Kiss From Mary Pickford, The
- Publisher
- Book*hug Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2011
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897388860
- Publish Date
- May 2011
- List Price
- $15.00
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Description
In 1926, after a visit to Moscow, Hollywood super-couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks unknowingly appeared in a film about a young man who wants to be a movie star to impress his girlfriend. The director, Sergei Komarov, posing as a newsreel cameraman, convinced the superstars to clown around for him, including having Mary act out a silly love scene in which she kisses a bearded Russian actor. Around this footage, Komarov and screenwriter Vadim Shershenevich constructed an American-style slapstick comedy about the unhealthy obsession with fame. Pickford only learned about the film late in life, and Fairbanks died never knowing about it. Now, in 2010, inspired by a statue of Mary Pickford he stumbled upon in downtown Toronto, poet Vladimir Azarov has composed a series of cinematic poems that revisit this unique moment in Russian film.
About the author
Vladimir Azarov is an architect originally from Moscow. His other books include Graphics of Life, Black Square, My Bestiary, and 26: Letters Poems Pictures. Mr. Azarov lives in Toronto.