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Mary Pickford Rags and Riches Collection (The Poor Little Rich Girl / The Hoodlum / Sparrows) (1917)
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| Starring: | Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks, Frank McGlynn Sr., Emile La Croix, Marcia Harris, Charles Craig, Frank Andrews, Herbert Prior, George Gernon, Maxine Elliott Hicks, Ralph Lewis, Kenneth Harlan, T.D. Crittenden, Aggie Herring, Andrew Arbuckle, Max Davidson, Paul Mullen, Buddy Messinger, Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Charlotte Mineau, Spec O'Donnell, Lloyd Whitlock, Billy Butts, Monty O'Grady, Jack Lavine, Billy 'Red' Jones, Muriel McCormac, Florence Rogan, Mary McLain, Sylvia Bernard |
| Director: | William Beaudine, Maurice Tourneur, Sidney Franklin |
| Genre: | Silent, Comedy, Drama |
| Year: | 1917 |
| Studio: | Milestone |
| Length: | 257 minutes |
| Released: | November 6, 2012 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English (Intertitles) |
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SYNOPSIS:Mary Pickford is known today as the first film actress to achieve international super stardom. Funny, feisty and diminutive, she was also the first actor to have complete artistic control of her films. And because Pickford chose to work with the best directors, writers, craftsmen and editors, what incredible films they are.
These three titles, newly mastered with full orchestral scores, demonstrate the star‘s commitment to excellence and the brilliant range of her acting.
The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
The story of Gwendolyn, a lonely child who is neglected by parents who chase after wealth and social status.
Given an accidental overdose of dangerous sleeping potion, the young girl feverishly dreams wild adventures, culminating in meeting Death itself. Maurice Tourneur's masterpiece, combining fantasy and macabre drama, was selected to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
BONUS FEATURES:
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Commentary by film historian Scott Eyman
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A home movie from Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbank’s legendary Hollywood home, Pickfair.
The Hoodlum (1918)
Pickford is the pampered and ill-tempered Amy Burke, who lives with her wealthy grandfather in a New York mansion. Bored with her posh surroundings, she decides to try slumming with her sociologist father in an East Side tenement, with hilarious results!
BONUS FEATURE:
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Mary Pickford in Ramona (1910. 17 mins.)
Sparrows (1926)
Ernst Lubitsch called Sparrows “one of the eight wonders of the world” and this wonderful film still ranks as a masterpiece of Gothic suspense.
Deep in the Southern swamps, the Grimes family operates a baby farm where unwanted or “lost” children are cruelly underfed and overworked. When the children are threatened, Mama Mollie (Pickford), the oldest of the kids, leads her troop through an alligator-infested swamp in one of the most harrowing escapes in cinema history.
BONUS FEATURES:
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Video interview with Mary Louise Miller's daughter Louise Paziak
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Commentary by film historians Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta
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An original 1926 trailer
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The “Angel” outtakes
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