When the movies were young (1925)

Record Details:

Title:
When the movies were young
Date:
1925
Publisher:
New York : E. P. Dutton & Company
Volume:
When the movies were young
Leaf #:
000139
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
December 28, 2023
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Mary Pickford Happens Along 107 Later, when Carl Laemmle had bucked the General Film Company with the organization of his independent company, the "Imp," he enticed Mary away from the Biograph by an offer of twenty-five dollars a week over her then one hundred weekly salary. Mary was still under legal age, so Owen Moore, to whom Mary had been secretly married, had to sign the contract. He with several other "Biographers" had gone over to the "Imp." Mrs. Smith with Lottie and Jack still clung to the Biograph. Mid anguished tears Mrs. Smith showed me the contract, and in a broken voice said: "What's to become of Mary at that awful 'Imp' with no one to direct her ? How could she have been influenced to leave Mr. Griffith for only twenty-five dollars extra and not even consult her mother? What good will the twenty-five dollars do with her career ruined?" But the break did not hurt Mary. It helped her. She soon sued the "Imp," claiming that her artistic career was being ruined as she was being forced to act with carpenters. That was the story according to the dailies. Shortly afterward she was back at Biograph with another twenty-five dollar weekly advance in her salary.