Mary Pickford was once known by movie fans as "the little girl with the curls." While she did branch out into other types of roles, by far her most popular film were when she played these spunky little girl characters. She was so associated with these roles that she continued playing them into her 30's. Though today, we automatically look at her in these roles and think she was too old to play them, she does still bring a real charm to every character she played.
The following is a 1924 article from Screenland magazine that talks about Mary's childhood. If you have trouble reading the below pages, click on them and use your touch screen to zoom in. If you don't have a touch screen, click here. Sorry about the quality of the left side of the first page.
Some of Mary's earliest films are those for director D.W. Griffith.
One of my favorites of Mary's "little girl with the curls" films is Little Annie Rooney (1925).
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