| John Mitty Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
Lexington, KY—To celebrate the release of Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies, co-published by The University Press of Kentucky and the Library of Congress, the book’s editor, Christel Schmidt, will be in New York for the following events:
Tuesday, April 30, 2:30pm
Schmidt will host a screening of the Pickford's 1918 feature Johanna Enlists
and sign copies of her book
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center,
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 7:00 PM
Schmidt will host a screening of the Pickford's Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
and sign copies of her book.
The 35mm restoration print is courtesy of the Cinematheque Royale.
Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY, US
Sunday, May 5, 2013, 3:00 PM
Schmidt will host a screening of the Pickford's 1926 feature Sparrows
and sign copies of her book
Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, NY
View the trailer here.
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will screen Johanna Enlists (1918) on Tuesday, April 30 at 2:30 pm. Johanna (played by Pickford) has spent all of her young like on her family’s backwoods Pennsylvania farm. Her sheltered upbringing changes suddenly when an entire army regiment camps nearby to train. She soon finds herself the center of attention, with no less than three men vying for her affection. Based on a short story by Rupert Hughes, Johanna Enlists was produced during World War I when patriotic films were attracting strong interest.
The Cinema Arts Centre will screen Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924) the following day, Wednesday, May 1, at 7:00 pm. As Dorothy Vernon, Pickford plays a spirited daughter of a prominent family in 16th century England, with a romantic tangle-up, a violent dispute between two nearby estates, and political intrigue all tied up together in an involved story. The elaborate and expensive sixteenth-century drama has remained extraordinarily difficult to see until the restoration effort from Belgium’s Cinematheque Royale, which has supplied the 35 mm print for the screening. The Cinema Arts Centre is located in Huntington, New York, just minutes down the road from PickFair East, the home Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks built in Centerport.
On Sunday, May 5, at 3:00 pm the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria will screen Sparrows hosted by Schmidt. As Dorothy Vernon, Pickford plays a spirited daughter of a prominent family in 16th century England, with a romantic tangle-up, a violent dispute between two nearby estates, and political intrigue all tied up together in an involved story. The elaborate and expensive sixteenth-century drama has remained extraordinarily difficult to see until the restoration effort from Belgium’s Cinematheque Royale, which has supplied the 35 mm print for the screening.
In Mary Pickford, Schmidt has cast a distinguished ensemble of film historians to shed new light on the icon’s incredible life and legacy. It features more than 200 color and black and white illustrations, including photographs and stills from Mary Pickford’s personal collections housed at the Library of Congress and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Schmidt explores rarely discussed areas of the star’s life and career, including her role as a national icon during World War I and her marriage to Douglas Fairbanks. In addition, Academy Award-winner Kevin Brownlow looks at Pickford’s work as a producer, and Beth Werling invites readers into Pickford’s closet to admire her many lavish costumes. Schmidt celebrates Pickford as a gifted actress, philanthropist, and savvy industry leader who became the first female movie mogul.
Christel Schmidt is a film historian, writer, and editor. She was awarded two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her work on Mary Pickford and is coeditor of Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture.
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