Tinsel and Stars Hollywood Scrapbook
Hollywood Stories, Pictures and Memorabilia from Angie and Chris Schneider
Wedding Certificate belonging to Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers. Collection of Tinsel and Stars. The friendship and romance between “America’s Sweetheart” and “America’s Boyfriend” began when Mary Pickford and Charles “Buddy” Rogers co-starred in the 1927 movie, My Best Girl. It wasn’t
To learn more about Charlotte Pickford, be sure to read our other blog post https://tinselandstars.com/charlotte-pickford-the-painter/ Though we still mourn the loss of Pickfair, it helps to make note that there are still landmarks of the Pickfair family that reside today. One in
This year marks the 85th anniversary of Mary Pickford’s radio show, Parties at Pickfair. Mary was a pioneer in film with her last feature film in 1933. She had hoped to be a pioneer on radio too as she felt radio lacked
Charlotte (Smith) Pickford was literally the creator of Mary Pickford. She was the most successful of “movie mothers”—that unsparing matriarchal type which film magnates fear more than a posse of agents. However, in late 1925, Charlotte was under the care of surgeons
One of the most iconic memorials for a Hollywood notable, is that of Douglas Fairbanks at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. And why shouldn’t it be extravagant and iconic? Afterall, Douglas Fairbanks was not only a legendary actor, but was a co-founder of:
No international wedding received more public attention than the marriage of Vilma Banky and Rod La Roque. June 26, 1927 Vilma & Rod after ceremony. From our collection. Letter from Banky to Goldwyn from Budapest 1925. Our Collection Banksy Vilma Budapest Postcard
Some of Mary Pickford Cosmetics in our collection “From the moment I first faced footlights, as a little girl of five, and later, before the motion picture camera, I have had to use cosmetics. Naturally the discovery of pleasing, effective and beneficial
Portrait from our collection Mary Pickford’s Own Routine for the Daily Care of Her Skin Extracted from the 1938 Mary Pickford Cosmetics, Inc Booklet Click Here to learn more about Mary Pickford Cosmetics, Inc. Cosmetic booklet in our collection Mary Pickford’s
Did you know one of the origins of the cocktail name “Bloody Mary” was Mary Pickford? Also, that Mary Pickford influenced the name of a popular gin, “Bombay Sapphire”? There has often been a dispute on where the cocktail name “Bloody Mary”
1923 Pompeian Calendar Panel from our collection A common piece among collectors of early cinema is the yard-long calendars for Pompeian beauty products that Mary Pickford became the face of (they are still often found in an antique frame). It was such