Moving Picture World (March 1908)

Page scan 0001 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
March 1908
Publisher:
The World Photographic Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (March 1908)
Leaf #:
0001
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Q. David Bowers and Kathryn Fuller-Seeley
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:
August 29, 2022
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD i\.S OF ' Operating under *He BlOG] Offer a complete and regular supply of films of domestic and foreign manufacture through the following well-known agencies: ~ll KLEINE OPTICAL CO. ITALIAN "CINES" - - - - Chicago - - - - - New York ., ».«,„., & EARLE - - - Philadelphia AMERICAN MDTOSCOPE & BI06RAPH CO. - New York Controlling in addition to the films of the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company the entire output of— Gaumont Rossi B. W. Paul Urban-Eclipse Aquila Cricks & Sharp Lux . Theo. Pathe Graphic Cinematograph Co. Raleigh & Robert Warwick Society Italian "Cines" Ambrosio Hep worth Mfg. Co. Williamson & Co. A regular weekly supply of from 12 to 20 reels of splendid new subjects is now available. Films are Sold Outright Without All renters and users of films purchased from any of the above licensees are guaranteed abso- lute protection free of cost from any form of patent persecution, and are privileged to use such films upon projecting machines covered by the LOOP Patent of Latham. ■' ' ■ :■ ■