Mary Pickford - Top 20 Recommendations
The most highly recommended of Mary Pickford's silent films.
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- DirectorWilliam BeaudineTom McNamaraStarsMary PickfordRoy StewartMary Louise MillerMolly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.Arithmetic mean Rating: 7.42
(Score by Taylor Graves/Cameron Graves. (VCI Blu-Ray)) - DirectorSam TaylorStarsMary PickfordCharles 'Buddy' RogersSunshine HartA department store's stock girl falls in love with a co-worker, the son of the store's manager; the feeling is mutual though he is engaged to a debutante and focusing on becoming successful without the influence of his father.Arithmetic mean Rating: 7.54
(Released on DVD in 24 fps framerate with no frame interpolation/stretch-printing)
(Score by David Michael Frank. (Milestone/Image DVD)) - DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsMary PickfordIda WatermanHerbert StandingTwo young women - a paraplegic girl sheltered by her wealthy guardians and a more experienced orphan - fall in love with a man separated from his violent wife.Arithmetic mean Rating: 7.37
(Score by Philip Carli. (Milestone/Image DVD). Score by Taylor Graves/Cameron Graves. (VCI Blu-Ray)) - DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsMary PickfordLloyd HughesGloria HopeWealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill; a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters' village have their eyes on young Tess, and one of them, Ben Letts, frames Tess' father for murder. While maintaining her father's innocence, Tess must keep her love for Graves' son a secret while caring for Elias' daughter's illegitimate child.Arithmetic mean Rating: 7.16
(Score by Jeffrey Silverman. (Milestone/Image DVD)) - DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsMary PickfordMadlaine TraverseCharles WellesleyThe wealthy but selfish parents of a lonely young girl begin to rethink what is important to them after a servant's irresponsibility results in a crisis.Arithmetic mean Rating: 6.81
(Score by Philip Carli. (Milestone Blu-Ray)) - DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsMary PickfordWilliam HainesWalter JamesThe tenements are home to an international community, including the friends and family of a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, but their neighborhood is threatened by a dangerous street gang.Arithmetic mean Rating: 7.40
(Released on Blu-Ray in 24 fps framerate with no frame interpolation/stretch-printing)
(Score by Andy Gladbach. (VCI Blu-Ray)) - DirectorAlfred E. GreenJack PickfordStarsMary PickfordClaude GillingwaterJoseph J. DowlingAn American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.Arithmetic mean Rating: 6.90
(Released on DVD in 24 fps framerate with no frame interpolation/stretch-printing)
(Score by Nigel Holton. (Milestone/Image DVD)) - DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsMary PickfordMilla DavenportPercy HaswellAn orphan discovers that she has an anonymous benefactor who is willing to pay her college tuition, unaware he's the same man who has been romantically pursuing her.Arithmetic mean Rating: 7.30
(Score by Maria Newman. (Milestone/Image DVD)) - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsMary PickfordElliott DexterTully MarshallA young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.Arithmetic mean Rating: 6.49
(Score by Donald Sosin. (Custom Blu-Ray)) - DirectorJohn Francis DillonStarsMary PickfordAlbert AustinHarold GoodwinA London laundress attempts to rise above her station in order to capture the love of a wealthy young man, thus missing out on the truer love of one of her own class.Arithmetic mean Rating: 6.49
(Score by Rodney Sauer. (Milestone/Image DVD)) - DirectorAlfred E. GreenJack PickfordStarsMary PickfordGertrude AstorWilfred LucasWhen her mother remarries, a young Belgian girl is left behind with her nurse, but when Germany invades the country, she is sent to America to find her mother.(Score by Robert Israel. (Milestone/Image DVD))
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsMary PickfordRalph LewisKenneth HarlanA spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness.(Score by Bonnie Ruth Janofsky. (Milestone Blu-Ray))
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsMary PickfordTheodore RobertsThomas MeighanM'liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher. Charles is implicated in a murder of which he is innocent, and the two must fight to save him from a lynching.(Score by Donald Sosin. (Milestone/Image DVD))
- DirectorFrances MarionStarsMary PickfordEvelyn DumoFred ThomsonAngela maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from the war. She learns they are casualties and takes solace in the arms of an American sailor washed ashore(Score by Maria Newman. (Milestone/Image DVD))
- DirectorJames KirkwoodStarsMary PickfordJack StandingLottie PickfordYoung and wild Fanchon lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt girl suffers from her grandmother's sorceress reputation. One day the girl rescues a boy from drowning and they fall in love, but Fanchon won't agree to marry him unless his father asks her. A year later the boy has fallen very ill, and it is only the presence of the enchanting Fanchon that helps to restore his health.(Score by Julian Ducatenzeiler. (VCI Blu-Ray))
- DirectorJoseph De GrasseSidney FranklinStarsMary PickfordHarold GoodwinAllan SearsFamily tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.(Score by Donald Sosin. (Milestone/Image DVD))
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsMary PickfordWilliam ScottKate PriceAmarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a rich family, and she begins to be drawn into the world of the upper class.(Score by Rodney Sauer. (Milestone/Image DVD))
- DirectorWilliam Desmond TaylorStarsMary PickfordAnne SchaeferFred HuntleyA young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.(Score by Dan Light. (VCI Blu-Ray))
- DirectorJames KirkwoodStarsMary PickfordOwen MooreIsabel VernonThough mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.(Score by Donald Sosin. (Milestone/Image DVD))
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsMary PickfordNorman KerryKatherine GriffithLittle Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable for Sara.(Score by Philip Carli. (Milestone/Image DVD))
- DirectorErnst LubitschRaoul WalshStarsMary PickfordHolbrook BlinnIrene RichRosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.(Score by David Drazin. (Grapevine Blu-Ray))