LIBRARY OF VINTAGE SILENT FILMS

Starring Mary Pickford (as Judy Abbott)

(Running Time 85 minutes)

Directed by Marshall Neilan

For Piano Quintet and Percussion or Full Chamber Orchestra

Commissioned by Timeline Films/Released by Milestone Films

Starring Mary Pickford (as Mavis Hawn)

(Running Time 87 minutes)

Directed by Marshall Neilan for First National Attractions

For String Quartet and Percussion or String Orchestra, Piano and Percussion

Commissioned by Timeline Films/Released by Milestone Films

Starring Mary Pickford (as Rebecca Randall)

(Running time 78 minutes)

Directed by Marshall Neilan

For Flute, String Quartet, Piano, and Percussion

Commissioned by the Mary Pickford Institute and Grand Performances, Los Angeles

Starring Mary Pickford (as Angela)

(Running Time 89 minutes)

Directed by Frances Marion

For Piano Quartet

Commissioned by Timeline Films/Released by Milestone Films

Starring Marion Davies and Conrad Nagel

(Running Time 110 minutes)

Directed by Sidney Franklin.  Produced by Marion Davies

For Flute, Harp, Piano Quintet, and Percussion

Commissioned by the Annenberg Foundation/Special Thanks to Robert Board

Starring Jack Pickford (as Tom)

(Running Time 45 minutes)

For Flute, Violin, and Percussion or String Quartet

Commissioned by the Library of Moving Images

Starring Mary Pickford

(Running Time 12 minutes)

Directed by D.W. Griffith for the American Biograph Company

For Soprano, Flute, Viola, and Piano or Piano Quartet

Commissioned by the Family of Mary Lofdahl

Starring Mary Pickford

(Running Time 3 ½ minutes)

Directed by D.W. Griffith for the American Biograph Company

For Violin, Viola, Piano, and Percussion or Viola, Cello, Piano and Percussion

Commissioned by the Malibu Friends of Music/Dedicated to Elaina Archer

Starring Mary Pickford and Billy Quirk

(Running Time 12 minutes)

Directed by D.W. Griffith for the American Biograph Company

For Piano Quartet and Percussion

Commissioned by The Malibu Friends of Music

Starring Mary Pickford (as Nell) and Owen Moore

(Running Time 12 minutes)

Independent Moving Picture Company

For Wind Ensemble and Percussion or Chamber Orchestra, Piano and Percussion

or Woodwind Quintet and Percussion or Violin, Viola, Piano, and Percussion

Commissioned by the Sierra Symphony Orchestra 

Starring Marion Leonard (as The Gibson Goddess) with Mary Pickford (as an extra)

(Running Time 9 minutes)

For Violin, Viola, and Piano or Cello Quintet or String Orchestra or Chamber Orchestra

Commissioned by the Omaha Conservatory of Music

Home Movie footage of William Randolph Hearst filmed at Hearst Castle featuring Hollywood silent film stars and directors - William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies, Irving Thalberg, Louella Parsons, Eleanor Boardman, King Vidor, Madam Glyn, Edmund Goulding, Frank Dazey, Agnes Christine Johnston, Julanne Johnston, Jack Gilbert, and "Tony" Asquith. 

(Running Time 13 minutes)

Directed by William Randolph Hearst with a new title sequence edited by Christopher M. Allport

For Piano Quartet

Hearst Home Movies from the collection of Alan Boyd. Courtesy of The Boyd Production Group. Commissioned by the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival

Premiere Performance at the Hearst Castle Private Theater, March 8, 2013