Motion Picture News (Jul-Oct 1915)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Jul-Oct 1915
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News
Volume:
Motion Picture News (Jul-Oct 1915)
Leaf #:
000779
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
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:
November 17, 2022
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August 14, 1915. MOTION PICTJRE NEWS 93 CENTRAL FILM SELLS 86 PRINTS OF EASTLAND DISASTER Special to Motion Picture News Chicago, Aug. 3. THE Chicago "Tribune" pictures of the Eastland disaster are being booked independent of the Chicago "Tribune" weekly through the Central Film Company. One thousand feet of film has been selected from the pictures taken by the "Tribune" cameramen, who were on the scene fifteen minutes after the Eastland, with its twenty-five hundred passengers, capsized at a dock in the Chicago river. The photography of this film is most clear, which, considering the fact that the pictures were taken during a drizzling rain, is quite remarkable. The film selected to make up this one thousand-foot reel shows the rescue work in taking the victims from the wrecked hull; the dragging of the Chicago river for bodies; the enormous crowds gathered on the bridges and in the streets; the loading of the bodies on ambulances improvised from delivery trucks; pictures of some of the survivors; the lines of relatives and friends stretching for many blocks from the second regiment armory, used as a morgue. The proceeds from these pictures will be donated to a fund which is being raised to aid those affected by the Eastland disaster. Mr. Spanuth, manager of the Central Film Company, reports that two days after the announcement of these pictures, he had received two thousand telegrams from exhibitors and had sold eighty-six prints outright. MARY PICKFORD PREPARES FOR ROLE OF "MADAM BUTTERFLY" THAT Mary Pickford will create her own interpretation of the famous role of Cio-Cio-San in "Madame Butterfly" for the Famous Players Film Company is one of the most interesting artistic announcements that has been recently made. Miss Pickford has engaged a Japanese companion, that she may familiarize herself with every mannerism and feature of Japanese as a preliminary to undertaking the life role of the little Geisha girl. FOR RENT IN Youngstown, Ohio 1500-seat house to be built in the best possible location with all the latest improvements. Would not this be an addition to your chain of theatres? Write or wire for further details. The Realty Trust Company Youngstown, Ohio ll .MM : i i 1 1 ! ! : 1 1 ; i : : 1 1 . : . : . ; . I : ; ; . : : : l ; < l : . : : : 1 1 ! I : ' ■ i " " ' : ■ : 1 1 1 . ■ i ; ■ 1 1 ■ i ; . ; _ . i ■ . . ■ . . Film Business on Business Basis Associated Service FIRST RELEASES The Woman He Married .... 2R Curing Bill . ! R The Vampire's Victim 1 R Borrowing Hogan 2R A Kentucky Girl 2R Don't Be a Donkey 1 R Her Devoted Son 3R Nothing But Love 1 R A Shattered Romance 2R Only Jake 1R The Sheriff and the Bandit . . . 2R Drama Ramona Comedy Banner Drama Alhambra Comedy Santa Barbara Drama (Mountain) Navajo Comedy Banner Drama Liberty Comedy Federal Drama Deer Comedy Bee Bee Drama (Western) .Empire GOTHAM PROGRAM, Inc. New York Arthur Bard, General Manager Los Angeles The "News" advertisers believe YOU worth while; justify them.