Power Couple: Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford in Hollywood

For a good bit of 2023, the Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee, NJ is running the Power Couple: Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford in Hollywood exhibit. While it mainly highlights some very nice pieces from Tracey Goessel's impressive collection, I was able to contribute, albeit in minor capacity, several things including a 1916 Stanbury pillowtop, which is on display, as well as a few photographs/scans. Admission is free during business hours and I encourage everyone to check it out if you're in the area. The exhibit is now over.

Below are a number of cellphone photos from opening night on June 10, 2023. It was indeed a packed house, but I was able to grab these mostly-unobstructed shots while The Thief of Bagdad was playing in the theatre.

Pardon the lack of a Fairbanks focus in my photos which is not indicative of the exhibit. But shouldn't that be expected?

Power Couple: Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford in Hollywood

A general view of the well-designed exhibit.

A general view of the well-designed exhibit.
The small box in case in the foreground contains one of Mary's curls.

A general view of the well-designed exhibit.

A general view of the well-designed exhibit.

A general view of the well-designed exhibit. Mary's Biograph The New York Hat (1912) directed by D. W. Griffith in Fort Lee / Coytesville, is playing on the screen the background.

Those responsible.

This mural shows several images of a few glass slides from my collection.

A small portion of a nice collection amassed by Richard S. Hoffman, a period fan, on loan from the Museum of the Moving Image. Several of Tracey Gossel's Pickford posters adorn the wall in the background (with a particularly nice piece for Maurice Tourneur's Pride of the Clan (1917.))

My 1916 Stanbury pillowtop, featuring a photo by White and fashioned into a fringed pillowcase, on display.

R.K. Stanbury erroneously noted as B.K. Stanbury and my reflection.

This graphic shows shows several Fort Lee locations from The New York Hat (1912,) some of which not at all far from the BFC, along with present-day photos taken by myself.

The aforementioned Pride of the Clan (1917) window card. I have never seen it before and I found it to be quite striking that is was singled out for a closeup. I admittedly feel a little strange posting it as it's from someone else's collection, but it was part of the exhibit... so...  

One of several display showing some of Mary's / Pickfair's personal effects. Here, hair-care-related items along with one of Mary's famous curls. Creepy to some. Interesting to others. Or, is is just a clump of hair?