A little about The Rob Brooks Mary Pickford Collection, called the largest personal collection in the world by the President of the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education in Los Angeles. The collection goes on tour beginning January 2011.
"I’d Rather Be An Actor Than His Photograph" – Stars from Stage to Film
A look at the star system, specifically why it took so long for there to be film stars when we already had a star system on the stage. Illustrated with playing cards from 1908 featuring theatre stars.