Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Visited Shanghai, Nationalist China, in 1929

Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Visited Shanghai, China in 1929 The picture shows that the Chinese Nationalist government, as a new republic, had a great rapport with United States, and major American movie stars visited China. The first Oscar Awards were given on May 16th 1929. Because of the First World War and the reconstruction work after the war, the European continent had no time for film development. During this gap, America was far away from war fire and was able to make great breakthroughs in technology, art, and film making. Hollywood became the center of world film. So the Oscar Awards became a very important event for the world. The first award was given by Douglas Fairbanks. At the end of 1929, the couple started to tour the world and promote the film industry. Shanghai was the first stop for the couple. Before they arrived, Shen Bao (Shanghai’s old principality is Shen, and was named in honor of the early Shanghai developer during the Spring and Autumn Epoch, China Proper prime minister Huang Xie, Chun Shen lord), Xin Wen Bao (New News) had detailed coverage. At that time, American films occupied a huge lion share of the Chinese market, so they had large audiences. When their luxury ocean liner arrived, there was a crowd of over 5000 gathered at the Wu Song Port with fans and film industry celebrities. Mary Pickford and Her Collection of Jewelry This actress was never shown on film wearing more jewelry than a string of pearls to preserve her image of innocence, but in real life she preferred very large rubies and star sapphires. She owned both the 60-carat Star of Bombay and the 200-carat Star of India. And she was not shy about wearing them both at the same time. She was known as "America's Sweetheart" (though born in Canada), but Mary Pickford was capable of much more than she generally showed in her crowd-pleasing film appearances as a ringlet-haired youngster. In fact, she was a capable dramatic actress and an astute businesswoman as well: She produced many of her own pictures, negotiated some of the toughest, most lucrative starring contracts in silent-film history, was one of the founders of United Artists, and helped establish the Motion Picture Relief Fund. And as the wife of actor Douglas Fairbanks, and coproprietor of their "Pickfair" estate, she was one of the leaders of Hollywood's social set. Douglas Fairbanks (28 March 1920 - 10 January 1936) (divorced) Douglas Fairbanks Date of birth (location) 23 May 1883Denver, Colorado, USA Date of death (details) 12 December 1939Santa Monica, California, USA. (heart attack) Mini biography He was raised by his southern mother who had separated from his father... (show more) Actor - filmography (1930s) (1920s) (1910s) The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) .... Don Juan Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932) .... Steve Drexel... aka Tropical Knight (USA) Reaching for the Moon (1930) .... Larry Day Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1 (1930) .... (episode "Welches ist ihr Typ") The Taming of the Shrew (1929) .... Petruchio The Iron Mask (1929) .... D'Artagnan The Gaucho (1927) .... The Gaucho The Black Pirate (1926) .... The Black Pirate... aka The Black Buccaneer Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) (uncredited) .... Crowd extra in chariot race... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title) Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) .... Don Cesar de Vega/Zorro The Thief of Bagdad (1924) .... The Thief of Bagdad Robin Hood (1922) .... Earl of Huntingdon/Robin Hood... aka Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (USA: complete title) The Three Musketeers (1921) .... D'Artagnan The Nut (1921) .... Charlie Jackson The Mark of Zorro (1920) .... Don Diego Vega/Señor Zorro