Motion Picture News (Mar-Apr 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Mar-Apr 1923
Author:
Motion Picture News, Inc.
Publisher:
Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture News (Mar-Apr 1923)
Leaf #:
00015
Language:
English
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:
Motion Picture News was the leading film industry trade journal during the 1920s. Founded in 1908 as a counterweight to the dominant Moving Picture World, the News was the voice for the independent, non-Trust, producers. Later Motion Picture News expanded its coverage to the entire industry, supporting the independent exhibitor with objective film reviews, summaries of programs at theatres across the nation, activities of regional exchanges in the cities with regional exchanges, and excellent coverage of the coming of sound and screenings and stage shots at the major New York City theatres. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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March s , 1923 989 Millions are Eagerly Waiting for THE MESSAGE OF EMILE COUE To tiio American Publie: Despairing of beint able to carry my .aeesiage of self-help through autosuggestion to all those who cited for It here, I accepted the plan of By friende end cave it to the cinema which reaches millions throughout the entire country. I found a sympathetic group of men who make moving pictures, and working with them, I have endeavoured to place ny message on the screen in such c msnner as would be understood by everyone. Before the picture waa made, I went over the scenario time and again and cade sure that each point taa brought out in the clearest possible way. The completed picture carries my meesage in the uoet graphic maimer possible and I am f;lod to endorse it and give it my approval as the bost possible picturization of what I have taught for a score of years and will teach until the end. Anyone seeing the picture will be able to understand, and I feel sure that hundreds of thousands will be helped to help themselves by seeing the lesion it tells. 1 consider the picture a masterpiece and 1 have no hesitation In entrusting to it the tasl: of carrying my message to the people of America and the v/orld, knowing full well that it sill instruct millions where I can only reach hundreds. The message of helpful autosuggestion must go on and I feel sure this picture will carry it to every home in this country. Uor* than this, I feel sure that the message will be properly carried and pill give the greatest possible help to all who see it. M. COUE was so determined that his message should be given properly that he rejected many production offers before agreeing to APPEAR PERSONALLY in this SPECIAL Read what he says about his finished picture Produced by Motion Picture Arts, Inc* Directed by John L. McCutcheon EDUCATIONAL F7LM EXCHANGES, INC. E. W. HAMMONS, President