille and Sam Wood and gems starring such actors as Mary Pickford and Sessue Hayakawa.

    Silent films recovered: These new releases are oldest in a long time Peter Finn 2011

  • One such foray occurred in November 1935 as he tended to legal work, which included a boring coal mine lawsuit and a more interesting dispute a client had with retired actress Mary Pickford.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • You have to go back many years--maybe to United Artists, which Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford founded to control the production and distribution of their movies--to find celebs who are not gilded serfs depending on studio paychecks and endorsement deals.

    Can Bethenny Crack A Billion? 2011

  • And Paul's gone there too, to talk us through those early years – of silent heroes and Keystone Kops, Mary Pickford, and the tedious three-hour racist epics of DW Griffiths.

    TV review: Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood 2011

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