Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 31 May 1979, p. 12

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5f¢ 12 the oxamlnor Tnundoy Murat 197a Door open for talks 1V Mary HOLLYWOOD AP Mary Pickford Canadian native who reigned as Americas Sweetheart during the formative period of US movies died Tuesday at 06 after 13 years of seclusion in her legendary home Pickfair Her death was attributed to cerebral hemorrhage suffered last Friday The journey to the hospital was one of the few times Miss Pickford whose golden curls and spunky innocence won her the adulation of millions had emerged from the mansion since she withdrew from public life in 1966 In 1976 she appeared before cameras at PicktaIr to accept an honorary award in recognition of her unique con tributionto the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which she helped found Miss Pickford was perhaps the first great international screen idol In an era of such stars as Greta Garbo and Gloria Swanson she was the first to have her name in mar quee lights and the first to command thousands of dollars week She was boxoffice gold for such movies as Pollyanna and Poor Little Rich Girl MARRIED HERO The romance of the Pickford name grew when she married the screens most dashing hero Douglas Fairbanks Sr in 1920 Even five years later 300000 people went to Moscow train station to see them The couple overcame the scandal that had resulted when they divorced their respective spouses to marry and live at Fairbanks home above Beverly Hills the opulent estate dubbed Pickfair where dinner was served from solid gold plates and guests might include Charles Lindbergh and the Duke and Duchess of Alba Through it all Miss Pickford was known around the world as Americas Sweetheart title that stuck after it first peared in 1914 on marquee over Graumans Chinese Theatre She was born Gladys Marie Smith in Toronto April 1890 and made her stage debut at five She moved to New York with her mother at the age of14 and her first film was one reeler in 1909 The Violin Maker of Cremona directed by DW Griffith Her fame grew and by 1916 she became her own producer with 5050 partnership in the releasing company Three years later she was earning $675000 year against half of the gross of her films SUCCESS CONTINUED Her success continued through the 19205 In 1929 it was time to grow up again she said bobbed my hair and did my first talkie Coquette It was not my favorite film Actually have no favorite for have never been completely satisfied with anything did Rene tells assembly QUEBEC CP Premier Rene Levesque said Wednesday the Quebec government would keep the door to an movement from new ministration in Ottawa for con stitutional discussions But the premier added there must be some significant move to break the present impasse in negotiations If the Clark government lifts the blockade on the Quebec proposals which have been on the table for several years so much the better he said We shall applaud But all the same it must not do so just to shuffle the cards at the approach of ma jor event like referendum in which Quebecers will be asked to vote on their political fu ture Levesque was replying in the national assembly to questions by opposition members about an earlier statement by Claude Morin intergovernmental af fairs minister that the federal government should observe moratorium on constitutional negotiations between now and the Quebec referendum on inde pendence Liberal Leader Claude Ryan asked Morin to expand on the statement Morin said he hoped people elsewhere in Canada would un derstand the necessity of not in terferring in the referendum rth MAPLE LEAF Mild Canadian Cheddar Cheese delicious cheese for lunches or snacks OUR WOOLWORTII PRICE 791 5676 ontlold St Downtown lorrio Opon 010 900 000 530p Firestone YOUR ADVERTISEMENT CAN APPEAR HERE Call 7266537 II HP Garden Tractor With electric start 36 cut complete with mower Our Woolworth Reg Price $1395 OUR SALE PRICE f999 5616 onfiold St Downtown lorrlo Opolddijfl 900pm Sat 930 Sflth 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