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Mary Pickford-Buddy Rogers correspondence
- Title
- Mary Pickford-Buddy Rogers correspondence, 1943-1976.
- Author
- Shield, Blanche.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1992-024 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- .4 lin. ft. (1 box)
- Summary
- The Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers Corrrespondence consists of letters sent by them and their secretaries to Blanche Shield, long time friend and correspondent.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Charles Apfelbaum Rare Books & Collections
- Biography (note)
- Mary Pickford, "America's Sweetheart, was a star of stage and film.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T Mss 1992-024
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A185
- Author
- Shield, Blanche.
- Title
- Mary Pickford-Buddy Rogers correspondence, 1943-1976.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Mary Pickford, "America's Sweetheart, was a star of stage and film. Born in Toronto, Canada in 1893 she is best known as a star of silent films. Her first film was with Biograph studio where she was taken on by D. W. Griffith. Among her films are THE LITTLE AMERICAN (1917); REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM (1917); LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY (1921) and ROSITA (1923). Her career is sound film was short-lived and included COQUETTE (1929) and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1929). She was married to Owen Moore, Douglas Fairbanks and Charles "Buddy" Rogers. She died in 1979.Charles "Buddy" Rogers was born in Olanthe, Kansas in 1904. A leading man in early Hollywood films, Rogers appeared opposite Mary Pickford in MY BEST GIRL (1927). Other films include WINGS (1927); ABIE'S IRISH ROSE (1928) and THE ROAD TO RENO (1931) to name a few. He married Mary Pickford in 1937 and remained her husband until her death in 1979.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
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- Added Author
- Van Valen, Diane.Rogers, Buddy, 1904-1999.
- Research Call Number
- *T Mss 1992-024