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Frances Marion and Mary Pickford

Abstract

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This thesis attempts to find out how Frances Marion and Mary Pickford survived the film industry by having a strong working relationship. It is revealed through letters, films, autobiographies, and newspapers that Marion and Pickford were good friends and had worked closely together for years. Their friendship helped them to work hard enough to continue making films between the late 1910s and 1920s. Unfortunately, this topic is challenging because there has not been enough historical work done to give us a completely clear and accurate picture of how Marion and Pickford helped one another to continue working in the movie industry. More information is available on their careers that have nothing to do with their relationship. There were ways in which they struggled to work and reasons for why they survived the industry that have nothing to do with their working relationship.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
MA in History
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
History
Year dc:date.available
2009

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Zeidel, Christopher Scott
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Kathy Cairns

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-1064

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2026-07-24
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citation

Zeidel, Christopher Scott. Frances Marion and Mary Pickford. 2009. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/57