Wow! What a great interview! She sounds so charming & lovely. I really wish her home Pickfair would have been made into a museum!! It's sadly not to be because it was torn down, as was Errol Flynns home as well. I'm so amazed by Mary Pickford & how she was an amazing creative pioneer ! I wish I could have met her!
one of the most highest paid actress in silent era.but when the talkies came it just the end of her.saying talkies is not for her, so she retired in 1933 but remained active outside in the camera like producing writing etc etc.
Pia Zidora tore it down because she said it was haunted. She said you can get rid of termites but you can't get rid of ghosts. She's an awful person for doing that .
She was the first lady of hollywood, Was the second women to win a Oscar in 1929. She did movies in 1919s, and 1900s, and was on vaudeville in the 1917, and she became the queen of the silent screen in 1920s. She won a honorary Oscar in 1976 and was at the time very old. But she paved the way for every actress past and present. She was incredible actress. It's so fascinating to learn about actors and actresses that were around why before my grandma was around, my nana is 89 now but wow just to see how life was back 10 decades ago or more. We can put Lillian gish and Gloria Swanson, Mae West, Jean harlow, Bette Davis, carol Lambert, Teda bara, clara bow, Greta Garbo, Marion Davies, Mabel Norman, Dolores Castello, Anita Page,Wilma banky,Eleanor Boardman, Nita Naldi, Billy Dove,Corinne Griffith, Mae Murray, Mary Brian, Agne Ayres, Alice Joyce, Belle Bennett, Lila lee, Mae Marsh, Leatrice Joy, Lois wilson, Pauline Frederick, Clara Kimball Young, May Allison, Patsy Ruth, Anne Cornwall, All paved the way for everyone in Hollywood and started it all, back than these women got paid only 100 buck to 300 dollars a film. Money like that was considered alot then. They should never be forgotten because they were the first mother's of the silver screen. Before marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Elisabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Lucille ball, grace Kelly, Sophia loren, there were the ladies of the silent film era who started it all, and were actresses before movies and television, they did radio and vaudeville and revolutionised hollywood. They entertained for meny decades and I feel like they've gotten forgotten for their extraordinary contributions to the motions pictures. Hollywood today should do tributes to them and make statues and wax figures of them. Because without them you wouldn't have all the actresses today. They were huge stars during the 1919s and 1920s. Sadly some of their films have been lost and burned during a fire during the hollywood studio era and just now have they restored some of the film's. But some of the actresses have been forgotten because their films have been lost and burned. But we shouldn't stop from commemorating them. They once were here, alive, living, and were sought out legendary actress who work there whole life during very sexist time, when actresses didn't get paid what they deserved. Sadly they lived hard times none of us can't fathom. And they were strong, resilant women who made a name for thereselves. God Bless them, I wasn't even around back then, my 89 year old grandma wasn't around, but even me being born in 1981 can celebrate there amazing ladies contributions.
i admire her why? she was one of the few Canadian celebrities that didn't turn their backs on their home country and loved it to the end! god bless her.
The interviewer is Tony Thomas of the CBC. There were two Lps of his interviews of well known actors issued in 1975 on the Delos label, "Voices From the Hollywood Past". The interviews were done in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Interviewees included Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Walt Disney, Jack Benny, Edward G. Robinson, Basil Rathbone, Stan Laurel. Wonderful to hear these film pioneers who came out of the 19th century sound so live & vital to we in the 21st century!
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 Yes indeed, I am still very much alive. Another 45 years I will match Norman Lloyd, who passed at 106 and a half 2 years ago 😉
@@dennman6 - Personally, I now refuse to age at all! What’s that song, “Don’t Let The Old Man In”? I have friends that all they do is match surgery stories and WHO died recently. I am 66 years old…but all my friends insist I only look 65!
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 I like the attitude of your friends! On every one of my birthdays I play the 1932 Gracie Fields record "He's Dead But He Won't Lie Down". I love the lyric "On 'is funeral day 'e was many miles away drinking doubles at the Rose and Crown, Undertaker 'ad to wait 'cause 'e quite forgot the date, 'e's dead but 'e won't lie down!" Gives one a dram of confidence, I think!
she was 66 years old at the time of this interview. she would live another twenty years. For the most part, her professional and social lives were all behind her. in the early 1960s, she was grand marshal of the rose bowl parade. she attended a few celebrity funerals; a few oscar award shows;
It's wonderful to hear this. Mary Pickford was so beautiful, and her films are lots of fun. Also, I knew Tony Thomas, the gentleman interviewing her. He truly was a gentleman and a scholar.
A proud Canadian. She had a judge change her American Citizenship to dual for both Canadian & American because she wanted to be a Canadian in the end. My Canadian grandparents loved her.
Mary is one of those people you can only marvel at....talented ...poised.....literate .....highly intelligent.....and rubbed elbows with many other great legends.....Fairbanks.....Chaplin........Gish......her contribution to artistic culture is incaluable
Thank you for posting it ! I have neaI have almost all included as she slowly speaks English! Thanks to the personne who has posting this document ! If anyone can tell me if I can find on the internet this interview wrote, I so understand everything! Thank you! It is wonderful Mary! What a pleasure to watch his films!
Her greatest wish was for Pickfair to become a museum after she passed but horribly it was torn down by Pia Zadora and her husband, after the County and the City ALLOWED IT TO BE DONE, shame on them.
Mary will always be my silent sweet heart of the silver screen,r,I,p,Mary,you have made us women of the times when women were suppose to act as a proper dignified lady ,but you changed that rule,love. You Mary,god bless you me a sweetheart,💖💖😘🌸👏
I don't like how Mary Pickford treated Clara Bow, but Pickford will always be the quintessential silent movie actress. If you asked someone 50 years ago to name a silent actress, 90% of them would say Mary Pickford. Sadly, If asked today, less than 10% of people would know what the questioner was talking about. That said, over 90% of the ones with an answer would say Mary Pickford.
I think she had a starchy relationship with charlie. I think Mary was a bit uptight, whereas chaplin and fairbanks enjoyed clowning around. Mary was an astitute business woman, but I think she was wrong about charlie. Talkies would of killed off the tramp, he had to move forward. Also, the Great dictator was a masterpiece.
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She was so sweet and genuine. She really was America's (and Canada's) sweetheart in more ways than many people knew.
Mary Pickford is the cousin of my great grandmother.
You are possibly one of the luckiest people in terms of ancestry
I envy you
Come on...Mary Pickford predicted paid television in this interview in 1959. No wonder she was the most powerful woman in Hollywood.
Ikr
Wow! What a great interview! She sounds so charming & lovely. I really wish her home Pickfair would have been made into a museum!! It's sadly not to be because it was torn down, as was Errol Flynns home as well.
I'm so amazed by Mary Pickford & how she was an amazing creative pioneer ! I wish I could have met her!
one of the most highest paid actress in silent era.but when the talkies came it just the end of her.saying talkies is not for her, so she retired in 1933 but remained active outside in the camera like producing writing etc etc.
I so agree with you Barbara !
Thanks for this. Excellent interview. What an amazing, smart, vital woman. Most of these old silent stars seemed to have such a zest for life.
Reminds me a lot of Madonna
Great to hear this interview from 1959! I wanted to hear more & more when it finish! A truly awesome individual she was!!
42:25 … So sad that Pickfair was torn down instead of turned into a museum like she wanted. :(
Pia Zidora tore it down because she said it was haunted. She said you can get rid of termites but you can't get rid of ghosts. She's an awful person for doing that .
Omg, I’m obsessed with her voice 🥺
What an awesome interview! When it ended I wanted to hear more.
What a treat this is. Thank you for posting.
Love to hear from the legend of silent films and helped created United Artists oh yes did great in talkies too. Thanks.
So sad that pickfair was demolished.
she was very articulate and classy -- we are grateful to the Pickford clan for her :)
fastfootedone wasn't she an alcoholic by this time??
buntwood76 i think she is
She was the first lady of hollywood, Was the second women to win a Oscar in 1929. She did movies in 1919s, and 1900s, and was on vaudeville in the 1917, and she became the queen of the silent screen in 1920s. She won a honorary Oscar in 1976 and was at the time very old. But she paved the way for every actress past and present.
She was incredible actress. It's so fascinating to learn about actors and actresses that were around why before my grandma was around, my nana is 89 now but wow just to see how life was back 10 decades ago or more.
We can put Lillian gish and Gloria Swanson, Mae West, Jean harlow, Bette Davis, carol Lambert, Teda bara, clara bow, Greta Garbo, Marion Davies, Mabel Norman, Dolores Castello, Anita Page,Wilma banky,Eleanor Boardman, Nita Naldi, Billy Dove,Corinne Griffith, Mae Murray, Mary Brian, Agne Ayres, Alice Joyce, Belle Bennett, Lila lee, Mae Marsh, Leatrice Joy, Lois wilson, Pauline Frederick, Clara Kimball Young, May Allison, Patsy Ruth, Anne Cornwall, All paved the way for everyone in Hollywood and started it all, back than these women got paid only 100 buck to 300 dollars a film. Money like that was considered alot then. They should never be forgotten because they were the first mother's of the silver screen. Before marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Elisabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Lucille ball, grace Kelly, Sophia loren, there were the ladies of the silent film era who started it all, and were actresses before movies and television,
they did radio and vaudeville and revolutionised hollywood. They entertained for meny decades and I feel like they've gotten forgotten for their extraordinary contributions to the motions pictures. Hollywood today should do tributes to them and make statues and wax figures of them. Because without them you wouldn't have all the actresses today. They were huge stars during the 1919s and 1920s. Sadly some of their films have been lost and burned during a fire during the hollywood studio era and just now have they restored some of the film's. But some of the actresses have been forgotten because their films have been lost and burned. But we shouldn't stop from commemorating them. They once were here, alive, living, and were sought out legendary actress who work there whole life during very sexist time, when actresses didn't get paid what they deserved. Sadly they lived hard times none of us can't fathom. And they were strong, resilant women who made a name for thereselves. God Bless them, I wasn't even around back then, my 89 year old grandma wasn't around, but even me being born in 1981 can celebrate there amazing ladies contributions.
Let's not forgot Clara Bow and Louise Brooks
This is a refreshingly ernest interview from another age. I love how she took control of this interview.
i admire her why? she was one of the few Canadian celebrities that didn't turn their backs on their home country and loved it to the end! god bless her.
carson11100 not that i don't like Americans though :) awesome neighbors and awesome country
Well she called herself a Canadian AMERICAN.She loved America!
spicey66 no disrespect to America whatsoever a great nation and great neighbors 😁 I love it to
The interviewer is Tony Thomas of the CBC. There were two Lps of his interviews of well known actors issued in 1975 on the Delos label, "Voices From the Hollywood Past". The interviews were done in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Interviewees included Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Walt Disney, Jack Benny, Edward G. Robinson, Basil Rathbone, Stan Laurel. Wonderful to hear these film pioneers who came out of the 19th century sound so live & vital to we in the 21st century!
If you’re still alive yourself…thanks for that info. I was wondering WHO was doing this and why the audio was so crisp!
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 Yes indeed, I am still very much alive. Another 45 years I will match Norman Lloyd, who passed at 106 and a half 2 years ago 😉
@@dennman6 - Personally, I now refuse to age at all! What’s that song, “Don’t Let The Old Man In”? I have friends that all they do is match surgery stories and WHO died recently. I am 66 years old…but all my friends insist I only look 65!
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 I like the attitude of your friends! On every one of my birthdays I play the 1932 Gracie Fields record "He's Dead But He Won't Lie Down". I love the lyric "On 'is funeral day 'e was many miles away drinking doubles at the Rose and Crown, Undertaker 'ad to wait 'cause 'e quite forgot the date, 'e's dead but 'e won't lie down!" Gives one a dram of confidence, I think!
she was 66 years old at the time of this interview. she would live another twenty years. For the most part, her professional and social lives were all behind her. in the early 1960s, she was grand marshal of the rose bowl parade. she attended a few celebrity funerals; a few oscar award shows;
This is priceless! Fascinating, historically important interview. Thank you for posting!
I loved this interview!
Loved it. Thank you.
Really fascinating. A real gem. Thanks
I'm grateful to have run across this interview. She was so lovely.
im so moved by this , Mary gave so much for something she loved and the changes were enormous after 1929
Love hearing her voice albeit years ago but seems it could be yesterday still …….the first female superstar ……….
It's wonderful to hear this. Mary Pickford was so beautiful, and her films are lots of fun. Also, I knew Tony Thomas, the gentleman interviewing her. He truly was a gentleman and a scholar.
Apart from the comment about Charlie Chaplin adding to the world with his eight kids, when Mary could not have children.
Really sucks that she never got to turn Pickfair into a museum, sucks even more that it got torn down.😔
Toronto is proud of one of their own.
Good interview; and good presenter is cool, nice to hear story from Mary Pickford herself. She sounds real country girl.
Interesting voice...Loved all of her silents!
wonderful. thank you
The first star of Hollywood
A proud Canadian. She had a judge change her American Citizenship to dual for both Canadian & American because she wanted to be a Canadian in the end. My Canadian grandparents loved her.
Your comment makes no sense whatever? She was originally Canadian who took American citizenship but never gave up her original citizenship.
Mary is one of those people you can only marvel at....talented ...poised.....literate .....highly intelligent.....and rubbed elbows with many other great legends.....Fairbanks.....Chaplin........Gish......her contribution to artistic culture is incaluable
what a great Actress, no words spoken just emotion and expression. she has the best face for acting
15$ shoes in the 1920s, =75$ shoes in 1959 = 650$ shoes in 2019.
What a wonderful lady she was...By the Clock my love!
I know you commented over a year ago, but I know only a true Pickford (and Fairbanks) fan would say this, so I had to like it. Well done!
Very precious informative interview..thank you
Wow her moms plp were Irish from Tralee thats where I live amazing
Goodness....She just charms you ++
Thank you for posting it ! I have neaI have almost all included as she slowly speaks English! Thanks to the personne who has posting this document ! If anyone can tell me if I can find on the internet this interview wrote, I so understand everything!
Thank you!
It is wonderful Mary! What a pleasure to watch his films!
What an inspiration is Ms Pickford. Thank you for posting this gem.
sad her fans didnt appreciate on what mp's like.thats why she retired in acting in 1933 but she remained active behind the limelight.
What a beautiful voice.
Great woman.
lovely
She's wonderful. :-)
Her greatest wish was for Pickfair to become a museum after she passed but horribly it was torn down by Pia Zadora and her husband, after the County and the City ALLOWED IT TO BE DONE, shame on them.
If only she had had her wish at 40.00 that Pickfair be turned into a museum....
WOW she predicted paid TV...
She is my darling. I wishi can meet her.
A true pioneer...
Mary will always be my silent sweet heart of the silver screen,r,I,p,Mary,you have made us women of the times when women were suppose to act as a proper dignified lady ,but you changed that rule,love. You Mary,god bless you me a sweetheart,💖💖😘🌸👏
she was stunning, actually :)
Amezing. I love this lady. Forever my life.
Mary is 68 yrs old in this interview. Most of her films are lost forever.
True, though thankfully many great films of hers have survived!
That is not what I expected her voice to sound like at all! 🤯 I expected more of a dainty, higher voice.
did u c Mary's picture @ 19:00 , she looks really cute in her footie pjs and she was about 27 years old in that movie!!!
who is conducting this interview?
I don't like how Mary Pickford treated Clara Bow, but Pickford will always be the quintessential silent movie actress. If you asked someone 50 years ago to name a silent actress, 90% of them would say Mary Pickford. Sadly, If asked today, less than 10% of people would know what the questioner was talking about. That said, over 90% of the ones with an answer would say Mary Pickford.
I’m curious, how did she treat her? I tried to Google it but could not find anything.
i love jack pickford
Was this interview at Pickfair ?
@Abracadabra apparently so, she mentions it in the interview
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Anyone else find what she had to say about Charlie Chaplin to be very interesting?
I think she had a starchy relationship with charlie. I think Mary was a bit uptight, whereas chaplin and fairbanks enjoyed clowning around. Mary was an astitute business woman, but I think she was wrong about charlie. Talkies would of killed off the tramp, he had to move forward. Also, the Great dictator was a masterpiece.
I have to blame the destruction of Pickfair on the City of Beverly Hills and the County for allowing it to happen and issueing the permits to do so.
36:11..WOW
Who is the interviewer?
I think he's really good.
@@drumzRfun1 yes
The dark times.
Compared to her voice quality in COQUETTE, her voice grew "browner" during her later life. Too bad she didn't take TV roles like Lillian Gish did.
22:16 Discusses Charlie Chaplin.
ua-cam.com/video/VMfrwNQ_Ntk/v-deo.htmlm Pickford proves herself a true Canadian.
-_-
Why did she call herself the father of the family instead of the mother?
Because she did for her family what father did in those times: make money.
0:38 m
It sounds like they're going off a script.
Nobody does interviews like this anymore. The world is going to hell
CBC still does really good radio interviews.
@@1962pjhYes; we can only hope the conservatives fail to defund the CBC once they win government again!
The rich are always complaining they're never rich enough.
Somebody is jealous
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 The prevalence of ignoramuses in the world is astounding.
She always had a straight spine and lovely straight shoulders...plus a brow ridge....hang on there not female traits !
The speaker man is a big show of
The man is a bit of a show of!
So materialistic. 38 rooms = ridiculous
Let's go Brandon
Wrong board. Get lost.
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