While this may not be the most amazing or ground-breaking Mary Pickford collection out there in the world, I've decided to share what I have for all to enjoy. Non-watermarked, high-resolution scans are available upon request (and at my discretion) by emailing filmiracle [at] yahoo [dot] com. If you notice any errors or can fill in any missing information, don't hesitate to get in touch. This website is a work in progress.
After David Belasco's The Warrens of Virginia closed on Broadway at the Stuyvesant Theatre on May 16, 1908*, and after the summer months off, Mary and troupe bounced around from theater to theater touring well into 1909. For the week of October 12, 1908, The Warrens... was back in NYC, with Mary as Betty Warren, at the West End Theatre in Harlem. The program, with only the cover and one page being shown here, is typical of the time being somewhat plain and consisting mainly of advertising, but as can be seen, Gladys Smith was now officially Mary Pickford.
*Most sources claim The Warrens of Virginia closed on Broadway in October of 1908, however contemporary periodicals indicate its final week was in May. NY newspaper reports about rehearsals picked up in late August, but then there seems to be silence until late September when the troupe began touring (seemingly starting in Boston in late September.) Until proven otherwise, I believe it closed on Broadway on May 16, 1908.
Republic Theatre program for the week of Monday, March 17, 1913, with only the cover and one page being shown here, 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. A program page from the January 3, 1913 Broadway opening (which did feature Gish) can be found here. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.
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.)
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.)
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.
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...
