Hand-tinted Sarony and White Photo Cards - ca. 1915

These pieces seemingly belong to a series of nicely hand-tinted, oddly sized (4.625" x 6.5") photo cards featuring portraits by Sarony and White, ca. 1915. I do not have all too much information about them but I suspect they were produced by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y. as they're clearly quite similar to, and featuring the same portraits as several of their abundantly popular postcards. From Mary Pickford's Estate. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.

Photo by White.

Photo by Sarony.

Photo by Sarony.

Photo by Sarony.

Photo by White.

Mary Pickford / Famous Players / Stanley Theatre - Postcards

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 postcards with portraits by Otto Sarony Co.

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. Advertising "Mary Pickford Week" at the Stanley Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Otto Sarony Co. ca. 1914

 

Mary Pickford postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co. N.Y., interestingly with an 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.

J. D. Walker's World Film / Famous Players / Hearts Adrift / Tess of the Storm Country / Photo by Sarony - Postcard - 1914

A very nice tinted postcard ca. 1914 advertising J. D. Walker's World Film (a British distributor of Famous Players Film Co. titles whose founder would go on to become the "Wal" in Walturdaw, which distributed First National titles) and Mary's films Hearts Adrift (1914) and Tess of the Storm Country (1914,) both directed by Edwin S. Porter. The photo is by Sarony and shows Mary in the same dress (but not vase, or anything else) that she wears in the opening shot of Tess '14. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.