"Failure is not the falling down, it's the staying down" - Mary Pickford
Today's wise word comes from the incomparable, Mary Pickford. Known as the first movie star, America's Sweetheart was actually a Canadian born Gladys Marie Smith who began working the vaudeville circuit at a young age to help with the family's expenses. After a fateful meeting with the director D. W. Griffith, Mary became world renowned for not only starring in some of the first silent films, but also for playing some of the strongest, most compelling female characters.
American Experience - Mary Pickford
When you have the time, I would highly suggest watching the PBS documentary about Mary Pickford (above). She's been one of my idols since I was a kid, I even had a poster of her hanging in my room (Dork Alert). Here is a woman that came from nothing to the very cinematic revolution that would change our culture forever and yet no one knows who she is. This is one Wise Woman whose words and impact I wont soon forget.
(God, could I get any cheesier?)
Far from just pretty face on screen, Mary along with her husband Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin founded United Artists which gave producers who joined sole control over their movies instead of the studios. She was also the first woman to own her own studio (the next woman would be Lucille Ball with Desilu Productions) where she directed and produced movies even after she retired from acting in the 1930s.
When you have the time, I would highly suggest watching the PBS documentary about Mary Pickford (above). She's been one of my idols since I was a kid, I even had a poster of her hanging in my room (Dork Alert). Here is a woman that came from nothing to the very cinematic revolution that would change our culture forever and yet no one knows who she is. This is one Wise Woman whose words and impact I wont soon forget.
(God, could I get any cheesier?)
