Mary Pickford portrait with stamped signature. I am unsure of the photographer of this portrait (and the slew of others from the same sitting.) It might be K.O. Rahmn, Lindstedt-Phelan, Hesser, or simply someone else. ca. 1926. Do you know?
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.
Lorenz Theatre Handout - Photo by Moody - 1916
Pollyanna - Advertisement - 1920
Pollyanna / United Artists Corporation advertisement. 1920. Donated to MPF.
From Eleanor H. Porter's Famous Novel, "Pollyanna," published by the Page Company and the Four Act Comedy by Catherine Chisholm Cushing. Sceen Adaptation by Frances Marion. Photographed by Charles Rosher. Released January 18th.
Less Than the Dust - Photo - 1916
Mary Pickford in Less Than the Dust photo. Cropped. 1916. Part of NZ Photo Album.
Mary Pickford in Less Than the Dust photo. 1916. Artcraft photo from NZ.
Mary Pickford RPPC Postcard / Photo by Ira L. Hill
Not the nicest RPPC depicting Mary Pickford in an almost vampy rendition of a photo by Ira L. Hill (the original photo being much nicer.)
Mary Pickford - Hesser Photos
A very nice deckled-edge, oversized portrait of Mary by Edwin Bower Hesser from her Estate. Stamped Edwin Bower Hesser Art Study Series with Mary's personal handwritten OK on verso. The print itself is unfortunately damaged (though cleaned up a bit here.) From Mary's Estate. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.
Mary Pickford portrait by Hesser (very nice photo but has somewhat bad exposure on this print) from her Estate. Stamped "Mary Pickford" "Hesser" on verso.
Mary Pickford portrait with stamped signature by Edwin Bower Hesser c. 1930s. Donated to MPF.
Mary Pickford portrait with stamped signature by Edwin Bower Hesser. c. 1930s.
Mary Pickford 6x8 portrait with stamped signature by Edwin Bower Hesser. c. 1930s. Part of NZ Photo Album.
Stella Maris - Photographs - 1918
Mary Pickford and Conway Tearle pose for a Stella Maris (1918) publicity still at the original Busch Gardens (lower garden) in Pasadena, CA. Photo presumably taken by W. S. Finn. Part of NZ Photo Album.
The Dawn of a Tomorrow - Glass Slide - 1915
The Dawn of a Tomorrow (directed by James Kirkwood and perhaps one of Mary's worst films) magic lantern glass slide made by the Excelsior Illustrating Co. 1915.
Adolph Zukor - Signed White Photo - 1918
Not Mary Pickford, but it's part of the NZ Photo Album and it could be said that he played more than just a little part in making Mary Pickford who she was. Adolph Zukor hand-signed 9.75 x7.75 photo by White. 3/27/1918. Zukor founded Famous Players Film Company, which in my opinion, produced some of Mary Pickford's best films. When Famous Players merged with Lasky to form Famous Players-Lasky in 1916, Zukor co-founded Paramount Pictures to distribute their productions. Part of NZ Photo Album.
A Little Princess - Photographs - 1917
How Could You Jean? - Large Format Photo
Large format (14.75" x 9.25") Mary Pickford Photo for the film How Could You Jean? Part of NZ Photo Album.
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.
A Romance of the Redwoods - Photographs - 1917
Mary Pickford - Correspondence letter
Mary Pickford typed correspondence with stamped signature. Sparing no expense, the reply was typed up on a used envelope. Part of NZ Photo Album.
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...
The Eagles Mate (1914) - Lobby card copyprint
The Eagle's Mate (1914) lobby card copyprint. I am not sure from when this piece originates. It is marked Culver Service on verso which doesn't mean a whole lot other than it existed prior to 1960. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.
Mary Pickford - Glass Negatives - c. 1916
Two Mary Pickford glass negatives. The cut glass is roughly 2.5 x 1.75 and has clearly added white borders. The one photo was supposedly taken by a Photoplay magazine photographer for the February 1916 issue of Photoplay Magazine. The other, unfortunately damaged, negative depicts an illustration that was used on number of things including postcards, magazines, and sheet music. If anyone definitively knows what these were used for let me know. I can't imagine the rather mundane photo of MP reading on a couch could have been used for much. c. 1916.
Mary Pickford - Pinback - c. 1915
The Little American - Photographs - 1917
Mary Pickford in her victory garden - Photos - ca. 1917
Mary with a hose.
Mary inspecting limes.
These photos show, at least according to an article in the September 3, 1917 Artcraft Advance, Mary in the victory garden she created at her California bungalow in which she tended with the help of a "real farmer." In the article, Mary (or perhaps the Artcraft publicity department) stated "This is the first time I have ever given any personal attention to the nursing of a bean or a potato, and if I do not make a good Rebecca [of Sunnybrook Farm] it will not be because of lack of farm mannerisms." Photographer unknown. 1917. Part of NZ Photo Album.
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