Moving Picture World (Jun 1919)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jun 1919
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jun 1919)
Leaf #:
000542
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:
May 23, 2024
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1870 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD June 28, 1919 What will Charles M. Schwab and 99 other notables say? 9 What will members of President Wilson's Cabinet say? 9 What will Theodore Roosevelt and 99 other notables say? What will Champ Clark and 99 other notables say? 9 What will General March and 99 other notables say? What will Governor Smith and 99 other notables say? 9 What will Jacob H. Schiff and 99 other notables say? PRIVATE MLNSON, LIELT.-COL. WHITTLESEY, MAJOR McMURTRY, CORPORAL CEPAGLIA Four veterans of "The Lost Battalion," re-enacting the historic episode of reading the Hun's written demand to surrender. Jury of 100 Famous Americans to Bring in a Written Verdict on "THE LOST BATTALION" The nation's notables like Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, Champ Clark, Chas. M. Schwab, Theodore Roosevelt, Jacob H. Schiff, Mrs. Ballington Booth, General Peyton C. March, Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army, Governor Alfred 11. Smith and over half a hundred other Governors and United States Senators have pledged their word that they would write over their signature's a verdict on "The Lost Battalion," -which will shortly have its initial showing. WHAT WILL THEIR VERDICT BE? It is awaited with intense interest. Never before in the history of the screen have so many famous people consented to pass .judgment on a photoplay. They will weigh the accuracy for instance of the above scene showing Lieutenant Colonel Whittlesey (himself) and other actual survivors reading the original note sent by the Boches to "The Lost Battalion" demanding surrender. This note of historic value will be published on the screen for the first time. And yet it is only one of many surprises of "The Lost Battalion" the phenomenal appeal of which is attributed to its new technique combining history in the making with a story of -freshness and charm. Reenacted by the survivors of "The Lost Battalion." IV /f A/T f^ L * THE PROVING GROUND MaClVlanUS LOrpOratlOn 2 West 47th Street, New York