Thursday, May 17, 2012

Rabe Plays Mary Pickford

Lily Rabe will play silent actress and key film industry pioneer Mary Pickford in the as yet Untitled Biopic says Deadline.


Based on the book "Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood" by author Eileen Whitfield--Josh Fagin is writing the adapted script which will explore the life of Pickford, a silent film star known as "America’s Sweetheart" who was both one of the creators of United Artists and one of the co-founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is considered a central figure in the shaping of the Hollywood industry. She died in 1979 at the age of 87 of a brain hemorrhage.

Jennifer DeLia will direct and produce the pic with Julie Pacino.

Production will kick off early next year.

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