Oscar Speeches: Pickford, Mary: Best Actress, Coquette
Pickford had wet eyes upon accepting the award, noting: “I’ve forgotten my prepared speech.”
Since Pickford had been a charter member of AMPAS, her win was interpreted as an “inside job,” as one journalist noted: “Mary Pickford’s victory proved that the Academy is handing out its cups on a political or social basis.”
Merit-wise, the other candidates, Ruth Chatterton and Jeanne Eagles, has been more deserving of the award.
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