Moving Picture World (March 1908)

Page scan 00097 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 #:
00097
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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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274 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD TRADE DIRECTORY. * : 'nten in th« Film Service Association ALABAMA. Batter Film Service, 116 21st St., Birmingham. -Southern Film Exchange, 193 N. 20th St., Bir- mingham. Theater Film Supply Co., Birmingham. CALIFORNIA. •Geo. Breck, 550 Grove St, San Francisco. Clune Film Exchange, 727 So. Main St., Los Angeles. Miles Bros., 790 Turk St, San Francisco. Novelty Moving Picture Co., 876 Eddy St., San Francisco. Talley Film Exchange, Los Angeles. COLORADO. •Chicago Film Exchange, Railway Exc Building, Denver. Eugene Cline & Co., 1021 Grand Ave., Denver. Denver Film Exchange, 713 Lincoln Ave., Denver. ■Globe Film Service, 2 Nassau Bit., Denver. Little & Pratt, Charles BIdg., Denver. ILLINOIS. CHICAGO. American Film Service, 641 Am. Trust Bldg. ■Chicago Film Exchange, 120 East Randolph St. Eugene Cline, 59 Dearborn St. -Globe Film Service. 79 Dearborn St Inter-Ocean Film Exchange, 59 Dearborn St Laemmle Film Service, 196 Lake St National Film Renting Co., 67 N. Clark St • Royal Film Service, 253 La Salle St. ^Schiller Film Exc, 103 E. Randolph St. Chicago. Standard Film Exchange, 79 Dearborn St W. H. Swanson ft Co., 79 So. Clark St Temple Film Co., Masonic Temple. Theater Film Service, 85 Dearborn St -fOthCentnry Optiscope Co.. 89 Dearborn St U. S. Film Exchange, 59 Dearborn St INDIANA Indianapolis Calcium Light & Film Exchange. 114 So. Capitol Ave. La mimi c Film Service, Evansville H. Lieber Co., Indianapolis. Luther Day Service Co., Moncie, Ind. - IOWA Pittsburg Calc Light and Film Co., Des Moines. KANSAS CITY. , Eugene Cline ft Co., 1021 Grand Ave.. Kansas City. -Charles M. Stebbins, 1028 Main at "W. H. Swanson & Co. 50th Century Optiscope Co., Shukert Bldg. Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main st LOUISIANA. Imported Film Supply Co.. New Orleans. W - ™ Swanson Dune Film Co., 620 Commercial PI.. New Orleans. Yale Film Renting Co., 220 Texas St, Shreveport MASSACHUSETTS. f. J. Howard, 564 Washington St, Boston. Miles Bros., Hub Theater, Boston. New England Film Exc, 682 Washington St, Boston. MICHIGAN. Michigan Film ft Supply Co., Butler Bldg., Detroit National Film Co., 100 Griswold St, Detroit ■Central Film ft Supply Co., Saginaw. Va'udette Film Exc, 103 Monroe St, Grand Rapids. MINNESOTA Eugene Cline ft Co., Minneapolis. Northwe stern Film Co., Minneapolis. Twin City Calcium & Stereopticon Co., 720 Henne- pin Ave., Minneapolis. MISSOURI. Eugene Cline & Co., St Louis. -O. T. Crawford, Gayety Theater, St Louis. Miles Bros., St Louis. W. H. Swanson St Louis Film Co., 813$$ Chest- nut St, St Louis. Western Film Exc, 841 Century Bldg. NEW YORK. Buffalo Film Exchange, 13 Genesee St, Buffalo. Imperial Moving Picture Co., 301 River St, Troy. - HEW YOM C1TT. Actograph Co., 50 Union Sq. Eleetograph Co., 199' Third Ave. Empire Film Co.. 106 Fulton St' Greater N. Y. Film Rental Co., 24 Union Sq. Harstn ft Co.. 13 E. 14th St Imperial Moving Picture Co.. 44 W. 28th St Improved Film Supply Co., 148 Delancey St Kinetograph Co., 41 E. 21st St Laemmle Film Service, 407 Flatiron Bldg. Miles Bros.. 259 Sixth Ave. Peoples' Film Exchange, 126 University PL Vitagraph Co.. 116 Nassau st Alfred Weiss Film Exchange, 219 Sixth Ave. OHIO. Eugene Cline ft Co., 717 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Kent Film Service. 218 Nicholas Bldg., Toledo. Lake Shore Film Co., Superior Bldg., Cleveland. Miles Bros.. Cleveland. National M. P. Supply Co., 1703 E. 55th St, Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio Film Exchange, 11 East Broad St, Columbus. Toledo Film Exchange. Spitzer Arcade. Superior Film Supply Co., 621 Nasby Bldg., Toledo. PENNSYLVANIA. Keystone Film and Supply Co., 6 Spooner Bldg., Harrisburg. PHILADELPHIA. C. A. Calehuff, 4th and Green Sts. Electric Theater Supply Co. S. Lubin, 21 So. 8th St Miles Bros., 1319 Market St Philadelohia Film Exc. 1229 N. Seventh St L. M. Swaab, 338 Spruce St MHSMBS, Columbia Film Exchange, 414 Ferguson Bldg. Harry Davis, 347 Fifth Ave. Duquesne Amusement Supply Co.. RalceweU Bldg. Pennsylvania Film Co., 403 Lewis Block. Pittsburg Calcium Light ft Film Co., 121 4th Ave. TEXAS. O. T. Crawford Film Exchange, El Paso. O. T.- Crawford Film Exchange Co., 214 Levy Building, Houston. Southern Talking Machine Co., Dallas. T. D. Wheelan, 339 Main St, Dallas. 20th Century Optiscope Co., Juaniata Bldg., Dallas. TENNESSEE. American Film Service, Memphis. Laemmle Film Service. 78 S. Front St, Memphis. MICHIGAN. Alpena Film Exchange, Beebe Bldg., Alpena. Central Supply Co., 114 N. Edwards St, Eih. mazoo. NBW YORK Consolidated Film Exchange, 143 E. 23d St ~Lr«ett, 302 East 23d St N. Y. Film Exchange. 7 E. 14th St American Exchange, 630 Halsey St, Brooklyn. Amusement Supply House, 110 Franklin St, Bat fala. OHIO. Cincinnati, Film Exchange, 214 W. 5th St, Cin- cinnati. Cleveland Film Renting Exchange, Citizens' Bask Bldg. . Eureka Film Exchange, Akron, O. Nolan Film Exchange, 11 Fountain Sq., Cinannati. People's Film Exc, 746 " Euclid ■ Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Southern Film Exchange, 148 W. Fifth St, Cin- cinnati, Ohio. Mullin Film Service. Solar.Bldg., Watertown. sburg Calcium Light & Film St, E, Rochester. Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 158 Main St, E., Rochester. . • * Talking Machine Co., 97 Main St, E., Rochester. Chicago Film Exchange, Omaha. Neb. Chicago Film. Exc, 601 14th St, N.^ W., Wash- ington; D. C. Eugene Cline & Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Edison Display Co., Seattle, Wash. Laemmle Film Service, Omaha, Neb. Miles Bros., Portland, Ore. Miles Bros-, Savannah. Ga. Miles Bros.. Munsev Bldg., Washington, D. C. Mitchell's Film Exchange, Little Rock, Ark. Monarch Film Exc. Oklahoma Citv, Okla. Montana Film Exchange, 41 N. Main St, Butte, Mont. Oklahoma Film Exchange, Oklahoma City. Pearce & Scheck, 223 N. Calvert St, Baltimore. Md. Theater Film Supply Co., Charlotte, N. C Theater Film Supoly Co.. A'igusta. Ga. Virginia Film Exchange, Norfolk, Va. Western Film Exchange, Mathews Bldg., Milwau- kee, Win. Trant & Wilson, 63 E. Third St, So., Salt Lake City, Utah. 20th Century Optiscope Co., Eccles Bldg., Ogden, Utah. Some Renters who ere not . in the Association BOSTON, MASS. W. E. Green, 228 Tremont St, Boston. Eastern Film Co.,. 578 Washington St, Boston, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Consolidated Film Co.. 913 Market St Harbach ft Co., 809 Filbert St Williams, Brown ft Earle, 918 Chestnut St American Film Exc, Wabash Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. American Film Exchange, 605 Wabash Bldg. Wonderland Film Exchange. 410 Market St Fort Pitt Film Supply Co., 803 House Office Bldg. - CHICAGO, ILL. Chicago Projecting Co., 225 Dearborn St Edison Display Co.. 67 South Clark st Kleine Optical Co., 52 State St Bennett A Pryor, Colusa, CaL Birmingham Film Exchange, 316 St Charles St, New Orleans. H. H Buckwalter, 713 Lincoln Ave, Denver. Canton Film Exchange, Canton. Cedar Rapids Film Exc, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Central Film Exchange, St Mary's, Pa- Consolidated Film Exchange, State St, Rochester. Crescent City Film Exc, 1002 Canal St, Nev Orleans, La. - __. - ___, Detroit Film Exchange, Newberry Bldg., Detroit Mass. -. ■ . _ ■ A J. GiUingham, Grand Rapids. Grover & Bell, 419 First Ave, Spokane, Wash. Goodfellow Film Mjfe Co., Detroit, Mich. Independent Film Exc, Masonic Temple, Chicago. Kleine Optical Co., 662 Sixth Ave. Kleine Optical Co., La Patrie Bide., Montreal, Can. Kleine Optical Co., Mehlhorn Bldg., Seattle, Wash. Kleine Optical Co., Traction Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. Kleine Optical Co., Boston Bldg.. Denver, Colo. Kleine Optical Co., 2008 Third Ave. Binmnghao. Ala. Kleine Optical Co., Commercial Bldg., Des Moines, Kleine Optical Co., 523 Commercial Bldg., St Louis, Mo. _ C. T. Littlepage Anthony, Kans. . • Los Angeles Film Exc, 638 So. Spring St, Los Angeles. ■ «.,„,«,.. Moore's Film Service, 400 9th St, N. W., Wash- incrton, D. C» * _* New "Jersey Film Exc, 371 Palisade Ave, W. Hoboken, N. J. _ - New York Motion. Picture Co., 1148 Scott St, -Northern Mlm^Excliange, 227 Fifth St, Minneip- Newman's Motion Picture Co., 293 Burnside St, Portland. Ore' _ _ . „._, <k—*j Omaha FilmExchange, 848 Brandes Bldg., Omaha Theater Palais Co., Suttle Bldg., MendUn, M.ss. World Film Exchange, 823 Union St, New Or- leans. CANADA Cinematograph Co., 67 St Catherine St, Montreal Dominion Film Exchange, 32 Queen St, Toronto. L. E. Ouimet, 624 St Catherine E., Montreal. Film M a>n«xf*>et«arers (Edlsoa l ilias es» »s). Edison Mfg. Co., 10 Fifth Ave, New York. Essanay Film Mfg. Co., Inc. SOI Wells St, Cto- •^~* C3ST0 III Kalem Company, 131 W. 24th St, New York. S.,Lubin. 21 S. 8th St, Philadelphia. Pa. Geo. Melies, 204 E. 38th St, New York. Pathe Freres, 41 W. 25th St, New York. Pathe Freres, 35 Randolph St, Chicago, III. Selig Polyscope Co., 41 Peck Court, Chicago, w- Vitagraph Co., 116 Nassau St, New York. * B h, Independent Manufacturers (BlosjvapZa S«Se@aa8e*s)> American Biograph Co, 11 E. 14th St, New York SocieU Italiana Cinea, 145 E. 23d St, New Yo* Williamson & Co.. 145 E. 23d St., NewWt Williams, Brown & Earle, 918 Chestnut St.. Bf* delphia, Pa., agents for Cricks ft Sharp, ht worth, and RTw. PauL , iaT Kleine Optical Co., 662. Sixth Ave Agents m Gaumont, Urban, Lux. Raleigh & , Ro -£^ Theo Pathe, Aquita, Wafcirdaw, Carlo Ross. Ambrosip. . • __■_ "_\-.. ..