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Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith, with whom Mary Pickford founded United Artists in 1919 In 1916, Pickford and Constance Adams DeMille , wife of director Cecil B. DeMille , helped found the Hollywood Studio Club , a dormitory for young women involved in the motion picture business. [ 14 ]
In 1916, Fairbanks established his own company, the Douglas Fairbanks Film Corporation, [11] and would soon get a job at Paramount. [11] Fairbanks speaking in front of a crowd at a 1918 war bond drive in New York City. Fairbanks met actress Mary Pickford at a party in 1916, and the couple soon began
Mary Pickford in 1916. Mary Pickford (1892–1979) was a Canadian motion picture actress, producer, and writer. During the silent film era she became one of the first great celebrities of the cinema and a popular icon known to the public as "America's Sweetheart".
United Artists (UA) is an American film production company owned by Amazon MGM Studios.In its original operating period, UA was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own financial and artistic interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios.
Located at 1143 Summit Drive in San Ysidro Canyon in Beverly Hills, the property was a hunting lodge [5] when purchased by Fairbanks in 1919 for his bride-to-be, Mary Pickford. In the 1920s, the newlyweds extensively renovated the lodge, transforming it into a four-story, 25-room [ 4 ] mansion complete with stables, servants quarters, tennis ...
United Artists (UA) is an American film and television entertainment studio founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. This is a list of feature films originally produced or distributed by United Artists, including those made overseas.
In 1919 Pickford co-founded United Artists with Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks. Pickford starred in 11 silent films for United Artists release and co-produced three films starring her brother, Jack Pickford , and one with their sister, Lottie Pickford .
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, ... He was the son of Douglas Fairbanks and the stepson of Mary Pickford, ...