Motion Picture News (Oct 1915)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Oct 1915
Publisher:
New York, Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture News (Oct 1915)
Leaf #:
00027
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
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:
May 30, 2024
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They said we couldn’t do it ! But we did. When we offered the motion picture trade high class, five reel features a few weeks ago at about half the usual price, a lot of people said we were crazy. We have since produced “AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN” and in four days after its first showing, sold the full quota of prints we had allotted to practically all the territory east of the Mississippi. Since then we have been cursed in several languages and three dialects by those who were left at the post and who failed to get in on the melon. Others who took our tip are coining money. At this writing the wires are running red with night letters from the corn belt, the mountain states and the exposition country— they’ll be gone soon. A few other single states are still open. A new era of film at Philadelphia prices is at hand. Already we are within feeling distance of the velvet, and we are making money selling good goods at half what you are paying for the old stuff. “FOR $5000 A YEAR” is almost ready, with Louise Huff, October 6th. You may have thought we had shot our bolt with “AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN,” but this second production is far superior. Better see if there is a chance for you. LIBERTY MOTION PICTURE CO. GERMANTOWN PHILADELPHIA The “News” advertisers believe YOU worth while; justify them.