Photo this: a great Neo-Tuard settlement in the Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, build for the silent movie Siren Mary Pickford- “The Queen of the Film”-which never packed her bags.
Now, this part of the Hollywood history of Hollywood in 1320 Ditmas Ave. It is ready for Grabs with $ 2.99 million, making buyers with its vintage buyers and a whisper of Tinseltown Glamour, the post has learned.
Sorted by Corcoran’s Karen Talbott, Kyle Talbott and Scott Sternberg, the 5,000 -square -foot house is a love letter to Victorian Flatbush, mixing the old school charm with modern pizzazz.
Six -bedroom settlement, 3.5 bathrooms, built in 1910 by Vitagraf Film Studios, was intended to accommodate Pickford, called “Sweetheart of America” for its ingénue roles and famously incomparable, according to Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
“The seller believes, based on her research, that this house was originally built for Mary as part of a contract negotiation. However, she eventually decided to move to California in the country,” Karen Talbott The Post told.
Although it never went inside, the neighborhood locals and the movie buffs still call it “Mary Pickford’s House”.
A co -founder of artists united with Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks (who became her second husband) and DW Griffith in 1919, Pickford redefined the star and power of the studio.
“This is actually a case in which it is very easy to say something that is very inviolable, which is that she was the first star of the female film,” said Michael Cramer, a professor of film history at Sarah Lawrence College, for The Post. “She is the most famous woman, the world’s most famous film star in the 1910s.”
Pickford died at the age of 87 in 1979. Despite its big years, it became a attraction to later Pickfair, the wealth of California it built with fairbanks – staying there with her third husband.
However, as her career, this home in Brooklyn is blinded by itself.
A comprehensive lobby flows into a living room living room and an octagonal dining room, both boasting workpieces. The sunlight dances in the original woodworks, the built -built glass and the hardwood floors.
“This property derives the greatness of Hollywood houses, displaying extremely high ceilings and basement ceilings, which were created to accommodate [Fairbanks]who was very tall, “Talbott said.” Craft throughout the house reflects a sense of elegance and ash, clearly intended for someone very special. “
Up, a plush landing is connected to four bedrooms, three bathrooms and two house officials overlooking Treope.
The base boasts an entertainment room with a wood panel bar, another fireplace, a mirrored gym, laundry, wine storage and a workshop.
It was all built in a great sense for a presence to match.
“I would definitely say no doubt, Mary Pickford was the most powerful and influential woman ever in Hollywood history. And I would stand by
“She created her studio. She was one of the founding members of The Motion Picture, now known today as the Motion Pictures television fund. She broke the ground at the Motion Picture house in 1941.
However, the Vitagraf connection is unclear.
Friedrichsen pointed out, “Although Mary has never worked for Vitagraph Studios, she was with biography studios from 1909 to 1912 with a short blow traveling with IMP Studios and then Majestic to Agoikago in 1911.”
Pickford later joined the famous players, who became Paramount Pictures, before the united artists began. Vitagraph, a Midwood -based studio, later immersed by Warner Brother, builds the house while Ditmas Park blossomed, along a stars apartment building such as Pickford, Fairbanks and Fatty Arbuckle.
Contract talks with Vitagraph lit in 1916, and Pickford joined the famous players of Adolph Zukor, from “New York: The Film Lover” by Richard Allaman.
Pickford also determined what it meant to be a self -made woman.
“While she liked to invest in real estate for financial reasons, some of her homes were for her to save all,” Friedrichsen said. “She was the first woman to earn a million dollars a year in this country. And she was earning the equivalent of two million dollars a year by 2017 today.”
Cramer added, “Sometimes you will see it defined as the first millionaire in Hollywood. I suspect she is the first millionaire performer.”
Born in Toronto at a modest root, Pickford lifting was meteoric.
“From a very early age, very early, she has been supporting her family on stage and had a magical quality for her that was incomparable,” Friedrichsen said.
From her teens, she was a sensation. “She played every kind of roles and was absolutely very fascinating on the screen from day one.
“The next thing that is really important is not only that it is important as an actress, it is also important as a producer,” Cramer said. “Once she becomes famous, she starts production companies to make her films, which means she is responsible for everything: hiring the director, screenwriter, who films to do.”
United artists gave independent manufacturers as her unprecedented control, promoting her wealth.
“She was ‘American’s girlfriend’ and stood for a notion of home.
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