"America's sweetheart" of the silent film era changed the layout of the film industry in the best possible way
Margot Robbie's 200 IQ Play
Women like Mary Pickford walked so stars like Margot Robbie could run.
The lamentable pitfall of pay inequality remains perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of Hollywood even today. Indeed, the film industry has taken giant leaps by shedding its old, orthodox ways and transforming into a more rejuvenated version of itself. But there is still a lot to cover when it comes to gender equality and other such important issues.
Despite the tide of change yet to wash over showbiz, it is thanks to pioneers like Pickford and Alice Guy-Blaché (the first woman to take over the director's chair), that the industry has come so close to bridging the gap between the unfair treatment of male and female actors and filmmakers.
