
Marshall Neilan, Artcraft, 1917, from Kate Douglas Wiggin. Pickford is Rebecca, sent to aunts in Riverboro. She was twenty-four playing younger, which was already the contract. Frances Marion wrote it. They shot in Pleasanton, California, standing in for Maine. The film made the little-girl role harder to leave. She plays stubborn, not sweet, and the aunts have to catch up.
Twenty-four, playing a child, and the contract begins. Frances Marion wrote it; Pleasanton stood in for Maine. She plays Rebecca as a negotiator, and the aunts lose. It made the little-girl part harder to leave. Watch her decide how young to be in each scene.