Michele This is a listing which began many years ago in conjunction with Harry Shaw and David Williams, and it is uploaded here in both their memories.
“Pictures For The Picturegoer” magazine was first published, by Odhams, in 1911, though it was hardly a magazine, and definitely nothing like the glossy magazines of today, it was more like a newspaper, offering short synopses of current films. However it was very popular and demand was such that the same publisher started to print a sister magazine entitled “The Picturegoer - the Picture Theatre Weekly Magazine”. Volume 1 number 1 of that magazine cost 1d and is dated “week ending SATURDAY OCT. 11, 1913”. This was issued every Sunday and not only dealt with films that were to come it endeavoured to list where the films were playing.
The two magazines ran alongside each other for a short while, until the issue dated 14 February 1914. At that point the two magazines were combined, so that the next issue, dated 21st of February 1914, was instead issue number one of “Pictures AND The Picturegoer”. This title continued until issue 353, dated 20th of November 1920.
The series of sepia printed photogravure postcards, entitled “The Pictures Portrait Gallery” were first mentioned in the magazine in 1918. These cards had various back styles but shared the same artistic and rather impressive POST CARD header on the reverse, which we show here.
SECTION 1 - PICTURES AND THE PICTUREGOER - 85 LONG ACRE ADDRESS
Group 1 - "Pictures Portrait Gallery Postcards" : upper case address, black back : numbered 1-42
- Matt photogravure postcards; side wording reads : “PICTURES” PORTRAIT GALLERY. No. xx / Published by PICTURES, LTD., 85, Long Acre, London. / By permission of …."
… The Fox Film Co., Ltd.
1. Katherine Lee
2. Gladys Brockwell
3. Virginia Pearson
4. Theda Bara
5. Jane Lee
6. Jewel Carmen
7. Miriam Cooper
8. George Walsh
9. William Farnum
10. Jewel Carmen
11. Valeska Suratt
12. June Caprice
13. Tom Mix
14. Dustin Farnum
… By permission of The Western Import Co. Ltd
15. William S Hart
16. Charles Ray
… By permission of Granger`s Exclusives, Ltd
17. Louise Lovely
without a film company credit, two line address wording only
18. Gerald Ames
… By permission of The Western Import Co. Ltd
19. Mae Marsh
20. Bessie Barriscale
21. Mildred Harris
22. William Desmond
23. Dorothy Dalton
… By permission of The Fox Film Co., Ltd.
24. Peggy Hyland
… By permission of The Transatlantic Film Coy., Ltd.
25. Jack Mulhall
26. Ben Wilson
27. Gale Henry
28. Neva Gerber
29. Zoe Rae
30. Carmel Myers
31. Eddie Polo
32. Eddie Polo & Vivian Reed [these two starred together in serial Bulls Eye – 1918]
33. L - KO Beauties [L-KO stood for “Lehrman Knock-Out Comedies”]
… By permission of Elwin Neame, Ltd.
34. Ivy Close
35. Ivy Close
… By permission of Claude Harris, Ltd.
36. Miss Violet Hopson
37. Miss Violet Hopson
38. Norman Howard
39. Miss Lilian Braithwaite
40. Mr Ben Webster
41. Miss Eve Balfour
42. Gabys Deslys
Group 2 - "Pictures Portrait Gallery Postcards" : upper and lower case address, brown back : numbered 43 -
- Matt photogravure postcards; side wording reads : “PICTURES” PORTRAIT GALLERY. No. xx / Published by Pictures, Ltd., 85, Long Acre, London." ...
without a film company credit, two line address wording only
43. Aurele Sydney
44. Mary Pickford
45. Sessue Hayakawa
46. not yet seen
with a photographer credit as the third line
47. … Photo Randal Terraneau - Jack Jarman
48. … Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Bert Wynne
49. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Mary Odette
50. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Minna Grey
51. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Malvina Longfellow
52. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Constance Worth
53. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Gwynne Herbert
54. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Manora Thew
55. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Owen Nares
56. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Peggy Paterson
without a film company credit, two line address wording only
57. Queenie Thomas
... By permission of Broadwest Films Ltd
58. Stewart Rome
59. Stewart Rome
without a film company credit, two line address wording only
60. Enid Bennett
61. Enid Bennett
with a photographer credit as the third line
62. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - The Editor of Pictures as a French artist at the Film Ball
63. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - The Pictures Answers Man born 1815 still going strong
64. ... Photo Claude Harris Ltd - Lavender Lee the Pictures Girl as a ballerina at the Film Ball