Jack Pickford

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Jack Pickford (born John Charles Smith; 1896-born John Smith; January 3, 1933) was a Canadian-born American actor, film director, and producer.

He was Mary and Lottie Pickford's younger brother. Both three Pickford children began acting as child actors on stage after their father abandoned the family.

Mary later became a well-known silent film actress, director, and early Hollywood pioneer.

Although Jack appeared in numerous films as the "All American boy next door" and was a well-known actor, his fame was overshadowed by his sister's success.

In addition, his career had begun to decline as a result of his regular use of alcohol and chronic depression in the late 1920s.

Early life

John Charles Smith, an English immigrant odd-job man of Methodist origins, and Charlotte Hennessy Smith, who was Irish Catholic, were born in 1896 in Toronto, Ontario. He was referred to as 'Jack' as a child. When Pickford was a youth, his alcoholic father abandoned the family, leaving the household impoverished. Charlotte allowed Jack and his two sisters Gladys and Lottie to appear onstage, beginning with Gladys, the eldest. This proved to be a good source of income, but by 1900, the family had migrated to New York City, where the children were playing in plays around the country.

The family was still separated until 1910 when Gladys joined Biograph Studios due to work. Gladys Smith had been converted into Mary Pickford by this time (Marie was her middle name, and Pickford was the old family name). Following suit, the Smiths changed their stage names to 'Pickford'.

Mary gained jobs for all the family, including the then-14-year-old Jack, right after signing with Biograph. Only Mary was to go west to Hollywood when the Biograph Company moved west to Hollywood until Jack, who pleaded with the company as well. Charlotte threw him on the train as it left the station, much to Mary's outrage. During the stay in Hollywood, Jack appeared in bit parts.

Mary soon became a well-known actress, and by 1917, she had signed a $1 million deal with First National Pictures. Mary saw to it that her family was welcomed along, giving the now-named Jack Pickford a lucrative deal with the company as well.

Personal life

Pickford met actress and Ziegfeld teenager Olive Thomas at a beach cafe on the Santa Monica Pier. Frances Marion, a screenwriter and producer, later shared more about the couple's lives:

On October 25, 1916 in New Jersey, Pickford and Thomas eloped. Thomas Meighan, the family's only witness, was missing, and no one of their relatives was present, and no one of their relatives was there, but they did attend. The couple had no children of their own, but when Olive's then-six-year-old nephew died in 1920, they adopted him as their uncle. Although Olive was the love of Pickford's marriage, it was still turbulent and full of drama, with lavish pampering following. For many years, the Pickfords had intended to vacation together, but the couple decided to have a second honeymoon because of their marriage's turmoil.

In August 1920, the two couples met in Paris, aiming to mix a holiday with some film making. The couple went out for a night of entertainment and dancing at the famous bistros in Paris's Montparnasse quarter on September 5, 1920. Around 3 a.m., they returned to their room in the Hôtel Ritz at 3 a.m. Thomas may have taken cocaine that night, but it was never established. She was inebriated and ill, and she took a substantial amount of mercury bichloride, a common cleaning product. Pickford and his former brother-in-law Owen Moore, remained at her side in Neuilly, France, until she succumbed to the poison a few days later. She had either attempted to commit suicide or had been murdered, according to rumors. Thomas's death was accidental, despite a police probe and an autopsy.

Pickford has married twice in the last two years. Marilyn Miller (1898-1936), a celebrated Broadway dancer and former Ziegfeld teen, starred in the sister and brother-in-law's renowned home Pickfair on July 31, 1922. Pickford's heroin use and alcoholism made it an intimate marriage by the majority. Miller was granted a French divorce in 1926 after separating in 1926.

Pickford's last marriage was to Mary Mulhern, age 22 and a former Ziegfeld girl who died on August 12, 1930. Pickford's route to Mulhern became more turbulent within three months. Mulhern left Pickford after two years, claiming that he had wrongtreated her throughout her marriage. In February 1932, she was granted an interlocutory divorce, but Pickford's death had yet to be decided at the time.

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Acting career

Pickford had appeared in 95 shorts and films by the time he signed with First National. Though Pickford was regarded as a superb actor, he was also seen as someone who never lived up to his potential. He appeared in one of his first major roles as Pip in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations in 1917 as well as in Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer's sequel to Huck and Tom in 1918.

Pickford, an enlisted sailor who served in World War I, joined the United States Navy in early 1918 and was stationed at the Third Naval District in Manhattan, New York. His positions had changed from several years to one by 1923. He made his last film in 1928, playing Clyde Baxter in Gang War. He dabbled in screenwriting and filmdirecting throughout the years, but no one pursued either direction further. The majority of his films, particularly those in the late 1910s, were both commercial and critical hits, earning him a well-known name for himself. Pickford's image was that of the All-American boy, with his sister being "America's Sweetheart." In total, Pickford appeared in more than 130 films between 1908 and 1928.

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