FADED MEMORIES OF FAMOUS ROMANCE
Behind Mary Pickford's decision t* sell her home, Pickfair, before she became Mrs Charles ("Buddy") Eogers lies a touching story of fading memories of a famous xomance. When Mary and Douglas Fairbanks were divorced, Mary did not forget the gl-ories of Pickfair as they were when the great mansion virtually served as the throne'room of Hollywood. ' Doug's private "den" she ordered to be kept exactly as he left it. Even his pipe, partly fiUed, reinained alway# on the smoking tray where he left it. , The serva'nts knew that they were expected to move nothing and- that the "den" must be entered only when absolutely necessary.. When Pickfair is sold, its elaborate furnishings and all its souvenirs of old romantic memories go withrit. Then Mary and her new husband will start life together in their new home. For Pickfair, ebmplete with furnishings, the price asked is £140,000.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 148, 10 July 1937, Page 8
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