Talk:Jack Pickford

Filmography

I commented out the list of films he appeared in. Could someone familiar with the actor just trim it down to "notable" films? We don't need the whole list--it adds little value to the article for the space it oocupies. His sister, for example, appeared in over 200 films, but we don't even include any of hers in her article. His complete filmography appears on the IMDb anyway, for those really interested in all his appearences. —Frecklefoot 15:59, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC)

The real problem is that many of Jack Pickford's films are considered lost, and of the remainder few of his starring vehicles are really "notable". He can be seen to good advantage in The Goose Girl, Exit Smiling & Brown of Harvard- the last probably his best extant performance. He is also in The Bat, but plays a supporting role & is not very distinctive. Saxophobia 22:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

This article needs some work! It skips important details and lives the reader not knowing what the writer is talking about. The paragraph about his acting is a good example. Two sentences about it then a long quote about him and his first wife! Then it talks about him eloping with her and only gives her last name with no hyperlink. She died on the honeymoon yet no mention. I will try to edit it to make it better. ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Basheba (talk • contribs) 15:03, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what important details you think are missing. There were a couple reference format errors that caused part of the article to be hidden. Those have been fixed and the article seems fairly comprehensive, based on what materials are available. Wildhartlivie (talk) 20:09, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

yea... well you include the sequel.. 'Hunk & Tom' but forget, left out, the prior film for which you!! wikios, have a listing Tom Sawyer. give ME some credit! 2602:304:CDAF:A3D0:280D:DD8B:B099:31C4 (talk) 18:56, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Bot report : Found duplicate references !

In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)

• "mary top" :
  • ''Pickford, Mary "Sunshine and Shadows"
  • Pickford, Mary ''Sunshine and Shadows''
• "pickford top" :
  • Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood
  • Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood
  • ''[[Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood]]''
• "silentgentspick top" :
  • [http://silentgents.com/BBPickfordJ.html Jack Pickford<!-- Bot generated title -->]
  • By most accounts he was not kind to her and the marriage was an [[abusive]] one. Miller eventually sought a [[France|French]] divorce in 1927.<ref name="pickford_top">''[[Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood]]''

DumZiBoT (talk) 21:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Documentary

Oops my bad listed the wrong company. Monument Films that was. Elaina Archer was the curator of the Mary Pickford Library, has done documentaries on Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, and censorship (Why Be Good?) Wildhartlivie has a serious god complex and unless someone can give me a good reason this documentary can not be listed I will keep adding it back.--75.51.184.244 (talk) 08:55, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Comment on content, not the contributors please. I'll venture a guess and say the content was reverted because a). There was no edit summary saying why the mention of this documentary is important and b). There's no need to mention the documentary, link it in the article AND link it in the external links section. That's overkill and looks like someone is attempting to promote the documentary. In the future, it might benefit you to actually ask the editor who removed the content and come to some sort of agreement instead of saying someone has a God complex and stating that you intent to edit war to get your way. Pinkadelica^♣ 09:21, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Gingerymaggiedaneone, please keep your comments to the article and desist in slamming me wherever you go on here. I'm no more impressed by your bad faith comments here than I was when you tried to wheedle me into fixing your citations you were adding to Rudolph Valentino. I thought you were finished with Wikipedia. Wildhartlivie (talk) 20:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

All-American?

You say his image was of the 'all-American boy'. Any reference for this? He was actually Canadian, and some Americans don't like the difference to be glossed-over. There was a heck of a rumpus the first time Raymond Massey played Lincoln on-stage. Valetude (talk) 12:39, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Jack Pickford. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://archive.is/20121214182130/http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/1920s/Olive%20Thomas/default.html to http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/1920s/Olive%20Thomas/default.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 08:20, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

World War I service

Although Pickford served in the United States Navy during World War I era, no reliable sources found as of yet state that he served overseas during the war. Accordingly, Category:American military personnel of World War I was removed from the article. Semper Fi FieldMarine (talk) 11:21, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Jack Pickford

Hello, I'm in highschool and I've found a deep fascination with this silent film actor. (Jack Pickford) I found his life very interesting and even a bit sad. 2001:8003:E13F:6100:38A0:8D82:375E:FE61 (talk) 07:19, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Mercury bi-chloride

This article contradicts the article on Olive Thomas. In the latter it is stated that Thomas died due to ingestion of mercury bi-chloride / mercuric (II) chloride / corrosive sublimate, which was Jack Pickford's syphilis medicine. In this article it says that the mercury bi-chloride she ingested was a "bathroom cleaner." Furthermore, in this article there is no mention of Jack Pickford's chronic syphilis, and it is stated that he died of nephritis brought on by alcoholism -- but it is a medical fact that a dangerous side-effect of mercury bi-chloride treatment for syphilis is fatal nephritis. Catherineyronwode (talk) 05:19, 25 October 2024 (UTC)