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Hollywood Boulevard introduced lavishly exotic Chinese and Egyptian-style movie palaces, and film stars built homes to match in Beverly Hills, the most famous being the Pickfair mansion, a hunting lodge which Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford turned into a honeymoon estate.
It is not the first time that actors have tried to seize the reins of production--that was in 1919, when Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks joined forces with William S. Hart and D.W.
They did, especially during the late 1910s and the 1920s, when a leading lady like Mary Pickford could command the then-astronomical sum of $10,000 a week, plus an annual bonus of $340,000.
24 Watch of Evil --An evil scientist (Edward G. Robinson) hypnotizes a woman (Mary Pickford) and makes her think that he looks like a dashing leading man.
Somewhat dubious “talent schools” sprang up, catering to small-town girls who hoped to emulate film stars such as Mary Pickford.