It's probable that few will agree, but in terms of early actresses, Alice White is the next best thing to Mary Pickford. They certainly have their differences in style and ability, but they share one thing in common — they steal the show in any film they’re in. A bad film featuring either of them in any capacity is tolerable solely on their merits alone. (Well, generally speaking at least.)
It would seem Mary might not like that idea of being compared to Alice White. The December 1929 issue of Photoplay notes, “Once [Alice White] worked as a stenographer in the publicity department at the Pickford Studio. Mrs. Pickford never liked her. ‘The girl doesn’t wear enough clothes,’ she said.”
On the other hand, an angry Alice White fan in the April 1930 issue of Pictureplay wrote, “I don’t quite understand you constant knockers of Alice . . . Oh yes, you like Douglas Fairbanks, Florence Vidor, Tom Mix, Mary Pickford, and that old group that couldn’t act if they wanted to." Personally, I would say those names could act, but I don't quite understand the constant knockers of Alice either.
These two very detailed, exquisitely drawn cats -- just a some of the odd ball items in the collection -- are courtesy not of Mary Pickford but Alice White. Drawn and signed in blue ink on cut 6" x 9" paper.
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