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Based on the "adult fairy tale" by George Sand, Fanchon the Cricket stars Mary Pickford as the title character, a strong-willed waif ostracized by "acceptable society" until she shows them the power of love and understanding. Directed by James Kirkwood and boasting exquisite cinematography by Edward Wynard, Fanchon the Cricket was filmed on location in Delaware Gap, Pennsylvania. A natural, sensual and uninhibited Pickford breaks through today's stereotype of her as "the girl with the curls." It is also the only surviving film in which both Jack and Lottie Pickford appear with their sister. Once believed to be a lost film, Fanchon the Cricket's restoration is the result of a unique international collaboration between the Mary Pickford Foundation, the Cinematheque Francaise and the British Film Institute. A new negative and 35mm prints were created from the restored digital version, and the Mary Pickford Foundation paired the film with a new, original score by Julian Ducatenzeiler and Andy Gladbach.

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Bonus Materials

• New, original score by Julian Ducatenzeiler and Andy Gladbach.
• Souvenir booklet featuring rare photographs and essays by Cari Beauchamp

Sales Points

• Mary Pickford was one of the 36 founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
• Mary Pickford with her career spanning five decades, was not only a major actress, but also a successful film producer and businesswoman.
• During the formative days of the film industry, Mary Pickford was a true pioneer, co-founding Pickford-Fairbanks Studios and along with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, launched the independent film production company United Artists.
• Mary Pickford was one of the most popular actresses during the 1910s and 1920s, easily earning her the title “Queen of the Movies”.
• During the silent-film era, Ms. Pickford was fondly known as the “girl with the curls”.
• New 2018, original score created by Julian Ducatenzeiler and Andy Gladbach
• Comparable to 'Birth of a Nation' (1915) and 'The Poor Little Rich Girl' (1917)
• Starring Mary Pickford, known as “America’s Sweetheart”.
• 4K Restoration!
• For All Fans of Mary Pickford

Press Quotes

'There was never a Fanchon like Mary Pickford. Yes, I know that the greatest of the French and the English and the American stars have attempted and have successfully rendered Fanchon, but I stick to my belief that none ever surpassed and few ever approached the work of Mary Pickford.'

     —Moving Picture World, May 22, 1915

'Pickford plays the role not so much as a woodland nymph, but more as a rural hooligan... She is extraordinarily beautiful; the first close-up of her face among the glistening leaves comes as an almost physical shock.'

     —Kevin Brownlow, Mary Pickford Rediscovered, May 1, 1999