A high quality historic image that serves an encyclopedic function at several articles.
Mary Pickford was one of the leading film stars of the silent era and cofounded the
United Artists studio. This is also an example of a
lobby card that illustrates both the famous children's book Little Lord Fauntleroy and the Fauntleroy suit. Restored version of
Image:MaryPickford.jpg.
Comment Are you sure that the illustration is by Frances Hodgson Burnett? Burnett was the author of the book Little Lord Fauntleroy, and didn't even do the illustrations for that (
Reginald Birch did). It seems unlikely that the author of the book (who would have been over 70 by this time) would also have illustrated advertisements for one of its film adaptations.
TSP (
talk) 12:56, 4 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Right you are: this should be a lesson to me not to take bibliographic notes before morning coffee. Double checked and adjusted. :)
DurovaCharge! 15:50, 4 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support It is a good card of a lot of things, very attractive in itself, nice quality scan, compelling image for people to click on. Does anyone ever go further afield than Canada to try to give the Wikipedia main page at least a pretense of being international when it comes to poster/cards? --
Blechnic (
talk) 21:59, 4 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Last month I did an Australian poster with Steve Crossin. I'm working on France. Stay tuned. :) (and fwiw generous copyright laws kinda help Yanks like me...)
DurovaCharge! 22:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support Proposed alternate caption: "Durova securing
model release from recalcitrant male."
Fletcher (
talk) 05:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support. It's beautiful (and she is/was, as well).
Papa Lima Whiskey (
talk) 12:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support although I don't agree that she's at all beautiful.
Greener Cactus (
talk) 20:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Promoted Image:MaryPickford4.jpgMER-C 03:36, 12 July 2008 (UTC)reply
A high quality historic image that serves an encyclopedic function at several articles.
Mary Pickford was one of the leading film stars of the silent era and cofounded the
United Artists studio. This is also an example of a
lobby card that illustrates both the famous children's book Little Lord Fauntleroy and the Fauntleroy suit. Restored version of
Image:MaryPickford.jpg.
Comment Are you sure that the illustration is by Frances Hodgson Burnett? Burnett was the author of the book Little Lord Fauntleroy, and didn't even do the illustrations for that (
Reginald Birch did). It seems unlikely that the author of the book (who would have been over 70 by this time) would also have illustrated advertisements for one of its film adaptations.
TSP (
talk) 12:56, 4 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Right you are: this should be a lesson to me not to take bibliographic notes before morning coffee. Double checked and adjusted. :)
DurovaCharge! 15:50, 4 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support It is a good card of a lot of things, very attractive in itself, nice quality scan, compelling image for people to click on. Does anyone ever go further afield than Canada to try to give the Wikipedia main page at least a pretense of being international when it comes to poster/cards? --
Blechnic (
talk) 21:59, 4 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Last month I did an Australian poster with Steve Crossin. I'm working on France. Stay tuned. :) (and fwiw generous copyright laws kinda help Yanks like me...)
DurovaCharge! 22:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support Proposed alternate caption: "Durova securing
model release from recalcitrant male."
Fletcher (
talk) 05:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support. It's beautiful (and she is/was, as well).
Papa Lima Whiskey (
talk) 12:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support although I don't agree that she's at all beautiful.
Greener Cactus (
talk) 20:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Promoted Image:MaryPickford4.jpgMER-C 03:36, 12 July 2008 (UTC)reply