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My Best Girl

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This movie is interesting to watch because ten years after it was made, Buddy Rogers and Mary Pickford were married. It is also a wonder that Mary was around the top of the hill when she made this and yet she still looked so young and beautiful. Emotions soar out of this film that are felt in movies of today. One never notices that it is silent; it simply isn't an issue.
One of my favorite scenes is when Mary deliberatly pushes her belongings off of the car she is riding on so that she can see Buddy for just a little longer.

I'm just sobbing like a baby!

My husband just surprised me for my birthday with 'My Best Girl'. I have been building my silent movie collection for almost 2 years, and not one actress has ever moved me so much as Mary Pickford!

I adore her in every film I've seen thus far, and all the others are DEFINITELY worth buying--bad prints or no, but this...this film is now my favorite Pickford film and in my Top 10 for all silents.

I am not a sappy girl, nor do I fall for romance-type films, but 'My Best Girl' is SO winsome, and SO charming! Please go off and read at least one Pickford biography and then rewatch 'My Best Girl'. I was so skeptical, b/c I'm not a big girly movie fan, but this is one you HAVE to own if you love Pickford! Her leading man in the film is Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, the man she married 10 years after this film was made. At the time, her idyllic marriage to Douglas Fairbanks was just beginning to falter. They divorced in 1935, and two years later, she became Mrs. Buddy Rogers. Buddy is so smitten (in a tastefully restrained way) in every scene, in real life, and it's so lovely to watch him falling nutty-head-over-heels for Mary. It's anyone's guess if Mary felt the same--a tribute to her gifts as an actress--but it was pure bliss trying to guess if she had been!

Funny, smart and BEAUTIFULLY shot (if you've seen a lot of silents, you can tell that this one was made toward the end of the era. You're in for SUCH a treat--the shots are nothing like any in other silents of the same age.) I laughed out loud, and shed big ol' 'I'm not a girly movie fan' tears!

Treat yourself, and buy the Milestone copy. An excellent, clean print, with wonderful sharpness and great picture quality. The few and far between muddy spots go away SO quickly. And the score is so thoughtful, and complements the action and the period impeccably. Buy it up, and send a message to the Pickford Foundation that we want more of these DVDs QUICK!

There are a few home movies & newsreel clips from the Pickford Foundation collection included on the MILESTONE DVD, and watching them just tickled me to no end. All of them were private reels of Mary and Buddy at their wedding, their honeymoon, and later. Again, being not a terribly romantic girl, I sure surprised the heck outta myself by sobbing out loud after reading that "Buddy was always fond of saying that he'd married his 'best girl.'"

A sap I was not, until now!

Very funny movie. The story line was great... it was so cute. I would recommend this movie to anyone, young and old!

I've seen quite a lot of silent and this one, even if it's not technicaly or visualy in the class of Sunrise, Metropolis or the other great masterpieces of the silent era, has a special place in my heart. I can compare the viewing experience I had with the one I had with The quiet man. Why? Everyone in this movie seems to have fun, same thing with The quiet man.This was I think the second or third Mary Pickford film I saw and up to this point I though she was funny, charming and beautiful but with her performance in this movie you can say that she can do anything. She played drama splendidly and she can break your heart with a smile or a facial expression. If you're a fan of Mary like me, this is probably you're favorite too, some of the other movie she did were more technical or more visual but this one is simply magical. The chemistry with her future husband of the time (Buddy Rogers) is as strong as Bogie-Bacall or Hepburn-Tracy . The story is basic and simple and there's no visual feast like in some other classics but it works and Mary shows us that she was and will always be, the one and only america's sweetheart. She was a very good actress and it's too bad she doesn't get the respect she deserves. Thank god for restoration of the old silent movies, other generations than our grandparents can watch her greatness and see that Chaplin was not alone as a great silent star. Back to the movie, the restoration is pretty good and the film looks great for a 1927. It's not the best transfer I've seen on DVD but it always depend of the source print.

This is a dazzlingly clear print of a very good Pickford light romantic comedy. Keep your eyes open for the one stunningly sophisticated directorial triumph: Pickford and Rogers walking through a busy street on a rainy night, oblivious to the cars and bicycles whirring past, around, and even between them. It is a long, moving camera shot that perfectly expresses their delightful absorption in each other. I have never seen this scene mentioned in any historical film book but it well deserves to be there. Bravo!

Mary Pickford was the most powerful, popular and influencial woman of Hollywood from 1910 - 1937. Co-founder of United Artists Studios in 1919, wife of Douglas Fairbanks the swashbuckling Silent film star (1919-1936). Owner of numerous companies and the hostess to the most lavish Hollywood parties during this period at her famous estate "PickFair" (named after her & husband Fairbanks).

Mary Pickford has been absent from the general public but the "Mary Pickford Foundation" has restored and digitalized some of her most memorable films. (She did over 200 such 2 & 3 reelers films from 1908-1927).

"My Best Girl" was her last silent film and one of her best with actor Charles "Buddy" Rogers her frequent and later her husband (1937 - 1976).

This movie has chemistry with her and Buddy. It provides us with an emotional roller coaster ride and a love story everyone will enjoy. Mary Pickford has screen presence and you quickly understand why she became "America's Sweetheart" and even had the title of the "Worlds Sweetheart" abroad.

The new "orignal symphonic score" by David Michael Frank is absolutely fantastic and adds to this delightful silent classic.

You haven't many choices to see digitally restored Silent Classic Film Stars of old but with Foundations like Mary Pickfords we can once again enjoy the magic of silent storytelling through the genious of visual acting talents of the great ones like Mary Pickford.

Included extras are some home movies of Mary and Buddy. A nice personal touch to their private & public lives.

Enjoy this silent romantic comedy and escape for 79 minutes to another time in Hollywood. Mary Pickford is "My Best Girl" and "America's Sweetheart".

Even people who don't enjoy silent movies should enjoy this one. Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers are wonderful in this movie. I would highly recommend this, especially at the price it is being sold and also the book that has recently come out on Ms. Pickford.

Mary Pickford is not especially famous for her comedy skills, but in My Best Girl she shows that she could be extremely funny. This film is at times hilarious, but it is also deeply touching. It is Pickford's ability to convey emotion which makes her so irresistible. The viewer believes in her character and cares about what happens to her.

This was Pickford's last silent film which is a great pity for it is one of her best. Her career in talkies did not last and this is a further pity for her acting ability was such that she could have gone on to play character parts in the way that Lillian Gish did. My Best Girl should thus be treasured as one of her last great films and one of her last great roles.

The print used for this DVD is sepia tinted for day scenes and blue tinted for night scenes. For the most part it looks wonderful, but there are a few places where it shows its age. There are some brief moments where the print shows decay, but this damage does not in any way spoil the enjoyment of the film.

The DVD includes as an extra feature some brief footage of Pickford's marriage to her My Best Girl co-star Charles 'Buddy' Rogers. Some of the other Milestone Pickford DVDs include as extras examples of her early short films. I would have preferred one or two of these rather than the newsreel footage included here. But this is to quibble for this DVD remains indispensable for silent film fans.

This is one of the most classic films of the silent era. It's very easy to see why Mary Pickford was "America's Sweetheart". In this film she plays a shop girl who falls in love with another clerk, not knowing he's the storeowner's son. This is a wonderful film for Mary Pickford fans or silent film fans. It's also notable since Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers later married in real life. This charming film is highly recommended! Another good Mary Pickord film is "Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley" (1918).

This movie will charm your socks off, and keep you smiling and entertained throughout. No deep film criticism here...this is simply as good and as fun as movies get. If you liked City Lights, you love this one!