KEENE, N.H. >> Carpenter Peter Massie has come across some interesting finds over the years — antique bottles, old newspapers stuffed in walls. But his biggest discovery of all is the only known copy ...
Picture this: a grand neo-Tudor residence in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park, built for the silent film siren Mary Pickford — the ...
A century ago, when silent films were all the rage, America’s most famous actress almost became a Brooklyn resident. Executives at a Midwood film studio called Vitagraph — see related story — built a ...
When it comes to 1920s Hollywood, we often think of stars like Charlie Chaplin, Louise Brooks and Lillian Gish. However, two others paved the way for not only women in Hollywood but also filmmaking in ...
There are very few marriages like that of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Not only were they two of the most beloved actors of the silent film era, but they are also responsible for the creation ...