By Kathleen A. Feeley
Following Pickford's lifestyles from her youth on level to her upward thrust as a robust studio govt, this e-book supplies an outline of her enduring contribution to American movie and mass tradition. It additionally explores her struggles to surpass her confining public movie character as America's Sweetheart” along with her artistic and company achievementsmirroring how ladies, either then and this present day, needs to reconcile household lifestyles with expert aspirations and work.
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