2019-09-01 Emmy Magazine

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BACK IN 1921, MARY PICKFORD, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

AND OTHER HOLLYWOOD STARS CAME TOGETHER AROUND AN AUDACIOUS

IDEA THAT WORKING INDUSTRY MEMBERS WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A FUND

TO SUPPORT THEIR LESS-FORTUNATE COLLEAGUES.Be it for a wig for an

audition, a set of dentures, a new suit or rent, they would lend a hand. They

called their effort the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Now known as the Motion

Picture & Television Fund, or MPTF, the nearly 100-year old organization

continues to enable entertainment industry members to support their peers

in times of need.

MPTF’s highest-profile endeavor is its retirement complex, which

provides independent and assisted living accommodations. Commonly

called “the Motion Picture Home,” the Wasserman Campus has been

PHOTOGRAPHS BY COREY NICKOLS
HAIR AND MAKEUP BY LINDA ZIRKUS AND SASHA ARAUJO