Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Feb 1927
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)
Leaf #:
000104
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Moving Picture World, founded in 1907 by J.P. Chalmers, was one of the motion picture industry's first trade papers. Published on a weekly basis in New York City, Moving Picture World informed exhibitors about films available for rental and editorialized on behalf of the growing industry (improving the quality of movies through higher filmmaking standards, not government censorship, was a frequent topic). The paper reached its height in the mid-to-late-1910s--a fact reflected in the circulation figures and the huge amount of advertising that filled every issue during the period. In the 1920s, Moving Picture World lost ground to other competing weekly trade papers -- including Variety, Exhibitor's Herald, and Motion Picture News. In 1927, Moving Picture World ceased publication when it was acquired by Martin Quigley's Exhibitor's Herald. Across the 20 year run of Moving Picture World, readers can watch the transition from short film programs to feature films and witness the transition from the dominance of Edison's Trust to the rise of the "Independent" film companies that ultimately became the Hollywood studios. Silent film historians have utilized and cited Moving Picture World more frequently than any other trade paper, and the publication still has many insights left to offer. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012/2013
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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72 MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 1, 1927 Users Help Make This Chart More Useful PATHE Circus Today (Bevan) Leaps and Bounds Only Son (Parrott) Bar-C Mystery (all star) Spanking Breezes (Alice Day) , Monkey Business Up in the Air Fire Fighter Dizzy Daddies (Findlayson) Dixie Doodle , Seventh Bandit (Carey) Wife Tamer (Lionel Barrymore) ..... Fly Time Wandering Willies (Bevan-Oyde) ... Dog Shy (Chase & all-star) Happy Hunting Grounds Merry Blacksmith Do Your Duty (Pollard) Hooked at the Altar (Graves) /ar-C Mystery (Dorothy Philip*) .. Hearts and Showers The Inside Dope Madame Mystery (Theda Bara) A Big-Hearted Fish Ukelele Sheiks (Tryon) Baby Clothes Farm Hands Rough and Ready Romeo Scared Stiff (Cook) Fight Night (star cast) Mum’s the Word (Chase) Ghost of Folly (Alice Day) Nervous Moments Hayfoot Strawfoot (Bevan) Don Key (star cast) An Alpine Flapper Say It With Babies (Tryon) Liquid Dynamite Uncle Tom’s Uncle Bumper Crop Planting Season A Yankee Doodle Duke (Graves) ... Muscle Bound Music (Bevan) Puppy Lovetime (Alice Day) Golf Bug (Parrott) He Forgot to Remember (Cook) .... Songs of Central Europe R. P. M Long Fliv the King (Chase) Swat the Crook (H. Lloyd-Daniels) Snowed In (Allene Ray-W. Miller) .. Never too Old (Gillingwater) Big Retreat Jacks-of-One-Trade Cow’s Kimono (Tryon) Thundering Fleas Glory or Dollars Songs of Spain (Peggy Shaw) Land Boom A Sea Dog’s Tale (Bevan) A Plumber’s Life Keeping in Trim Mighty Like a Moose (Chase) Pirates Bold Jungle Sports Chop Suey and Noodle* Her Ben Smith's Baby Songs of Italy Along Came Auntie (Tryon) Merry Widower (E. Clayton) Venus of Venice Alice Be Good (Day) When a Man’s a Prince (Turpin).... Last Ha-Ha Hubby’s Quiet Little Game Ball and Bat Crazy Like a Fox (Chase) Shivering Spooks Dough Boys A Knight Out Her Actor Friend (Alice Day) Scrambled Eggs Fighting Marine (Gene Tunney) .... A Buggy Ride Fourth Alarm Abraham the Patriarch Watered Stock Bull’s Eye Charleston Queen Bromo and Juliet (Chase) Smith’s Landlord (McKee-Hiatt) .... Perils of Peterboro (Quillan) Love’s Last Laugh (McKee-Hiatt)... Why Argue? Road House Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes Prodigal Bridegroom (Turpin) Smith’s Visitor Tell ’Em Nothing (Chase) Restless Race Should Husbands Marry (Alice Day) Gun Shy .... Mount Sinai Home. Sweet Home Get ’Em Young (Harry Myers) Phoney Express Durable Souls Journey of the Israelites Pup’s Tale More Ways Than One Nuremburg Kind of Picture ...Mack Sensett comedy .... . . . Sportlight ...Hal Roach com ...Feature version ...Sen nett comedy ...Our Gang comedy ...Terry cartoon ...Terry cartoon ...Hal Roach comedy ...Sportlight ...Western ...Hal Roach comedy ...Terry cartoon ...Sennett comedy ...Hal Roach c.i^edy ...Sportlight ...Terry cartoon ...Hal Roach comedy ...Mack Sennett comedy .... ...Western Serial ...Terry cartoon ...Sportlight ...Hal Roach, “star” ...Terry cartoon ...Hal Roach comedy ...Our Gang .. Terry cartoon ...Terry cartoon .. Hal Roach comedy Sennett comedy Hal Roach comedy Sennett comedy Sportlight Sennett comedy Hal Roach comedy Terry cartoon Hal Roach comedy .....Terry cartoon Our Gang comedy Terry cartoon Sportlight Mack Sennett com Mack Sennett com Mack Sennett com Comedy Hal Roach comedy Song series Sportlight Hal Roach comedy Reissue single reel Serial (mystery) Hal Roach comedy Terry Cartoon Sportlight Hal Roach comedy ...... Our Gang Sportlight Melody series Terry cartoon Mack Sennett comedy . Terry cartoon Sportlight Comedy Terry cartoon Terry cartoon Terry cartoon Terry cartoon Sennett comedy Song series Hal Roach comedy .... Hal Roach comedy .... Terry cartoon Comedy Comedy Terry cartoon Sennett comedy Sportlight Comedy Our Gang Comedy Terry cartoon Terry cartoon Sennett comedy Terry cartoon Serial .... Terry cartoon > . . . . Our Gang comedy , . . . . Pilgrimage series Terry cartoon Sportlight Terry cartoon Comedy Jimmy Smith series — Sennett comedy ......Sennett comedy Terry cartoon .....Terry cartoon Hal Roach comedy Sennett comedy . Jimmy Smith series ..... , ... Ha! Roach comedy Sportlight Sennett comedy Terry cartoon "Pilgrimage” series .... Terry cartoon Hal Roach comedy .... Terry cartoon Sportlight "Pilgrimage” Mayer "Sketchbook” .. Sportlight Mayer “Sketchbook" .. Review Feet ..Mar. 13.. 2,000 ..Mar. 20.. 1,000 ..Mar. 20.. 1,000 ..Mar. 27.. 4,750 ..Mar. 27.. 2,000 ..Mar. 27.. 2,000 ..Mar. 27.. 1,000 ..Mar. 27.. 1,000 ..Mar. 27.. 2,000 ..Mar. 27.. 1,000 ...Apr. 3.. 5,353 ...Apr. 3.. 2,000 ...Apr. 3.. 1,000 ...Apr. 3.. 2,000 ...Apr. 10.. 2,000 ...Apr. 10.. 1,000 ...Apr. 10.. 1,000 ...Apr. 10.. 1,000 ...Apr. 10.. 2,000 ..April 17.. ...Apr. 24.. 1,000 ...Apr. 24.. 1,000 ...Apr. 24.. 2,000 ...Apr. 24.. 1,000 ...May 7.. 2,000 ...May 1.. 2,000 ...May 1.. 1,000 ...May 1.. 1,000 ..May 1.. 2,000 ..May 8.. 2,000 ..May 8.. 2,000 ..May 8.. 2,000 ..May 15.. 1,000 ..May 15.. 2,000 ..May 22.. 2,000 ..May 22.. 1,000 ..May 22.. 2,000 ..May 22.. 1,000 ..May 29.. 2,000 ..May 29.. 1,000 ..May 29.. 1,000 ...June 5.. 2,000 ...June 5.. 2,000 ..June 12.. 2,000 ..June 12.. 1,000 ...June 12.. 2,000 ...June 12.. 1,000 ...June 12.. 1,000 ..June 19.. 2,000 ...June 19.. 1,000. ....June 26.. f ..June 26,. 2,000 ’ ..June 26.. 1,000 ..June 26.. 1,000 ...June 26.. 2,000 ...July 3.. 2,000 ...July 3.. 1,000 ...July 3.. 1,000 ...July 3.. 1,000 ...July 10.. 2,000 ...July 10.. 1,000 ...July 10.. 1,000 ..July 17.. 2,000 ..July 17.. 1,090 ..July 17.. 1,000 ..July 24.. 1,000 ..July 24.. 1,000 ...July 24.. 2,000 ...July 24.. 1,000 ...July 31.. 2,000 ...July 31.. 2,000 ...Aug. 7.. 1,000 ...Aug. 7.. 2,000 ...Aug. 14.. 2,000 ...Aug. 14.. 1,000 ...Aug. 14.. 2,000 ...Aug. 14.. 1,000 ...Aug. 21.. 2,000 ...Aug. 21.. 2,000 ...Aug. 21.. 1,000 ...Aug. 28.. 1,000 ...Aug. 28.. 2,000 ...Sept. 4.. 1,000 ...Sept. 4 ...Sept. 11.. 1,000 ...Sept. 11.. 2,000 ...Sept. 11.. 1,000 ....Sep. 25.. 1,000 ....Sep. 25.. 1,000 ...Sep. 25.. 1,000 ...Sept. 25.. 2,000 ....Sep. 25.. 2,000 ....Oct. 2.. 2,000 ....Oct. 2.. 2,000 ....Oct. 2.. 1,000 ....Oct. 9.. 1,000 ....Oct. 9.. 2.000 ....Oct. 9.. 2.000 ....Oct. 16.. 2.000 ....Oct. 16.. 2.000 ...Oct. 16.. 1,000 ....Oct. 23.. 3rl a ....Oct. 23.. 1 rl ....Oct. 23.. 1 rl ...Oct. 30.. 1 rl ...Oct. 30.. 2 rls ....Oct. 30.. 1 rl ....Oct. 30.. 1 rl ....Oct. 30.. 1 rl . .. .Oct. 30. . 1 rl ....Oct. 30.. 1 rl ....Oct. 30.. 1 rl Kind of Picture Review Feet Raggedy Rose (Mabel Normand) Hal Roach comedy .Nov. 13.. 2 rl*. A Harem Knight (Turpin) Sennett comedy Nov. 13.. 2 rl*. In Vaudeville ...Terry cartoon Nov. 20.. 1 rl Hooks and Holidays Sportlight Nov. 20.. 1 rl Smith’s Uncle (C. Geraghty) Sennett comedy Nov. 20.. 2 rl* House Without a Key (Ray -Miller) Mystery serial Nov. 27 Be Your Age (feature cast) Hal Roach comedy Nov. 29. .2 rls. On the Front Page (L. Rich) Hal Roach comedy Nov. 29. .2 rls. Buck Fever Terry cartoon Nov. 29. .1 rl. Radio Controlled Terry cartoon Nov. 29. .1 rl. Tripping the Rhine Sketch Book Nov. 29. .1 rl. War Feathers Our Gang comedy Nov. 29. .2 rls. The Nickel Hopper (Normand) Sennett comedy Dec. 4.. 2 rls. Divorce Dodged (Bevan) Sennett comedy Dec. 4. .2 rls. Through Thick and Thin Terry cartoon Dec. 4..1 rh Hesitating Horses (Alice Day) Sennett comedy Dec. 4. .2 rls. Hitting the Rails Terry cartoon Dec. 4..1 rL Bars and Stripes Terry cartoon Dec. 11.. 1 rl There Ain’t No Santa Claus Hal Roach comedy Dec. 11.. 2 rls A Blonde’s Revenge (Turpin) Typical comedy Dec. 18.. 2 rls School Days Terry cartoon Dec. 18.. 1 rl Top Notchers Sportlight Dec. 18.. 1 rl Forty-five Minutes from Hollywood Hal Roach comedy Dec. 25. . 2 rls Feature* The High Hand (Leo Maloney) Western Sept. 11.. 5,679 Atta Bov (Monty Banks) Gag comedy Oct. 9.. 5,775 Outlaw Express (Leo Maloney) Action western Nov. 6. .5,479 PREFERRED PICTURES Girl Who Wouldn’t Work (De La Motte) Modem drama Aug. 22.. 5,979 Plastic Age (Bow-Keith) College story Oct. 10. . 6,488 The Other Woman’s Story (Calhoun).... Mystery drama Oct. 31 .. 6.080 Lew Tyler’s Wives (Frank Mayo) Drama July 10.. 6,757 Romance of a Million Dollars ..Melodrama Aug. 7.. 5,300 Dancing Days (Star Cast) Domestic Sept. 25.. 5,900 Shameful Behavior? (Edith Roberts) .... Romantic com.-dr Oct. 30.. 5,218 His New York Wife (Alice Day) Comedy drama Nov. 27.. 5,294 PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTING CORP. 1925 Stop Flirting (all star) ...Light comedy June 27.. 5,161 Beauty and the Bad Man (Mabel Beilin) Drama r..July 4.. 5,794 Awful Truth (Agnes Ayres) Light comedy July. 11.. 5,917 Texas Trail (Carey) Typical western July 18. . 4,730 Private Affairs (Hulette) Character drama Aug. 1.. 6,1*2 Hell’s Highroad (Leatrice Joy) Love drama Sept. 12. . 6,084 Seven Days (Lillian Rich) Comedy feature Sept. 12. . 6,974 Coming of Amos (Rod LaRoque) Comedy-drama Sept. 19. . 5,077 Off the Highway (W. V. Mong) Drama Oct. 3.. 7,641 Simon the Jester (O’BrienRich) Comedy-drama Nov. 28.. 6,168 Road to Yesterday (J. Schildkraut) Tense drama Dec. 12. . 9,980 1926 Wedding Song (Leatrice Joy) Comedy-heart int.-dr Jan. 2.. 7,373 Steel, Preferred (star cast) Steel industry dr Jan. 9.. 6,717 Braveheart (LaRocque) Indian drama Jan. 23.. 7,238 Rocking Moon (Tashman-Bowers) Alaskan drama Jan. 30. . 6,013 Danger Girl (Priscilla Dean) Comedy-drama Feb. 6.. 5,660 Million Dollar Handicap (all star) Horse race melo Feb. 13.. 6,095 Three Faces East (Jetta Goudal) Suspense-spy-melo Feb. 20. . 7,419 Fifth Avenue (De La Motte) Human int. drama Feb. 20. . 5,503 Wild Oats Lane (Viola Dana) •. Melodrama Apr. 10.. 6.900 Made for Love (Leatrice Joy) Drama Red Dice (Rod LaRocque) Underworld melodrama May 1.. 7,257 Forbidden Waters (Priscilla Dean) Comedy drama Whispering Smith (H. B. Warner) Melodrama western May 8.. Volga Boatman (W. Boyd-E. Fair) Melodrama Apr. 24.. Paris at Midnight (Jetta Goudal) Melodrama May 15.. Prince of Pilsen (Geo. Sidney) Comedy drama May 8.. Bachelor Brides (La Rocque) Mystery drama May 22.. Eve’s Leave* (Leatrice Joy) Romantic Comedy May 29.. Silence (H. B. Warner) Self-sacrifice dr June 5.. Unknown Soldier (Chaa. Mack, etc.) ... War drama June 12.. Dice Woman (Priscilla Dean) Farce-melodrama June 19.. -Flame of the Yukon (Seena Owen) Melodrama of Yukon June 26.. Up in Mabel’s Room (Marie Prevo*t) Farce-comedy June 26.. Shipwrecked (S. Owen-J. Schildkraut) .... Melodrama July 3..' Meet the Prince (Jos. Schildkraut) Comedy-Drama -July 3.. Sea Wolf (Ralph Ince) Jack London story -July 10.. Sunny Side Up (Vera Reynolds) Comedy drama ....July 17.. Speeding Venus Priscilla Dean).., Melodrama July 24.. Dinging Vine (Leatrice Joy) *. Comedy Tulv 31.. Young April (Bessie Love) ..Romantic com -dr Sept. 11.. For Alimony Only (Leatrice Joy) Divorce corn-drama Oct. 9.. Gigolo (Rod La Rocque) Drama Oct. 16.. Nervous Wreck (FordHaver) Farce-comedy Oct. 23.. Pals in Paradise (star cast) Kyne mining story Nov. 29.. For Wives Only (M. Prevost) Sophisticated farce Dec. 4.. Corporal Kate (ReynoldsFaye) Girl War-workers Dec. 18.. 6,155 10.660 6,995 6,600 6,612 6,758 7,518 7,979 5,614 5,800 6,345 5,865 5,908 6,763 5,994 5,560 6,400 6,858 6,400 7,295 6,734 6,636 5.790 7,460 RAYART 1925 Snob Buster (Reed Howes) Action melodr Aug. 22.. 4,974 Cyclone Cavalier (Reed Howes) Acton-romance Sep. 26.. 4,921 Midnight Limited (star cast) Railroad melodrama Dec. 27 . 5.255 1926 Call of the Klondike (Glass-Dwan) Melodrama Aug. 21.. 5,803 Moran of the Mounted (Howes) Northwest M. P. melo.... Sept. 4.. 5,303 RED SEAL 1926 Has Anybody Seen Kelly? Song Cartune Mar. 20.. 1,000 Marvels of Motion Magazine Apr. 3.. 650 Song Cartune Fleischer novelty Apr. 3.. 558 Reelview (Scenes in Turkey) Magazine Apr. 10.. 850 Hair Cartoon Marcus cartoon ... Air. 10.. 55 Hair Cartoon Marcus cartoon May 1.. 550 Tt’s the Cat’* (Ko-Ko) Fleischer cartoon May 1.. 750 Song Car-tune “Tramp, Boys are March’g”.May 8.. 558 Sweet Adeline Song Car-tune June 5.. 550