Fanchon the Cricket - Herald - 1915

A herald for my personal favorite Mary Pickford film, Fanchon the Cricket. 1915 - though this particular piece is stamped for a December 5, 1916 screening at an unknown theatre.

Less Than The Dust - Stanley Theatre (Philadelphia) Program 1916

 

4-page Stanley Theatre (Philadelphia) program, Vol. 1 No. 84 for week November 6, 1916. The big feature for the week was Mary's first picture produced by the Mary Pickford Film Corporation and the first distributed by Artcraft, Less Than The Dust -- a picture that Mary ultimately hated, having said "I made two pictures of which I have tried sedulously to wipe from my mind. One was entitled Less than the Dust and I remember how heartily I agreed with the woman who walked up to me in the street and said 'Oh, Miss Pickford. I loved you in the picture Cheaper than the Dirt.'” The second page of the program has a nice photo by Ira L. Hill that was notably used as the basis for a painted portrait of Mary that hung at Pickfair.

Rags - Stanley Theatre (Philadelphia) Program 1915

4-page Stanley Theatre program for the week beginning Monday, August 2, 1915. The big features were Mary's wonderful Rags (1915, James Kirkwood) and Pauline Frederick's lost film Sold (1915.) Also briefly mentions The Foundling (1915) and Madame Butterfly (1915) as coming features.

Tess of the Storm Country - Herald - 1914

Tess of the Storm Country / Famous Players herald. 1914. Additionally stamped for a West End Theatre [New York City] - Sunday April 19 screening.

Such a Little Queen - Tally's Theatre (Los Angeles) The Tallygram Program 1914

The Tallygram program--issued by Los Angeles' Tally's Broadway Theatre--for Such a Little Queen (1914) the week of Monday, September 28, 1914. The back cover features a nice, and often used, photo by Apeda (or at least, it seems to be Apeda.)

Belasco's A Good Little Devil - Republic Theatre Program - March 1913

Republic Theatre program (week of Monday, March 17, 1913) for David Belasco's stage production of A Good Little Devil featuring Mary in the role of blind Juliet. Worth noting, by this time Mary's friend Lillian Gish had already left the production and was replaced with Vida Talbot. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.

In the Bishop's Carriage (1913) - Herald - 1915

In the Bishop's Carriage (1913) herald issued by the Famous Players Film Company. This one is for a screening, presumably from 1915 based on the day/date, at the Alden Picture House (city unknown at this time.)

Mistress Nell - Herald - 1915

Famous Player herald for James Kirkwood's Mistress Nell, one of my personal favorite Pickford films, at the Colonial Theatre (city unknown at this time.) 1915.

Captain Kidd, Jr. - Stanley Theatre (Philadelphia) Program 1919

16 page Stanley Theatre (Philadelphia) program Vol. 2 No. 48 for week of Monday, April 7, 1919. The big feature for the week was Mary's last picture distributed by Artcraft, Captain Kidd, Jr. -- a film that wasn't so well-received and is now lost. This program mainly features local ads and some screen news (including a blurb about Charlotte Pickford buying The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come from William Fox, Jr., a film that would ultimately star Jack Pickford) but does have two nice pages dedicated to the film.

Such a Little Queen (1914) - herald

Such a Little Queen (1914) herald issued by Paramount Pictures / Famous Players Film Company. This one is additionally stamped for a screening at the Grand Theatre (city unknown at this time.)

Little Pal - herald - 1915

Little Pal / Famous Players herald that has seen better days (and better print.) 1915.

The Eagle's Mate - herald - 1914

The Eagle's Mate / Famous Players herald. 1914. Additionally stamped Central Hall Sat May 22 1915.

Poor Little Peppina - Herald - 1916

Poor Little Peppina (1916) herald issued by the Famous Players Film Company. Additionally marked for a May 30-31, 1916 showing at the Lyric Theatre in Honesdale, presumably PA.

A Girl of Yesterday - herald and theatre ad - 1915

Herald, or at least most of one, for a 1915 screening of Mary's lost Famous Players film A Girl of Yesterday at the Hoyburn Theatre in Evanston Illinois.

Accompanying theatre handout for the same A Girl of Yesterday (here noted as The Girl of Yesterday) screening. Also playing the same week are such films as Are You A Mason with John Barrymore, Alias Jimmy Valentine directed by Maurice Tourneur, The Chronicles of Bloom Center directed by Marshall Neilan, The White Pearl, The Land of Adventure, Blackbirds, The Lighthouse by the Sea, The Outer Edge, Carmen, and a few other shorts and cartoons.

The Fatal Wedding program - 1903

Sullivan, Harris & Woods' theatrical production of Theodore Kremer’s The Fatal Wedding was such a big hit that it not only played for several seasons, at times there were 4 separate troupes performing in different cities throughout the country (and others in Europe) on the same night. This particular program is from the Tuesday, November 10, 1903 performance at the Opera House in Amsterdam, NY--a show put on by the “eastern“ (B) troupe. When comparing the Mary Pickford Foundation's "Baby Gladys" scrapbook with reports in The New York Dramatic Mirror, the fact that it was an eastern troupe show means the young Mary Pickford, then still known as Gladys Smith, was disappointingly not a part of this performance. Gladys seems to have been touring with the “western“ (C) troupe and on the same night, playing the Little Mother in Taylorville, IL. For this Amsterdam, NY performance, that role seems to have been played by Madeline Clark. Regardless, this colorful program / handout was produced by Sullivan, Harris & Woods for the The Fatal Wedding so I think it is safe to assume it was distributed among all troupes--though I admittedly don't know for sure. If that is indeed the case, I guess that makes it sort of Pickford-related? Or maybe not...