Filmography

From 1909 to 1933, Mary Pickford was not only one of busiest stars in the film industry, she was also one of its most successful producers. From early in her career, Mary Pickford oversaw every aspect of the making of her films, from hiring talent and crew to overseeing the script, the shooting, the editing, to the final release and promotion of each project. She was the catalyst behind the formation of the United Artists Corporation so that film artists could have both control and ownership of their own work. With those benefits also came responsibilities and financial risk. Under UA, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and eventually other stars financed their own films. They refused “block-booking” schemes that could have shielded them from losses. Each film had to stand on its own. Mary Pickford considered film to be a medium of popular art, and quality was always her first concern. When she retired in 1933, Ms. Pickford continued to produce films for United Artists, and she and Chaplin remained partners in the company until her retirement in 1954.


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One-Reelers (1909-1913)

The dates indicated are the release dates.

Biograph
Unless otherwise indicated, D.W. Griffith directed all films.1. The Violin Maker of Cremona. 6/7/09.
2. The Lonely Villa. 6/10/09.
3. The Son's Return. 6/14/09.
4. Faded Lilies. 6/14/09.
5. Her First Biscuits. 6/17/09.
6. The Peach-Basket Hat. 6/24/09.
7. The Way of Man. 6/28/09.
8. The Necklace. 7/1/09.
9. The Country Doctor. 7/8/09.
10. The Cardinal's Conspiracy. 7/12/09.
11. The Renunciation. 7/19/09.
12. Sweet and Twenty. 7/22/09.
13. The Slave. 7/29/09.
14. A Strange Meeting. 8/2/09.
15. They Would Elope. 8/9/09.
16. His Wife's Visitor. 8/19/09.
17. The Indian Runner's Romance. 8/23/09.
18. Oh, Uncle! 8/26/09.
19. The Seventh Day. 8/26/09.
20. The Little Darling. 9/2/09.
21. The Sealed Room. 9/2/09.
22. 1776 or The Hessian Renegades. 9/6/09.
23. Getting Even. 9/13/09.
24. The Broken Locket. 9/16/09.
25. In Old Kentucky. 9/20/09.
26. The Awakening. 9/30/09.
27. The Little Teacher. 10/11/09.
28. His Lost Love. 10/18/09.
29. In the Watches of the Night. 10/25/09.
30. What's Your Hurry? 11/1/09.
31. The Gibson Goddess. 11/2/09.
32. The Restoration. 11/8/09.
33. The Light That Came. 11/11/09.
34. A Midnight Adventure. 11/18/09.
35. The Mountaineer's Honor. 11/25/09.
36. The Trick That Failed. 11/29/09.
37. The Test. 12/16/09.
38. To Save Her Soul. 12/27/09.
39. All on Account of the Milk. 1/15/10. (directed by Frank Powell)
40. The Woman From Mellon's. 2/3/10
41. The Englishman and the Girl. 2/17/10.
42. The Newlyweds. 3/3/10.
43. The Thread of Destiny: A Story of the Old Southwest. 3/7/10.
44. The Twisted Trail: A Story of Fate in the Mountain Wilds. 3/24/10.
45. The Smoker. 3/31/10.
46. As It Is In Life. 4/4/10.
47. A Rich Revenge: A Comedy of the California Oil Fields 4/7/10.
48. A Romance of the Western Hills. 4/11/10.
49. The Unchanging Sea. 5/5/10.
50. Love Among the Roses. 5/9/10.
51. The Two Brothers: In the Days of the Padres. 5/14/10.
52. Ramona: A Story of the White Man's Injustice to the Indian. 5/23/10.
53. In the Season of Buds. 6/2/10.
54. A Victim of Jealousy. 6/9/10.
55. A Child's Impulse. 6/27/10.
56. May and December. 6/30/10. (directed by Frank Powell)
57. Muggsy's First Sweetheart. 6/30/10.
58. Never Again! 6/30/10.
59. What the Daisy Said. 7/11/10.
60. The Call to Arms. 7/25/10.
61. An Arcadian Maid. 8/1/10.
62. When We Were In Our 'Teens. 8/15/10.
63. The Sorrows of the Unfaithful. 8/22/10.
64. Wilful Peggy. 8/25/10.
65. Muggsy Becomes a Hero. 9/1/10.
66. A Gold Necklace. 10/6/10.
67. The Masher. 10/13/10.
68. A Lucky Toothache. 10/14/10.
69. Waiter No. 5. 11/5/10.
70. Simple Charity. 11/14/10.
71. Song of the Wildwood Flute. 11/21/10.
72. A Plain Song. 11/28/10.
73. White Roses. 12/22/10.
74. When A Man Loves. 1/5/11.
75. The Italian Barber. 1/9/11.
76. Three Sisters. 2/2/11.
77. A Decree of Destiny. 3/6/11.
The IMP Company
Most of these films were directed by Thomas H. Ince. 78. Their First Misunderstanding. 1/9/11.
79. The Dream. 1/23/11.
80. Maid or Man. 1/30/11.
81. At the Duke's Command. 2/6/11.
82. The Mirror. 2/9/11.
83. While The Cat's Away. 2/9/11.
84. Her Darkest Hour. 2/13/11.
85. Artful Kate. 2/23/11.
86. A Manly Man. 2/27/11.
87. The Message in the Bottle. 3/9/11.
88. The Fisher-Maid. 3/16/11.
89. In Old Madrid. 3/20/11.
90. Sweet Memories. 3/27/11.
91. The Stampede. 4/17/11.
92. Second Sight. 5/1/11.
93. The Fair Dentist. 5/8/11.
94. For Her Brother's Sake. 5/11/11.
95. The Master and the Man. 5/15/11.
96. The Lighthouse Keeper. 5/18/11.
97. Back to the Soil. 6/8/11.
98. In the Sultan's Garden. 7/3/11.
99. For the Queen's Honor. 7/6/11.
100. A Gasoline Engagement. 7/10/11.
101. At a Quarter of Two. 7/13/11.
102. Science. 7/24/11.
103. The Skating Bug. 7/31/11.
104. The Call of the Song. 8/13/11.
105. The Toss of a Coin. 8/31/11.
106. 'Tween Two Loves. 9/28/11.
107. The Rose's Story. 10/2/11.
108. The Sentinel Asleep. 10/9/11.
109. The Better Way. 10/12/11.
110. His Dress Shirt. 10/30/11.
111. From the Bottom of the Sea. 11/20/11
The Majestic Company
George Loane Tucker directed the first film; the others were probably directed by Owen Moore.112. The Courting of Mary. 11/26/11.
113. Love Heeds Not the Showers. 12/3/11.
114. Little Red Riding Hood. 12/17/11.
115. The Caddy's Dream. 12/31/11.
116. Honor Thy Father. 2/9/12.

American Biograph
Unless otherwise stated, all were directed by Griffith. 117. The Mender of Nets. 2/15/12.
118. Iola's Promise. 3/14/12.
119. Fate's Interception. 4/8/12.
120. The Female of the Species. 4/15/12.
121. Just Like a Woman. 4/18/12.
122. Won By a Fish. 4/22/12. (directed by Mack Sennett)
123. The Old Actor. 5/6/12.
124. A Lodging for the Night. 5/9/12.
125. A Beast at Bay. 5/27/12.
126. Home Folks. 6/6/12.
127. Lena and the Geese. 6/17/12.
128. The School Teacher and the Waif. 6/27/12.
129. An Indian Summer. 7/8/12.
130. The Narrow Road. 8/1/12.
131. The Inner Circle. 8/12/12.
132. With the Enemy's Help. 8/19/12.
A Pueblo Legend was the first Biograph two reeler, and the only film longer than one reel among Miss Pickford's short films.
133. A Pueblo Legend. 8/29/12.
134. Friends. 9/23/12.
135. So Near, Yet So Far. 9/30/12.
136. A Feud in the Kentucky Hills. 10/3/12.
137. The One She Loved. 10/21/12.
138. My Baby. 11/14/12.
139. The Informer. 11/21/12.
140. The New York Hat. 12/6/12.
141. The Unwelcome Guest. 3/15/13.

 

Features (1913-1933)

Famous Players (Paramount and Paramount Artcraft)
Famous Players was later called Paramount and Paramount Artcraft. The name in parentheses following the title is that of the director.1. In the Bishop's Carriage (Edwin S. Porter) 4 reels. 9/10/13.
Cast: David W. Hall, House Peters.

2. Caprice (J. Searle Dawley) 4 reels. 11/10/13.
Cast: Ernest Truex, Owen Moore, Louise Huff, Howard Missimer.

3. Hearts Adrift (Edwin S. Porter) 4 reels. 2/10/14.
Cast: Harold Lockwood.

4. A Good Little Devil (Edwin S. Porter) 5 reels. 3/1/14.
Cast: Ernest Truex, William Norris, Edward Connelly.

5. Tess of the Storm Country (Edwin S. Porter) 5 reels. 3/30/14.
Cast: Harold Lockwood, Olive Fuller Gordon, David Hartford.

6. The Eagle's Mate (James Kirkwood) 5 reels. 7/1/14.
Cast: James Kirkwood, Ida Waterman.

7. Such a Little Queen (Hugh Ford) 5 reels. 9/21/14.
Cast: Carlyle Blackwell, Russell Bassett, Arthur Hoops, Harold Lockwood.

8. Behind the Scenes (James Kirkwood) 5 reels. 8/26/14.
Cast: James Kirkwood, Lowell Sherman, Ida Waterman, Russell Bassett.

9. Cinderella (James Kirkwood) 4 reels. 12/28/14.
Cast: Owen Moore, Georgia Wilson.

10. Mistress Nell (James Kirkwood) 5 reels. 2/1/15.
Cast: Owen Moore, Arthur Hoops, Ruby Hoffman.

11. Fanchon, The Cricket (James Kirkwood) 5 reels. 5/10/15.
Cast: Jack Pickford, Lottie Pickford, Gertrude Norman, Jack Standing, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire.

12. The Dawn of a Tomorrow (James Kirkwood) 5 reels. 6/7/15.
Cast: David Powell, Forest Robinson, Robert Cain.

13. Little Pal (James Kirkwood) 5 reels. 7/1/15.
Cast: Russell Bassett, George Anderson.

14. Rags (James Kirkwood) 5 reels. 8/2/15.
Cast: Marshall Neilan, Joseph Manning, J. Farrell MacDonald.

15. Esmeralda (James Kirkwood) 4 reels. 9/6/15.
Cast: Ida Waterman, Fuller Mellish, Arthur Hoops, Charles Waldron.

16. A Girl of Yesterday (Allan Dwan) 5 reels. 10/7/15.
Cast: Gertrude Norman, Frances Marion, Jack Pickford, Donald Crisp, Marshall Neilan, Glenn Martin.

17. Madame Butterfly (Sidney Olcott) 5 reels. 11/8/15.
Cast: Marshall Neilan, W.T. Carleton, Olive West, Caroline Harris.

18. The Foundling (John B. O'Brien) 5 reels. 1/2/16.
Cast: Edward Marindel, Maggie Weston, Mildred Morris, Marcia Harris.

19. Poor Little Peppina (Sidney Olcott) 7 reels. 3/2/16.
Cast: Eugene O'Brien, Edwin Mordant, Edith Shayne, Cesare Gravina, Jack Pickford, W.T. Carleton.

20. The Eternal Grind (John B. O'Brien) 5 reels. 4/17/16.
Cast: John Bowers, Robert Cain, Loretta Blake, Dorothy West.

21. Hulda From Holland (John B. O'Brien) 5 reels. 7/31/16.
Cast: Frank Losee, John Bowers, Russell Bassett.

22. Less Than the Dust (John Emerson) 7 reels. 11/2/16.
Cast: David Powell, Mary Alden, Cesare Gravina, Russell Bassett.

23. The Pride of the Clan (Maurice Tourneur) 7 reels. 1/8/17.
Cast: Matt Moore, Kathryn Browne, Warren Cook.

24. The Poor Little Rich Girl (Maurice Tourneur) 6 reels. 3/5/17.
Cast: Madelaine Traverse, Charles Wellesly, Gladys Fairbanks, Frank McGlyn, Herbert Prior, Marcia Harris.

25. A Romance of the Redwoods (Cecil B. DeMille) 7 reels. 5/14/17.
Cast: Elliott Dexter, Charles Ogle, Tully Marshall, Raymond Hatton.

26. The Little American (Cecil B. DeMille) 5 reels. 7/2/17.
Cast: Jack Holt, Hobart Bosworth, James Neil, Guy Oliver, Ben Alexander, Walter Long, Raymond Hatton.

27. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Marshall Neilan) 6 reels. 9/3/17.
Cast: Eugene O'Brien, Helen Jerome Eddy, Charles Ogle, Marjorie Daw, Josephine Crowell, ZaSu Pitts, Wesley Barry.

28. A Little Princess (Marshall Neilan) 5 reels. 11/12/17.
Cast: ZaSu Pitts, Norman Kerry, Katherine Griffith, Anne Schaefer, Theodore Roberts, Gertrude Hort, Gustav von Seyffertitz.

29. Stella Maris (Marshall Neilan) 6 reels. 1/21/18.
Cast: Conway Tearle, Marcia Manon, Ida Waterman, Josephine Crowell.

30. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley (Marshall Neilan) 5 reels. 3/10/18.
Cast: Norman Kerry, Herbert Standing, William Scott, Ida Waterman, Wesley Barry, Kate Price.

31. M'Liss (Marshall Neilan) 5 reels. 5/12/18.
Cast: Theodore Roberts, Tully Marshall, Thomas Meigham, Charles Ogle, Monte Blue.

32. How Could You, Jean? (William Desmond Taylor) 5 reels. 6/23/18.
Cast: Casson Ferguson, Herbert Standing, Spottiswoode Aitken, ZaSu Pitts.

33. Johanna Enlists (William Desmond Taylor) 5 reels. 9/15/18.
Cast: Anne Schaefer, Fred Huntley, Monte Blue, Douglas MacLean,
Emory Johnson, Wallace Beery.

34. Captain Kidd, Jr. (William Desmond Taylor) 5 reels. 4/21/19.
Cast: Douglas MacLean, Robert Gordon, Spottiswoode Aitken.

First National:
35. Daddy-Long-Legs (Marshall Neilan) 7 reels. 5/12/19.
Cast: Mahlon Hamilton, Marshall Neilan, Wesley Barry.

36. The Hoodlum (Sidney Franklin) 6 reels. 9/1/19.
Cast: Max Davidson, Dwight Crittenden, Andrew Arbuckle, Ralph Lewis, Buddie Messenger.

37. Heart o' the Hills (Sidney Franklin) 6 reels. 12/1/19.
Cast: John Gilbert, Sam DeGrasse, Claire MacDowell.
United Artists
In a bold move to create artistic independence for filmmakers, Pickford joined with Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith in 1919 to form their own distribution company, calling it United Artists. 38. Pollyanna (Paul Powell) 6 reels. 1/18/20.
Cast: William Courtleigh, Helen Jerome Eddy.

39. Suds (John Francis Dillon) 5 reels. 6/27/20.
Cast: William Austin, Theodore Roberts, and Lavender (the horse).

40. The Love Light (Frances Marion) 7 reels. 1/9/21.
Cast: Fred Thompson, Evelyn Dumo, Raymond Bloomer.

41. Through the Back Door (Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford) 6 reels. 5/17/21.
Cast: Gertrude Astor, Elinor Fair, Wilfred Lucas, John Harron, Adolphe Menjou, Peaches Jackson.

42. Little Lord Fauntleroy (Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford) 10 reels. 9/16/21.
Cast: Claude Gillingwater, Kate Price.

43. Tess of the Storm Country (John S. Robertson) 10 reels. 11/12/22.
Cast: Lloyd Hughes, Gloria Hope, Jean Hersholt.

44. Rosita (Ernst Lubitsch) 9 reels. 9/3/23.
Cast: George Walsh, Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich, George Periolat.

45. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (Marshall Neilan) 10 reels. 5/25/24.
Cast: Allan Forrest, Anders Randolph, Clare Eames, Estelle Taylor, Lottie Pickford, Marc McDermott.

46. Little Annie Rooney (William Beaudine) 10 reels. 9/18/25.
Cast: William Haines, Gordon Griffith, Carlo Schipa, Vola Vale.

47. Sparrows (William Beaudine) 9 reels. 9/26/26.
Cast: Gustav von Seyffertitz, Mary Louise Miller, Roy Stewart.

48. My Best Girl (Sam Taylor) 9 reels. 11/13/27.
(Ms. Pickford's last silent film)
Cast: Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Hobart Bosworth, Mack Swain, Lucien Littlefield.

49. Coquette (Sam Taylor) 9 reels. 3/30/29.
Cast: John Mack Brown, George Irving, Louise Beavers, Matt Moore.

50. The Taming of the Shrew (Sam Taylor) 8 reels. 10/26/29.
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Geoffrey Wardwell, Dorothy Jordan, Clyde Cook.

51. Kiki (Sam Taylor) 10 reels. 3/14/31.
Cast: Reginald Denny, Margaret Livingston.

52. Secrets (Frank Borzage) 9 reels. 3/16/33.
Cast: Leslie Howard, C. Aubrey Smith, Blanche Frederici, Ned Sparks, Ethel Clayton, Bessie Barriscale

 

Other than the starring roles in feature length films, Ms. Pickford also made several screen appearances during her film career. In 1918, she appeared in the World War I bond-selling propaganda films: 100% American and War Relief. In Douglas Fairbanks' production of The Gaucho (1927), Ms. Pickford had a brief appearance as the Madonna. In another of Fairbanks’ films, The Black Pirate (1926), Mary donned a black wig and stood in for Billie Dove whom was forced to leave the picture during the last few days of shooting due to prior commitments. Ms. Pickford was shot from behind and over-the-shoulder, and her face was never seen on the screen.   
 
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