America’s Sweetheart from the silent movie era, Mary Pickford, died, aged 87, on this day, 44 years ago, in 1979. “If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you.” she is renowned to have said, “And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” On set, Pickford’s habit was to hang a bucket and ask everyone working to put some money for other film workers who were not...