Sweetheart The Story of Mary Pickford Author:Robert Windeler Mary Pickford was the 1st movie star- the 1st film performer to have her name in lights and, quite possibly, the one person who did most to foster the amazing growth of motion pictures from turn-of-the-century nickelodeon novelty to everybody's idea of Saturday night entertainment. — Mary's almost 200 roles spanned the formative years of film art... more » to the sophisticated sound films of the early 30's« less