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Article: Mary Pickford and the American "Growing Girl".
- Article from:
- Journal of Popular Film & Television
- Article date:
- June 22, 2001
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"I always study a part very carefully and try to get into the spirit of the child I am to portray," commented twenty-six-year-old Mary Pickford (1892-1979) in a July 1918 interview in Motion Picture Classic. "The costume, dressing the character, means a lot. You know, when I'm dressed as a child, I never walk. I always skip or run. Funny how one feels a character when... dressed for the part. You just naturally lose your own identity" (McKelvie).
During the years 1917-20 Mary Pickford achieved international celebrity appearing in screen adaptations of several classic children's novels and stories, including Eleanor Gates's The Poor Little Rich Girl (1912), Kate ...