Marie Osborne Little Mary Sunshine Child Film Star Postcard

bg393  This is an antique Pathe postcard for Marie Osborne in Little Mary Sunshine the 1916 WW1 musical when she was just five years old unused in very good (mostly great) condition. Please see all my other vintage child movie and film star postcards from this same collection.

Movie plot - Abandoned by her drunken father after he beats her mother to death, 5-year-old Mary finds refuge in a car where she falls asleep. The car belongs to Bob Daley, a young man who has made the mistake of celebrating his engagement by getting drunk with his friends and then lying about it to Sylvia, his fiancÔøΩe. Sylvia does not approve of his conduct and throws him out of the house, breaking up with him. Despondent, Bob staggers to his car where he finds the sleeping child. The two become friends and Bob brings the little girl to his house. Moved by her tragic story, Bob decides to quit drinking and become a serious and responsible parent. Sylvia, affected by the change, is reconciled with her boyfriend, and the couple decide that once they are married, they will adopt little Mary.