Signs a $1,000,000,000 contract and became VP of Pickford Film Corporation (jun 24, 1916 – dec 31, 1919)

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Pickford starred in 52 features throughout her career. On June 24, 1916, Pickford signed a new contract with Zukor that granted her full authority over production of the films in which she starred,[21] and a record-breaking salary of $10,000 a week.[22] In addition, Pickford's compensation was half of a film's profits, with a guarantee of $1,040,000 (US$18,720,000 in 2022),[23] making her the first actress to sign a million dollar contract.[3] She also became vice-president of Pickford Film Corporation.[3]

Occasionally, she played a child, in films such as The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917), Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) and Pollyanna (1920). Pickford's fans were devoted to these "little girl" roles, but they were not typical of her career.[1] Due to her lack of a normal childhood, she enjoyed making these pictures. Given how small she was at under five feet, and her naturalistic acting abilities, she was very successful in these roles. Douglas Fairbanks Jr., when he first met her in person as a boy, assumed she was a new playmate for him, and asked her to come and play trains with him, which she obligingly did.

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