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 June 17, 1962 reads "Mary Pickford, Buddy Rogers credit 10-year-old wedding crasher." Pickford related that an uninvited boy snuck through a fence to watch the wedding ceremony. There is an old saying that if an uninvited guest crashes a wedding, the marriage will be successful. The couple was married until her death in 1979.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Pickford, Mary,--1892-1979 Rogers, Buddy,--1904-1999 Jazz musicians--United States Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Couples--California--Los Angeles Pianos Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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