Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1909)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Jun 1909
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1909)
Leaf #:
000591
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
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:
February 15, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 575 LISTEN HERE, JUST FOR FUN ! ON THE TELEPHONE Hello, Is this 2775 Stuyvesant? Yes, Sir. — Italo-American Film Exchange? Yes, Sir. Who is that, please ? This is Mr. John, from Philadelphia -who -would liKe to have three new INDEPENDENT Reels of Film today. Have you got them ? — CERTAINLY ! All Right, I'll send my operator -with a checK for the weeK, and, please, do the best you can. As usual. All right, Mr. John, we will fill your order. Good bye. Good bye ! This is one of the many calls we receive every day. " THERE'S A REASON." ITALO-AMERICAN FILM EXCHANGE, 138 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. GRAND PRIX Awarded First Prize and Prize of Honor at the Cinematograph Exhibition at Hamburg, 1908 Released Saturday, May 1st Manufacturers of Films of Quality Photographic Excellence Unexcelled ^IfEfr* WINTER SPORTS AND GAMES AT STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 1909 Highly Interesting Subject Length about 459 feet SIAMESE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES PLAY A SIAMESE DRAMA Photographed by our staff now operating In the Oriental countries Released Wednesday, May 5th HARD WORKING ELEPHANTS Photographed by our operator In India Length about 402 feet BOXING MATCH Br Hallberg of Denmark and Young Joe Gaines "Baltimore Black" Lively contest of four rounds Length about 328 feet Length about 354 feet GREAT NORTHERN FILM COMPANY NORDISK FILM COMPANY, COPENHAGEN 7 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET, NEW YORK CITY Licensee under the Biograph Patents. All purchaser's and users of our Film will be protected by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company