Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born silent film actress, famously known as "America's sweetheart," co-founder of American Artists film studio, and one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Buddy Rogers was an actor and a jazz musician. Photograph caption dated December 31, 1952 reads "Buddy Rogers and the onetime 'America's sweetheart' Mary Pickford, were among celebrities attending the premiere. They're husband and wife, you know." The event may have been the premiere of 'The Jazz Singer.'
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Pickford, Mary,--1892-1979 Rogers, Buddy,--1904-1999 Jazz singer (Motion picture : 1953) Motion picture premieres--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Women--California--Los Angeles Jazz musicians--United States Couples--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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