February 22, 2011

Though she was celebrated as “America’s Sweetheart,” silent film star Mary Pickford was actually born in Toronto! TIFF pays tribute to the spunky actress who, together with her second husband, Douglas Fairbanks, launched the notion of celebrity culture as we know it today.

The TIFF Bell Lightbox is featuring several Mary Pickford Films as part of “the Invention of the Movie Star” exhibit, including Daddy-Long-Legs, Poor Little Rich Girl, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,  and Sparrows. Check the TIFF website for screening times of these films.