Mary Pickford - America's Sweetheart: Scott Eyman

Eyman portrays Pickford as a pioneering businesswoman who was decades ahead of her time, managing her own career and shaping the film industry long before modern independent star-driven models.  Her father died in a dock accident and she put to work at a young age to support her family, working in local theatres in the age of vaudeville.  She was discovered by David Belasco and transitioned into the world's first true movie star. She would command  serious industry power as a co-founder of United Artists,  alongside Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith. Regarded as a thorough exploration  of the life, career, and business acumen of  the girl who rose from poverty to become silent cinema's first major superstar.