Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Sep 1916
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)
Leaf #:
000686
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:
September 21, 2023
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206Z THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 30, 1916 To Exhibitors Seeking Better Service and Better Photoplays To facilitate the production of better features and to give exhibitors the best service, Essanay has entered a distributing organization to be known as the KLEINEEDISON-SELIG-ESSANAY SERVICE. Quality rather than quantity will be Essanay's aim. Features of five to eight reels will be released at irregular intervals, but of sufficient frequency to place before the public annually a great number of stars and desirable productions. Besides new features, all those formerly released through V-L-S-E can be booked through the new organization, including "The Sting of Victory," "According to the Code," "That Sort," "Sherlock Holmes," "The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row," "Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen," "The Havoc," "The Discard," "Vultures of Society," "The Misleading Lady," "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines," "A Daughter of the City," "The Alster Case," "The Raven," "The Crimson Wing," "The Man Trail," "The Blindness of Virtue," "In the Palace of the King," "The White Sister," "The Slim Princess" and "Graustark." GEORGE K. SPOOR, President, Essanay Film Mfg. Co.