Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jul - Aug 1918
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)
Leaf #:
000225
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
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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July 13, 1918 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD Theodore C.Deitrick presents 173 DORIS KENYO Heading her own company, DELUXEPICTURES,mc.,/>t THE STREET OF SEVEN STARS "Ah unprecedentedly beautiful screen, idyl all smiles and tears]' by MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Head what the critics say of The Streetof Seven Stars: "A clean entertainment, full of heart interest that will appeal to all classes. Book this picture." — P. S. Harrison in Motion Picture News. "Breezy, whimsical, light bit of pathos, fun and romance that will please folks everywhere." — Wid. "This is indeed a picture de luxe, a step forward in motion picture building. It registers the biggest kind of a hit. This unprecedentedly beautiful screen idol, all smiles and tears, will afford pleasure to the world at large for many a day and should be booked all over the country. Doris Kenyon is in a class by herself, being of the spiritual type of feminine loveliness." — Marion Russell in Billboard. "If all pictures contained as much that is new and entertaining, there would always be something to look forward to." — Aileen St. John Brenon in Morning Telegraph. "It is pleasing to the eye, and Doris Kenyon is bewitching and radiantly beautiful." — Exhibitors' Trade Review. "Doris Kenyon is charming. Entertainment, story and photography are good, and the technical handling and acting throughout are very good." — Dramatic Mirror. "Doris Kenyon radiantly beautiful in a sweetly simple story." — New York Review. "A pretty story, full of quiet pathos and keen insight into life."— Moving Picture World. "It is irresistible. Doris Kenyon lends a charm and fascination to the picture that are quite distinctive."— N. Y. C. Evening Mail. READY NOW Directed by JOHN B. O'BRIEN Released througktkeWILLIAML SHERRY SERVICE Offices in all principal cities