Mary Pickford Portrait / Famous Players - Postcards - Kraus Mfg. Co. - ca. 1914


Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Co. postcard by Kraus Mfg. Co. featuring a photo by White. Additional advertising on verso for A Good Little Devil (erroneously noted as The Good Little Devil. Obviously, the Famous Players film version which was Mary's first feature length production -- filmed in 1913 but not released until 1914) showing at the Apollo Theatre in Tacoma, Washington. July 28-29-30, 1914



Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Co. postcard by Kraus Mfg. Co. featuring a photo by White. ca. 1914.



Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Co. postcard by Kraus Mfg. Co. featuring a photo by White. ca. 1914.



Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Co. postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by White. c. 1914.



Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Co. postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by White. Additionally marked for the Plaza Theatre (Northampton, MA.) ca. 1914 / postmarked 1915.



Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Service (Toronto, Ontario) postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by White. Additionally marked for the Doric Theatre (1094 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario) ca. 1914.



Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Co. postcards published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y.  with additional type on the reverse advertising what was the Stanley Theatre's Mary Pickford - Famous Players Week. Top card photo by White Studios, bottom photo by Otto Sarony Co. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper, the event was held at the Stanley Theatre in Philadelphia during the week of June 22, 1914 and featured showings of such films as In the Bishop's Carriage, The Good Little Devil, Hearts Adrift, and Tess of the Storm Country. The original Stanley Teatre was located on Market Street above 16th and was essentially the theatre wing of the Stanley Mastbaum's Stanley Booking Company (which distributed Mary's titles to other theatres in the Philadelphia theatre circuit.)



Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Co. postcard by Kraus Mfg. Co. featuring a photo by White. ca. 1914



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Stamped for Coliseum Theatre. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. c. 1914



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y., unprinted back. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. ca. 1914



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y., unprinted back. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. ca. 1914



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. ca. 1914 though the postcard is postmarked 1916.



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. ca. 1914.



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. Additionally marked for screenings of The Eagle's Mate on July 27, 1914 and Hearts Adrift on July 28, 1914 at the Grand Theatre (city unknown at this time.) 1914.



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. Additionally marked for the Arlington Theatre (city unknown at this time.) ca. 1914.



Mary Pickford / Famous Players Film Co. postcards published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y.  with additional type on the reverse advertising what was the Stanley Theatre's Mary Pickford - Famous Players Week. Top card photo by White Studios, bottom photo by Otto Sarony Co. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper, the event was held at the Stanley Theatre in Philadelphia during the week of June 22, 1914 and featured showings of such films as In the Bishop's Carriage, The Good Little Devil, Hearts Adrift, and Tess of the Storm Country. The original Stanley Teatre was located on Market Street above 16th and was essentially the theatre wing of the Stanley Mastbaum's Stanley Booking Company (which distributed Mary's titles to other theatres in the Philadelphia theatre circuit.)



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. Incidentally, the dress Mary is wearing is the very same from the open star introduction shot in Tess of the Storm Country (1914.) ca. 1914.



Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. Incidentally, the dress Mary is wearing is the very same from the open star introduction shot in Tess of the Storm Country (1914.) ca. 1914.


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