Mary Pickford.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 359, 13 February 1937, Page 3

Mary Pickford.

There is talk abroad that Mary | Pickford may enter production again. ! As a founder member of the United ■ Artists she has a particularly valu- ! able property at her command which I she is loath to see inactive and, in I addition, she is ambitious to be an | impelling factor in the industry. Tile ' reports are that she is taking options I on players and that she will launch ' a new company early this year. She j is said now to regret her split with • Jesse L. Lasky, which has become all I the more galling because of the sue- ! cess of “The Gay Desperado.” She j had predicted that it would be a ! miserable failure after she saw it

twice at preview's'. It is improbable l that, she will appeaar in any future • films, although she is anxious to re-1 same her screen career. The memory | of the notices on “Secrets,” her last i picture, is too deeply etched in her | mind to allow her to face the camera. \ Those close to her, nevertheless, insist that she would brave it again if she found a story in which she could have confidence.