Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1911)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Oct-Dec 1911
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1911)
Leaf #:
000535
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:
January 11, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD F29 ©^0^^^^^ TRADE MARK a&i v^otx^ The best machine is none too good for you if yourc going in the moving picture business to stay. If you're going to give good e.\liibitions, your machine is going to be busy all the time — a steady grind. You've got to have a machine good enough to withstand the wear and tear of constant work. If you start with a cheap machine, you'll have to buy a good machine later on — and that doubles up your outlay. Make your purchase an investment for all time by starting with THE EDISON KINETOSCOPE The Best Motion Picture Machine Made The Edison projects tiie clearest, steadiest pictures — none of the flicker, so hard on the eyes, that is the chief cause of failure of shows that use cheap machines. The Etlison will outlast any other motion picture machine made. It is the simplest, the most accessible, and all parts are interchangeable. Write to-day for complete particulars and copy of the Edison Kinototrram. SB l*'^!'' PI 1 ! 1 Scene from "HOME"-A Thanksfivioc SCory Edison Films TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. i "Life in the U. S. Army" Produced by Speciai Permiation of the War Departrr\*r\t . A Blm that will attra<^t atientloo all over the world. The blc 12-lDrh dlfappearlrc fruDS firing at and blltlnK a target orer Ore mile* awnj. will nink<r an andleii< . fairly rise out of their si»nts. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22nd "The Bo'sun's Watch" CAST. The Bo'aun £<luard O'Connor The Captain Rob?rt Brower His Dangbter Eltie McLecd Her Sweetheart Edvin Clarke ISedella Alice Waahboni When the ship arrived In port the bo'suu wanted to niah off and marry lils own Bedella. But the stern captain ordered him to remain uii dut; and Uiat began tl.e (<ouiplicatlon8. A comedy of types. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I4lh liomC J A Thanksgiving Story CAST. Mr. Carter Charles Ogle Mrs. Carter Miriam Netbitt Their Son Ilnrold M. 5Sb«« An Editor Frank Brownie* A Man .\boat Town Iiieelnw C<«T*r An Aoiress 7eanie McPhearion A Club Man Tale Benaer Full of tbe Thanksglrlng feeling and the aeatlment of borne. Ihln otorr will rearh thousandii of hearts. It tells how a personal, loaerted to rearb an absent son bad a far-reaching Inflnence. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25lh "A Perilous Ride" CAST . Ciilonel Commanding Fort Bent James Gordon His Daagbter Laura Saw^'r Captain Lorraine Herbert Prior A. S'ont Charles Sutton White Feather, an Indian Chief Richard N ; White Swan. His Daughter Mabel Trur-. , .\ story of milltarr and Indian life In the West at the time when Indian ni ">re (Ir«-:ulfil (Liily. Full ..f fxcltfinent and euicloyliii: a »b.le Iril. • I -h 1: THOMAS A. EDISON, Inc., 72 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J.