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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