Show the movies copyright by mat I 1 C herman hern by MARY PICKFORD A AN N insignificant little street 1 car transfer turned mary alary pick fords career from the stage to worldwide fame faine on the screen on her ber way to a theatrical booking agency in the times square district mary alary tit at her mothers behest stopped in the old Blo graph studio on four street new york before using the transfer thus lu in a nutshell you iou have the story of the rise of mary pichford Pk kford her theatrical career began in the valentine stock company in the city of toronto canada where she was born tier her first appearance on the speaking stage was made at the age of five when she took the part of it a boy in a play piny called the silver king at the age of eight Arner americas lens sweetheart went on the rond road with the little red schoolhouse and at the age of nine mary alary was starred in the fatal wedding in the part of jessie the little mother when but eleven slie she was appearing with chaun accy olcott in edmund burke to miss belongs the lie honor bonor of originating g the part of betty warren in the warrens of virg enla a W T mary pickford david belasco production which was her first play on broadway from Be lascos mana management gemeni she went vent into motion pictures but let her tell the story in tier her own words at this point you see she said 1 1 did not taink much or of the movies at that time la in fact people on the legitimate stage considered it a disgrace to work in pictures but my mother had asked me to go to the Blo graph studio on fourteenth street and try to see sir mr griffith although I 1 demurred she insisted and of course I 1 could not inot disobey but I 1 took the precaution to route my trip so that I 1 could make five cents do the work of 10 those were times when five cents was always doing the work of ten instead of taking a street car from where we lived to fourteenth street I 1 walked the ten blocks took the car on fourteenth and asked for a transfer the old Blo graph studio was on fourteenth street between broadway and fifth avenue thus when I 1 had satisfied mother by dropping in at the studio I 1 could walk back to broadway and use my transfer to ride to the times square and the theatrical district where vv here the hooking booking offices were w ere located 1 I felt alt certain that in the end it would bo be necessary to visit the booking odices to obtain another theatrical engagement ga which at that moment I 1 needed very badly imagine my surprise then when I 1 was ushered into the august presence of mr griffith who after a short talk gave me my first motion picture engagement from such a simple beginning a new figure in world history was born kven today few people realdo how low far into the distant corners of the earth our marys popularity has reached her mail brings letters in nearly every language furthermore miss pickford Is the only woman in motion pictures who Is socially honored by the real royalties of europe when she travels people tit at every station crowd the platform for a glimpse of tier her and with all it this its she is a charming wistful young woman happy in the love of a devoted husband still there are many simple pleasures which she has had to do without pleasures which her less famous neighbors accept as a matter of course you may wonder from this if she Is happy with tier her lot the answer Is yes ses but even the reason for tier her being happy in spite of tn missing Issing things bilings which other people enjoy Is in itself a simple thing filing her work makes others happy therein lies her compensation site she hits has learned that service to others Is the one coin that pays the debts we owe our hearts servi |