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By the age of seventeen, Mary Pickford had become the first actress to achieve international superstardom. By the time she was thirty, she was the first and only woman ever to own a major movie studio, the only woman to be the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and the first actress to have complete control in making her films. With comedic talents equal to Keaton, Lloyd or Chaplin, the tragic range of Gish and Swanson and business acumen to rival any Hollywood mogul, Mary Pickford was the consummate movie star of the 20th Century. "Mary Pickford: A Life on Film" is the definitive documentary on the most powerful woman in the history of cinema. Hosted and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.
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Mary Pickford, "America's Sweetheart," was one of the greatest stars of Hollywood's silent era, and one of the first women in American film to translate her onscreen popularity to business savvy behind the camera when she became a co-founder of United Artists. Mary Pickford: A Life on Film examines the ups and downs of both her career and her personal life, including her marriages to screen legends Douglas Fairbanks and Charles "Buddy" Rogers and her work with Charles Chaplin and D.W. Griffith. Whoopi Goldberg narrates. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide