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    Mary Pickford

    1892-04-07 (132 years old) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1894 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter and film studio founder, who was a pioneer in the US film industry with a Hollywood career that spanned five decades. Pickford alongside her future husband, actor-producer Douglas Fairbanks, founded Pickford–Fairbanks Studios and United Artists, and was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pickford is considered to be one of the most recognisable women in history. Known as "America's Sweetheart" during the silent film era, she is named on the list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars as the 24th-top female star from the Classical Hollywood Cinema era and the "girl with the curls." Pickford was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film acting. She was one of the earliest stars to be billed under her own name, and was one of the most popular actresses of the 1910s and 1920s, earning the nickname "Queen of the Movies." She is credited with having defined the ingénue type in cinema. She was awarded the second Academy Award for Best Actress for her first sound film role in Coquette (1929). By the late 1920s, Pickford's career went into decline. She received an Academy Honorary Award in 1976 in consideration of her contributions to American cinema.

    Movies

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    Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
    0 %|Nov 19, 2023
    Documentary
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    Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
    65 %|Jun 14, 2017
    Documentary, History
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    The Women Who Run Hollywood
    70 %|May 16, 2016
    Documentary
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    Birth of the Tramp
    71 %|Dec 29, 2013
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Sigrid Holmquist
    70 %|Oct 8, 2010
    Documentary, Drama
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    Smash His Camera
    70 %|Jul 30, 2010
    Documentary
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    Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
    57 %|Aug 29, 2008
    Documentary
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    Mary Pickford
    0 %|Apr 4, 2005
    Documentary
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    Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
    54 %|Jul 1, 2003
    Documentary
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    The Tramp and the Dictator
    70 %|Feb 14, 2002
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
    0 %|Sep 12, 2000
    Documentary
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    What Do Those Old Films Mean?
    60 %|Nov 16, 1985
    TV Movie, Documentary
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    Hollywood’s Children
    0 %|Feb 24, 1982
    Documentary
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    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
    0 %|May 24, 1961
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Yesterday and Today
    0 %|Dec 2, 1953
    Documentary
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    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
    60 %|Oct 5, 1942
    Documentary
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
    60 %|Dec 5, 1941
    Documentary
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    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
    65 %|Jul 31, 1940
    Documentary
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    Hollywood Hobbies
    56 %|May 3, 1939
    Comedy
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    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
    0 %|Dec 1, 1933
    Documentary, Comedy
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    Secrets
    51 %|Mar 16, 1933
    Drama, Western
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
    0 %|Apr 17, 1932
    Comedy
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    The House That Shadows Built
    70 %|Jul 8, 1931
    Documentary
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    Kiki
    45 %|Mar 14, 1931
    Music
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    The Voice of Hollywood
    0 %|Aug 30, 1930
    Documentary
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    The Taming of the Shrew
    52 %|Oct 26, 1929
    Comedy
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    Coquette
    56 %|Mar 30, 1929
    Drama
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    The Gaucho
    61 %|Nov 21, 1927
    Action, Adventure
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    My Best Girl
    70 %|Oct 31, 1927
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    One of Many
    0 %|Oct 31, 1927
    Comedy, Animation, Fantasy
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    A Kiss from Mary Pickford
    47 %|Sep 8, 1927
    Comedy
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    Sparrows
    71.14 %|Sep 19, 1926
    Drama
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    The Black Pirate
    68 %|Mar 8, 1926
    Adventure, Drama, Action
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    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
    73 %|Dec 25, 1925
    Adventure, Drama, Romance
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    Little Annie Rooney
    69 %|Oct 18, 1925
    Comedy, Drama
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    Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
    43 %|May 24, 1924
    Romance, Drama, History
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    Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
    0 %|Jan 1, 1924
    Documentary
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    Rosita
    65 %|Sep 3, 1923
    Romance, Comedy, History
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    Hollywood
    70 %|Aug 19, 1923
    Comedy, Drama
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    Tess of the Storm Country
    58 %|Nov 12, 1922
    Romance, Drama
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    From Farm to Fame
    0 %|Oct 1, 1922
    Comedy
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    Little Lord Fauntleroy
    70 %|Sep 15, 1921
    Drama
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    Through The Back Door
    60 %|May 5, 1921
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Love Light
    68 %|Jan 8, 1921
    Drama
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    Suds
    65 %|Jan 27, 1920
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Pollyanna
    65 %|Jan 18, 1920
    Comedy, Drama, Family
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    Heart o' the Hills
    60 %|Nov 30, 1919
    Drama, Romance
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    The Hoodlum
    58 %|Aug 31, 1919
    Comedy
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    Daddy-Long-Legs
    61 %|May 11, 1919
    Drama, Comedy
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    Captain Kidd, Jr.
    0 %|Apr 5, 1919
    Comedy
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    100% American
    55 %|Oct 4, 1918
    Comedy
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    Johanna Enlists
    58 %|Sep 14, 1918
    Comedy, Romance
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    Cupid Angling
    0 %|Jul 18, 1918
    Drama
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    How Could You, Jean?
    0 %|Jun 29, 1918
    Comedy, Drama
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    M'Liss
    58 %|May 5, 1918
    Mystery, Drama, Comedy
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    Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
    53 %|Mar 10, 1918
    Drama, Romance
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    Stella Maris
    67 %|Jan 21, 1918
    Drama
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    A Little Princess
    51 %|Nov 5, 1917
    Drama
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    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
    58 %|Sep 22, 1917
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Little American
    62.5 %|Jul 12, 1917
    Drama, War, Romance
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    A Romance of the Redwoods
    64 %|May 14, 1917
    Drama, Romance, Western
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    The Poor Little Rich Girl
    58 %|Mar 5, 1917
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
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    The Pride of the Clan
    71 %|Jan 7, 1917
    Romance, Drama
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    Less Than the Dust
    30 %|Nov 4, 1916
    Drama
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    Hulda from Holland
    0 %|Jul 31, 1916
    Drama
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    The Eternal Grind
    0 %|Apr 17, 1916
    Drama
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    Poor Little Peppina
    52 %|Mar 2, 1916
    Drama
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    The Foundling
    0 %|Jan 3, 1916
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    Madame Butterfly
    45 %|Nov 7, 1915
    Drama
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    A Girl of Yesterday
    0 %|Oct 7, 1915
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    Esmeralda
    0 %|Sep 6, 1915
    Drama
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    Rags
    75 %|Aug 2, 1915
    Drama
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    The Foundling
    0 %|Aug 1, 1915
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    Little Pal
    0 %|Jul 1, 1915
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    The Dawn of a Tomorrow
    70 %|Jun 7, 1915
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    Fanchon, the Cricket
    64 %|May 10, 1915
    Drama
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    Mistress Nell
    0 %|Feb 1, 1915
    Drama, History
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    Cinderella
    55 %|Dec 28, 1914
    Fantasy, Drama
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    Behind the Scenes
    0 %|Oct 26, 1914
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    Such a Little Queen
    0 %|Sep 20, 1914
    Romance, Comedy, Drama
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    The Eagle's Mate
    50 %|Jul 10, 1914
    Drama
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    Tess of the Storm Country
    54.62 %|Mar 30, 1914
    Drama
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    A Good Little Devil
    0 %|Mar 1, 1914
    Drama
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    Hearts Adrift
    0 %|Feb 9, 1914
    Romance
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    Caprice
    10 %|Nov 10, 1913
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    In the Bishop's Carriage
    10 %|Sep 10, 1913
    Drama, Crime
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    The Unwelcome Guest
    50 %|Mar 15, 1913
    Drama
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    The New York Hat
    57 %|Dec 5, 1912
    Drama
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    The Informer
    0 %|Nov 21, 1912
    Drama
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    My Baby
    47.5 %|Nov 14, 1912
    Drama
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    The One She Loved
    0 %|Oct 21, 1912
    Drama
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    A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
    45 %|Oct 3, 1912
    Drama
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    So Near, Yet So Far
    59 %|Sep 29, 1912
    Romance, Drama
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    Friends
    55 %|Sep 22, 1912
    Western, Romance
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    A Pueblo Legend
    0 %|Aug 29, 1912
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    With the Enemy's Help
    0 %|Aug 19, 1912
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    The Inner Circle
    40 %|Aug 12, 1912
    Crime, Drama
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    The Narrow Road
    45 %|Aug 1, 1912
    Crime
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    An Indian Summer
    40 %|Jul 8, 1912
    Romance
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    The School Teacher and the Waif
    47.5 %|Jun 26, 1912
    Drama
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    Lena and the Geese
    42 %|Jun 17, 1912
    Drama, Comedy, Family, History
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    Home Folks
    0 %|Jun 6, 1912
    Drama
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    A Beast at Bay
    56.43 %|May 26, 1912
    Drama
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    A Lodging for the Night
    56.67 %|May 9, 1912
    Drama
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    The Old Actor
    54 %|May 6, 1912
    Drama
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    Won by a Fish
    40 %|Apr 22, 1912
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    Just Like a Woman
    0 %|Apr 18, 1912
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    The Female of the Species
    42 %|Apr 15, 1912
    Drama
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    Fate's Interception
    0 %|Apr 8, 1912
    Romance
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    Iola's Promise
    50 %|Mar 14, 1912
    Romance, Western, Drama
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    A Timely Repentance
    0 %|Mar 11, 1912
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    The Mender of Nets
    58 %|Feb 15, 1912
    Romance, Drama
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    Honor Thy Father
    0 %|Feb 9, 1912
    Drama
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    The Caddy's Dream
    0 %|Dec 31, 1911
    actor
    How Mary Fixed it
    0 %|Dec 31, 1911
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    The Portrait
    0 %|Dec 28, 1911
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    Little Red Riding Hood
    0 %|Dec 17, 1911
    Adventure
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    Love Heeds Not Showers
    0 %|Dec 3, 1911
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    The Courting of Mary
    0 %|Nov 26, 1911
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    His Dress Shirt
    0 %|Oct 30, 1911
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    The Better Way
    0 %|Oct 12, 1911
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    The Sentinel Asleep
    0 %|Oct 9, 1911
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    The Rose's Story
    0 %|Oct 2, 1911
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    'Tween Two Loves
    0 %|Sep 28, 1911
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    The Toss of a Coin
    0 %|Aug 31, 1911
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    As a Boy Dreams
    40 %|Aug 13, 1911
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    The Call of the Song
    0 %|Aug 13, 1911
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    The Skating Bug
    0 %|Jul 31, 1911
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    Science
    0 %|Jul 24, 1911
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    At a Quarter of Two
    0 %|Jul 13, 1911
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    A Gasoline Engagement
    0 %|Jul 10, 1911
    Comedy
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    For the Queen's Honor
    0 %|Jul 6, 1911
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    In the Sultan's Garden
    0 %|Jul 3, 1911
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    In the Sultan's Garden
    0 %|Jul 3, 1911
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    Behind the Stockade
    0 %|Jun 12, 1911
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    Back to the Soil
    0 %|Jun 8, 1911
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    The Lighthouse Keeper
    0 %|May 18, 1911
    actor
    The Master and the Man
    0 %|May 15, 1911
    Crime, Drama
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    For Her Brother's Sake
    0 %|May 11, 1911
    actor
    The Fair Dentist
    0 %|May 8, 1911
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    The Temptress
    0 %|May 4, 1911
    Drama
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    Second Sight
    0 %|May 1, 1911
    Drama
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    The Stampede
    0 %|Apr 17, 1911
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    Sweet Memories
    40 %|Mar 27, 1911
    Romance, Drama
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    In Old Madrid
    40 %|Mar 20, 1911
    Romance, Comedy
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    The Fisher-Maid
    0 %|Mar 16, 1911
    Drama
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    The Secret of the Palm
    0 %|Mar 13, 1911
    actor
    A Decree of Destiny
    0 %|Mar 6, 1911
    Drama, Romance
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    Tracked
    0 %|Mar 6, 1911
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    A Manly Man
    0 %|Feb 27, 1911
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    Artful Kate
    35 %|Feb 23, 1911
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    The Convert
    0 %|Feb 16, 1911
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    Her Darkest Hour
    0 %|Feb 13, 1911
    Drama
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    The Mirror
    0 %|Feb 9, 1911
    Comedy
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    When the Cat's Away
    0 %|Feb 9, 1911
    Comedy
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    Three Sisters
    0 %|Feb 2, 1911
    Drama, Romance
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    Maid or Man
    0 %|Jan 30, 1911
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    The Dream
    55 %|Jan 23, 1911
    Drama
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    The Italian Barber
    40 %|Jan 9, 1911
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    When a Man Loves
    42.5 %|Jan 5, 1911
    Romance, Comedy, Drama
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    White Roses
    0 %|Dec 22, 1910
    Comedy, Romance
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    A Plain Song
    0 %|Nov 28, 1910
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    The Song of the Wildwood Flute
    0 %|Nov 21, 1910
    Drama
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    Sunshine Sue
    0 %|Nov 14, 1910
    Drama
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    Simple Charity
    0 %|Nov 10, 1910
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    Waiter No. 5
    0 %|Nov 3, 1910
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    A Lucky Toothache
    0 %|Oct 13, 1910
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    A Lucky Toothache
    0 %|Oct 13, 1910
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    That Chink at Golden Gulch
    50 %|Oct 10, 1910
    Drama, Western
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    A Gold Necklace
    55 %|Oct 6, 1910
    Comedy
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    Muggsy Becomes a Hero
    50 %|Sep 1, 1910
    Comedy, Drama
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    Wilful Peggy
    46 %|Aug 24, 1910
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    The Usurer
    50 %|Aug 15, 1910
    Drama
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    An Arcadian Maid
    48 %|Aug 1, 1910
    Drama
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    The Call to Arms
    40 %|Jul 25, 1910
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    What the Daisy Said
    45 %|Jul 11, 1910
    Romance, Drama
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    Muggsy's First Sweetheart
    50 %|Jun 30, 1910
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    A Child's Impulse
    50 %|Jun 27, 1910
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    Never Again
    40 %|Jun 20, 1910
    poster
    May and December
    50 %|Jun 20, 1910
    Comedy, Romance
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    A Victim of Jealousy
    0 %|Jun 9, 1910
    actor
    In the Season of Buds
    0 %|Jun 2, 1910
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    Ramona
    47 %|May 23, 1910
    Drama, Romance, Western
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    The Two Brothers
    0 %|May 12, 1910
    Western
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    Love Among the Roses
    47 %|May 8, 1910
    poster
    The Unchanging Sea
    65 %|May 5, 1910
    Drama
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    A Romance of the Western Hills
    0 %|Apr 10, 1910
    Western, Romance
    actor
    A Rich Revenge
    0 %|Apr 7, 1910
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    As It Is in Life
    52 %|Apr 4, 1910
    actor
    The Smoker
    0 %|Mar 31, 1910
    actor
    The Twisted Trail
    0 %|Mar 24, 1910
    poster
    The Thread of Destiny
    0 %|Mar 7, 1910
    Romance
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    The Newlyweds
    50 %|Mar 3, 1910
    Comedy, Romance
    actor
    The Heart of an Outlaw
    20 %|Dec 31, 1909
    Western
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    To Save Her Soul
    43.33 %|Dec 27, 1909
    Drama
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    The Test
    42.5 %|Dec 16, 1909
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    Through the Breakers
    42.5 %|Dec 6, 1909
    Drama
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    The Trick that Failed
    40 %|Nov 29, 1909
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    The Mountaineer's Honor
    42 %|Nov 24, 1909
    Drama
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    A Sweet Revenge
    45 %|Nov 18, 1909
    Drama
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    A Midnight Adventure
    5 %|Nov 18, 1909
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    The Light That Came
    41.25 %|Nov 11, 1909
    Drama
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    The Restoration
    45 %|Nov 8, 1909
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    The Gibson Goddess
    40.629999999999995 %|Nov 1, 1909
    Comedy
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    What's Your Hurry?
    50 %|Nov 1, 1909
    Comedy
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    Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
    32.5 %|Oct 27, 1909
    Drama
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    His Lost Love
    20 %|Oct 18, 1909
    actor
    The Little Teacher
    10 %|Oct 11, 1909
    Drama
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    Pippa Passes
    55.83 %|Oct 3, 1909
    Drama
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    The Awakening
    30 %|Sep 29, 1909
    Drama, Comedy
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    In Old Kentucky
    15 %|Sep 20, 1909
    War
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    The Broken Locket
    35 %|Sep 16, 1909
    Drama
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    Getting Even
    37.5 %|Sep 12, 1909
    Comedy
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    1776, or The Hessian Renegades
    51.67 %|Sep 6, 1909
    History, War, Drama
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    The Sealed Room
    50 %|Sep 2, 1909
    Romance, Drama, History, Horror
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    The Little Darling
    45.5 %|Sep 1, 1909
    Comedy
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    Oh, Uncle!
    22.5 %|Aug 26, 1909
    Comedy
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    The Seventh Day
    30 %|Aug 26, 1909
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    His Wife's Visitor
    5 %|Aug 19, 1909
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    They Would Elope
    45 %|Aug 9, 1909
    Comedy
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    A Strange Meeting
    43.33 %|Aug 1, 1909
    Drama, Crime
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    The Slave
    42.5 %|Jul 29, 1909
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    Sweet and Twenty
    38 %|Jul 22, 1909
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Renunciation
    43.75 %|Jul 19, 1909
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    Tender Hearts
    30 %|Jul 19, 1909
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    The Cardinal's Conspiracy
    36.67 %|Jul 12, 1909
    Drama
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    The Country Doctor
    61.67 %|Jul 8, 1909
    Drama
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    The Necklace
    40 %|Jul 1, 1909
    Drama
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    The Way of Man
    40 %|Jun 28, 1909
    Drama
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    The Peachbasket Hat
    42 %|Jun 24, 1909
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Mexican Sweethearts
    5 %|Jun 24, 1909
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    Her First Biscuits
    30 %|Jun 17, 1909
    Comedy
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    The Faded Lilies
    22.5 %|Jun 17, 1909
    Drama
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    The Son's Return
    56.11 %|Jun 14, 1909
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    The Lonely Villa
    60.24 %|Jun 10, 1909
    Thriller, Drama, Crime
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    The Violin Maker of Cremona
    46.43 %|Jun 7, 1909
    Drama
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    His Duty
    31.669999999999998 %|May 31, 1909
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    Two Memories
    37.5 %|May 23, 1909
    Drama

    Series

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    American Experience
    75 %|Oct 4, 1988
    Documentary