Bethune-Cookman University honored its founder, education and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune, on her 150th birthday by reopening her home.

This 1974 story from the L.A. Times revisits the legendary Mary Pickford in her later years, living in seclusion at her iconic Beverly Hills estate. Though once Hollywood’s brightest star ...

During the 1917 filming of “A Romance of the Redwoods,” the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce named a tree in Welch’s Big Tree Grove after its director Cecil B. DeMille. But when its star Mary ...

During the 1917 filming of “A Romance of the Redwoods,” the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce named a tree in Welch’s Big Tree Grove after its director Cecil B. DeMille. But when its star Mary ...

During the 1917 filming of “A Romance of the Redwoods,” the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce named a tree in Welch’s Big Tree Grove after its director Cecil B. DeMille. But when its star Mary ...

Mary Pickford in a Pasatiempo sand trap, while Buddy Rogers looks on. (Photo courtesy Pasatiempo Historical Foundation collection) By Ross Eric Gibson PUBLISHED: May 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM PDT ...

Picture this: a grand neo-Tudor residence in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park, built for the silent film siren Mary Pickford — the “Queen of Movies” — who never even unpacked her bags. Now, this ...

Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1894 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter and film studio founder ...

As of Friday, the Mary Pickford Theater and Desert Cinema are both under new management.

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film: Regie: Hugh Munro Neely Mit Whoopi Goldberg, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jean Firstenberg, Samuel Goldwyn Jr. A biography of the life and career of silent-film star Mary ...