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 #:
000608
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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602 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD CHAMPION FILM FIRST EDITION OF MOTHER GOOSE SERIES AIMONDAY SPLIT-REEL RELEASED NOVEMBER 27th It's often difficultto release subjects that will interest everybody, but our Mother Goose pictures will hold you a captive by virtue of their eye-holding qualities. Free Display Sheets. Your patrons want to see this reel, Mr. Exhibitor. THE TWO BROWNS RELEASED NOVEMBER 29th Depicts the ultimate defeat of Joe Brown's purpose to niggardly supplant his rival, John Brown, in the favor of Virginia Dare. The point of interest lies in the complication of the two rivals' names. It's strong. Coming Split Reel— Yankee Doodle and "Our Navy" THE SECOND EDITION OF "MOTHER GOOSE SERIES." DECEMBER 4th. Both of the Mother Goose pictures have splendid advertising lobby sheets. us for them. Write Sold Through Motion Picture Dintrihuting A Sales Co. THE CHAMPION FILM COMPANY MARK M. DINTENFASS. General Manager 12 EAST 15th STREET, NEW YORK CITY SPECIAL THREE-SHEET POSTERS Besides our regular one-sheet posters, we have made unusually beautiful three-sheet posters for Kalem's *• ARRAH-NA-POGUE " PatHe's "CAIN AND ABEL" This "CAIN AND ABEL" three sheet, especially, is a most remarkable poster and you should see it. These posters can be secured from the licensed exchanges or direct from the A. B. C. COMPANY Cleveland. Ohio