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 #:
000105
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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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January 1, 1927 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 73 We Try Always to Make it Better for Users Hair Cartoon (Issue 8) When Do We Eat? .... Old Black Joe Hair Cartoon Toot! Toot l (Ko-Ko) Hair Cartoons eelview (Issue E) Searchlight (Issue H) Song Car-tune.. Marvels of Motion Morning Judge Ko-Ko in the Fadeaway Film Reporter Churchyards of Old America, Film Reporter (Issue B)...., Berth Mark Hair Cartoons .. Searchlight Kind of Picture Review. Feet ..Marcus novelty June 12.. 850 ...Novelty July 10.. 1,000 ...Song Cartune July 17.. 500 ...Marcus cartoon July 17.. 1,000 ...Fleischer cartoon July 17.. 1,000 ...Marcus cartoon July 31.. 1,000 ...Pictorial July 31.. 1,000 ...Pictorial Aug. 7.. 1,000 ...Song series Aug. 7.. 1,000 ...Issue L Sept. 4.. 800 ...Carrie of the Chorus Sept. 4.. 2,000 ..Fleischer cartoon Sept. 11.. 1,000 ..Series Sept. 11.. 1,000 ...Humor Sep. 25.. 1,000 ...Sport subjects Oct. 9.. 1,000 ...Carrie of Chorus Oct. 9.. 2,000 ...Number 17 Oct. 16.. 458 ...Issue J Oct. 16.. 1,000 STERLING PICTURES CORP, Love Gamble (Lillian Rich) Melodrama Before Midnight (Wm. Russell) Crook melodrama Big Pal (Wm. Russell) Prize fight drama Men of the Night (Rawlinson)....*, Melodrama Wreckage (May Allison) Drama 1926 .July 24.. 5,728 •July 11.. 4,890 .Oct. 24.. 5,800 July 24.. 5,723 ■ July 24.. 5,723 TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS, INC. Release Date »nat Jfc»del Frsm Paris Lost At Sea The First Night Redheads Preferred One Hour *f Love The Enchanted Island Flaming 'l imber Squads Right The Steeplechasee The Tiger ■ The Song of Steel Husband Hunters Snowbound Wild Geese (Special) The Squared Ring The Broken Gate Fools of Fashion (Mae Busch) College Days (Marceline Day).. Josselyn’s Wife (Pauline Frederick) Sin Cargo (Shirley Mason) .Society comedy drama Aug. 15 .Romantic csmedy drama Sept. 1 Farce comedy Oct. 15 Whimsical comedy drama Nov. 15 Emotional drama Dec. 15 Romantic drama Jan. 1 Woodland drama Jan. 15 War farce comedy Feb. 1 Racing society drama -Feb. 15 Modern drama Mar. 1 Society-business drama Mar. 15 Demestic comedy drama Apr. 1 Comedy drama of the North ...Apr. 15 Human drama May 1 Society comedy drama May 15 Emotional drama Jun. 1 Social life drama Oct. 9.. 6,484 College comedy-dr Nov. 6.. 7,300 Emotional diama Nov. 27.. 5,800 .Melodrama Dec. 11.. 6,100 UNITED ARTISTS Eagle (Rudolph Valentino) Romantic drama .. Stella Dallas (star cast) Mother-love drama Tumbleweeds (W. S. Hart) Partners Again (Sidney -Alex Carr).... Black Pirate (Douglas Fairbanks) The Bat (all-star) Son of the Sheik (Valentino) Sparrows (Mary Pickford) Winning of Barbara Worth (Banky) Land rush drama Potash-Perlmutter Technicolor feature Mvstery drama , “Sheik” sequel . . Comedy drama ..H. B. Wright western, 1925 .Nov. 28.. 6,754 .Nov. 21.. 10, 157 1926 .Jan. 2.. 7,254 .Feb. 27.. 5,600 ■ Mar. 20.. 8,388 .Mar. 27.. 8.219 Aug. 7.. 6,685 •Oct. 9.. 6,000 .Dec. 4.. 8 rls. UNIVERSAL Features My Old Dutch (McAvoy-O’Malley) Drama Midnight Sun (LaPlante -Dowling) Russian melodrama Looking for Trouble (Hoxie) Western Outside the Law (ChaneylDean) Crook melodrama Rolling Home (Denny) Farce comedy Phantom Bullet (Hoot Gibson) Western Rustler’s Ranch (Acord) Western Love Thief (Norman Kerry) Romantic drama Chasing Trouble (Morrison) Action western Bucking the Truth (Morrison) Action western Marriage Clause (Lois Weber) .Drama Under Western Skies (Norman Kerry). ...Western The Terror (Art Acord) Western Man in the Saddle (Gibson) Western Poker Faces (HortonLaPlante) Farce comedy Whole Town’s Talking (E. E. Horton).... Farce comedy Wild Horse Stampede (Hoxie) Western Runaway Express (Daugherty-Mehaffy...R. R. thriller Her Big Night (Laura LaPlante) Farce comedy Old Soak (Jean Hersholt) Comedy drama Texas Streak (Hoot Gibson) Thrill western Ice Flood (Harlan-Dana) Lumber camp melo.... Yellow Back (Fred Humes) Western Take It from Me (Reginald Denny) Comedy drama Michael Strogoff _. Russian Melodrama ... ‘Spangles (O’Malley-Nixon) Circus comedy-dr Buckaroo Kid (Hoot Gibson) Farce-drama-western .. Red Hot Leather (Hoxie) Western Man from the West (Acord) Blue Streak Western Cheerful Fraud (Denny) Farce comedy Prowlers of the Night. (Humes) Blue Streak western... Silent Rider (Hoot Gibson) Western Short Subjects Trapped (Fred Humes) Short western There She Goes (Wanda Wiley) Comedy Buster’s Girl Friend Buster Brown series Papa’s Mama (Arthur Lake) Comedy Buster’s Heartbeats Buster Brown daredevil Daisy (Edna Marian) Comedy Love’s Labor Lost (Edwards) Comedy Do or Bust (Edwards) • Comedy 1926 .May 1.. 7,750 May 2.. 8.767 May 8.. s.362 May '. 15.. 8,000 May ; 22.. 6,831 .May 28.. 5,820 • June 5.. 5.230 • June 12.. 6,822 •June 19.. 4,304 • June 26.. 4,305 3.. 10.. 7,680 6,352 .Tuly 10.. 4,862 n 17.. 24.. . 5,492 . 7,808 14.. . 6,662 • July 31.. . 4,776 .Aug. 28.. 5,865 .Sept. 4.. 7,603 11.. 7,445 25.. . 6,251 2.. . 5,747 9., . 4,766 16.. 6,649 30.. . 9,315 .Nov. 6. . 5,633 20.. . 6,107 27.. . 4,535 4. . 4,474 11.. 6.945 18. . 4,390 25.. . 5,598 ..Tulv 3., . 2,000 •July ..Tuly 10.. 10.. . 2,000 . 2.000 ..Tuly 10.. 1,000 •July 17. . 2,000 July 17. . 2,000 July 17. . l.oon July 17. . 1,000 Motor Trouble (Chas. King) Mixed Doubles (Puffy) Fire Barrier Village Cut-Up (Lake). Under Desert Skies Thirteenth Man (Puffy) Op’ry House Tonight (Lake) Who’s Next? (Edwards) Thrilling Romance (Wiiey).... ...... Little Warrior (Sedgwick) Wide Open Faces (Puffy) His Girl Friend (Edna Marian) Mixed Brides (Wiley) When East Meets West Pep of the Lazy J (Cobb) Buster’s Orphan Party Don’t Be a Dummy (Lake) It’s All Over Now (Edwards) Shoot ’Em Up Kid (F. Gilman) Wait a Bit (Earl Mack) Don’t Shoot (Mower) Tiddly Winks (Lake) Jane’s Predicament (Wiley) Rustler by Proxy (Hume) And George Did (Saylor) Jim Hearn’s Ghost (Sedgewick) .... Buster Helps Dad Two Dollars, Please (Edwards) .... The Newlyweds’ Neighbors Wives and Wemen (Chas. Puffy).. Jane’s Inheritance (Wiley) Olga’s Boatman (Edwards) Which is Which? (Chas. King) .... Jane’s Troubles (Wiley) Wanted a Bride (Arthur Lake) The Collegians Fighting With Buffalo Bill A Man’s Size Pet Never Again For Cryin’ Out Loud Lots of Grief Pinnacle Rider (Mower Pioneer Blood (F. Gilman) Show Cow Puncher (Cobb) Too Much Sleep (A. Lake) When Bonita Rode Wild Bill (Chas. Puffy) Jane’s Engagement Party.._ Barely Reasonable (D. Kitchin) Lone Prairie (G. Magrill) Business Worries (Arthur Lake)... Please Excuse Me The Big Surprise Snook urns’ Outing What Price Pleasure? (Edwards) ., Better Luck ; Martin of the Mounted (Gilman).... Fighting Strain (C. Witzel) Hook or Crook (Puffy) Buster Prize Winner A Second-Hand Excuse Switching Sleepers (Arthur Lake) Sweetheart Daze (Edwards) Last Lap A Close Call . Snookums’ Merry Christmas Hen Punchers of Piperocfc Trail of Trickery (Cobb) Honeymoon Quickstep (Lake) Around the Bases Little Pest (Neely Edwards) Rooms for Rent Too Much Progress in Piperock Buster’s Sleigh Ride Fighting Spirit Buster’s Picnic Kind of Picture Review. Feet Comedy July 17.. Comedy July 17.. • Short western July 24.. Comedy July 24.. • Short western July 24.. .Comedy July 24.. • Comedy July 31.. • Comedy July 31.. • Comedy July 31.. • Short western July 31.. • Comedy Aug. 7.. • Comedy Aug. 7.. • Comedy Aug. 14.. • Mustang comedy Aug. 14.. • Short western Aug. 14.. • Buster Brown series Aug. 14.. • Comedy Aug. 21.. -Comedy Aug. 21.. • Com.-dr. western Aug. 21.. • Comedy Aug. 21.. ■ Short western Aug. 21.. • Comedy Aug. 28.. • Comedy Aug. 28.. • Short western Aug. 28.. • Comedy Sept. 4.. • Short western Sept. 4.. • Buster Brown series Sept. 4.. • Bluebird comedy Sept. 4.. • Newlyweds series Sept. 11.. ■ Comedy Sept. 11.. .What Happened to Jane. ...Sept. 11.. • Blue Bird comedy Sep. 25.. • Excuse Maker Sep. 25.. • Stern Bros, comedy Oct. 2.. .Comedy Oct. 2.. . Series of 10 .Oct. 9. . .Pioneering serial Oct. 16.. .Western comedy Oct. 16.. .The Gumps Oct. 16.. .Bluebird comedy Oct. 16.. .Gump comedy Oct. 16.. .Mustang western Oct. 16.. . Mustang western Oct. 23.. • Mustang western Oct. 23.. • Comedy Oct. 23.. .Mustang western Oct. 30.. .Fat man comedy ..Oct. 30.. • What Happened to Jane.. Nov. 6.. .Mustang comedy Nov. 6.. • Universal western Nov. 6.. ■ Comedy Nov. 6.. • Excuse Maker com Nov. 6.. .Gump comedy Nov. 13.. .Newlyweds comedy Nov. 13.. ■ Bluebird comedy Nov. 13.. • Gump comedy Nov. 20.. • Mounted police Nov. 20.. • Western Nov. 20.. • Bluebird comedy Nov. 20.. ■ Buster Brown series Nov. 27.. • Excuse Makers Nov. 20. • Bluebird comedy Nov. 29., • Bluebird comedy Nov. 29.. • Collegians No. 4 Nov. 29. • Gump series Nov. 29. • Newlyweds series Nov. 29.. • Mustang western com Nov. 29. • Northwest drama Dec. 11.. • Comedy Dec. 11.. • Collegians series Dec. 11.. • Bluebird comedy Dec. 18.. • Andy Gump comedy Dec. 18.. ■ Tuttle western com Dec. 18.. -Buster Brown series Dec. 18.. ■ Collegians series Dec. 25.. • Buster Brown series' Dec. 25.. 2,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 4.000 2,666 2.000 1,000 2,000 2,000 2 rls 2 rls 1 rl 2 rls 1 rl , 2 rls 2 rls 2 rls . 1 rl 2 rls 2 rls. 2 rls. 1 rl. 2 rls 2 rls 2 rls 1 rl 2 rls , . 2rls .1 rl. .1 rl. .2 rls. .2 rls. .2 rls. .2 rls. 2 rls 1 rl 2 rls 1 rl 2 rls 2 rls . 2 rls 2 rls 2 rls WARNER BROS. 1925 Limited Mail (Monte Blue) Railroad melodrama Sep. 12.. 7,144 Wife Who Wasn’t Wanted (Rich) Romantic drama Sep. 19.. 6,858 His Majesty, Bunker Bean (M. Moore).. Farce comedy Sep. 26.. 7,291 Below the Line (Rin-Tin-Tin) Dog melodrama Oct. 3.. 6.053 Man on the Box (Syd Chaplin) Farce-comedy Oct. 10.. 7,481 Compromise (I. Rich, C. & Brook) Domestic drama Nov. 7.. 6,789 Red Hot Tires (Monte Blue) Farce comedy Nov. 7.. 6,500 Bobbed Hair (Prevost-Harlan) Comedy -melodrama Nov. 14.. 7,817 Rose of the World (P. R. Miller) Human interest drama Nov. 21.. 7,500 Clash of the Wolves (Rin-Tin-Tin) Curwood dog drama Nov. 28.. 6,478 Hogan’s Alley (Blue-Miller) Farce-comedy Dec. 5.. 6,310 Lady Windermere’s Fan (I. Rich) Stage classic Dec. 12.. 7,816 Seven Sinners (Prevost-Brook) Crook-action drama Dec. 19.. 6,927 Golden Cocoon (H. Chadwick-H. Gordon) Human interest melo Dec. 26.. 7,300 1926 Sea Beast (John Barrymore) Whaling epic Jan. 30.. 9,975 Oh, What a Nurse (Syd Chaplin) Farce-comedy Mar. 6.. 6,987 Cave Man (M. MoorePrevost) Farce-comedy Mar. 13.. 6,741 Bride of the Storm (D. Costello) Melodrama April 10.. 6,800 Night Cry (Rin-Tin-Tin) Dog melodrama April 24.. 6,300 Other Women’s Husbands (Blue) Comedy drama May 8.. 6,721 Hell Bent Fer Heaven (Miller) Mystery drama May 15.. 6,578 Little Irish Girl (D. Costello) Crook drama May 22.. 6,667 Why Girls Go Back Home (Miller) Comedy drama May 29.. 5,262 Silken Shackles (Irene Rich) Drama June 5.. 6.061 Social Highwayman (Devore-Love) Farce-comedy June 26.. 6,107 Footloose Widows (FazendaLogan) Farce-comedy July 3.. 7,163 Don Juan (John Barrymore) Romantic drama Aug. 21.. 10,018 Across the Pacific (Monte Blue) Melodrama Oct. 16.. 6,945 My Official Wife (Rich-Tearle) Drama •...Nov. 6.. 7.846 Private Izzy Murphy (Jessel) Comedy Oct. 30.. 7,88? The Better ’Ole (Syd Qiaplin) Supercomedy Oct 23.. 8,64? Millionaires (SidneyFazenda -Gordon) Heart-int. Hebrew com Nov. 20. .6503 While London Sleeps (Rin-Tin-Tin) Dog melodrama Dec. 11.. 5,810 Third Degree (D. Costello) Melodrama Finger Prints (Fazenda) Comedy drama