The legacy of Oscar-winning actress Mary Pickford, one of the first female stars of early Hollywood, has become the subject of a cybersquatting lawsuit. The Mary Pickford Foundation is suing Timeline Films and its founder Hugh Neely for allegedly holding onto marypickford.com as "ransom" instead of handing over the website. Neely, a documentary filmmaker who specializes in movies about Old Hollywood including a 1997 Showtime doc about Pickford, has in turn responded by saying that the Foundation plans to stop its charitable endeavors and is attempting to "steal" the website. Pickford was once the most popular actress in
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- 7/18/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer in Ernst Lubitsch‘s The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (top); Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, second husband Martin Arrouge (bottom) Norma Shearer may not be a household name today, but back in the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s all the way to the early 1940s, Shearer’s star shone brighter than most. Turner Classic Movies is dedicating Thursday, Aug. 12, to the actress then known as MGM’s First Lady — who would have turned 108 yesterday (Aug. 10). As part of its "Summer Under the Stars" series, TCM will be presenting thirteen of the actress’ films, in addition to Hugh Munro Neely‘s 2003 documentary Complicated Women, inspired by Mick Lasalle‘s book of the same name and in which Shearer is extensively featured. (Lasalle is a major Shearer aficionado.) [Full Norma Shearer schedule.] Now, Norma Shearer may take some getting used to. Her acting style may come across as coy [...]...
- 8/12/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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