Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Motion Pictures Category Star

• Ceremony was on February 8, 1960

Motion Pictures Star for Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Lock of Hair
Shown here is a lock of hair from famous silent movie star, Mary Pickford.

• Mary's hair was a symbol of female virtue when she cut it in 1928, she made the front page of many newspapers, including the New York Times! Believe It or Not!

Grauman's Theater Footprint

Shown here is the actual cement slab in which Mary Pickford placed her footprints!
One of Hollywood's first leading ladies, Mary Pickford (1892-1979) was co-founder of United Artists film studio as well as one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences!

Pickford, Fairbanks, & Grauman

First Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprints

Grauman, Pickford, & Fairbanks

First Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprints
Along with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Sid Grauman, Pickford helped establish the tradition of setting one's footprints in cement infront of the Chinese Theater.

Pickford, Grauman, & Fairbanks

First Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprints
During the ceremony, Sid Grauman also added his prints to the cement blocks in front of his spectacular Chinese theater.

• Believe It or Not!, the idea for the prints in wet cement is believed to have come from Mary Pickford accidentally stepping on wet cement on her way to see the theater.

Mary Pickford

Autographed Matchbook