Motion Picture News (March 1917)

Page scan 00078 from Motion Picture News

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
March 1917
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News
Volume:
Motion Picture News (March 1917)
Leaf #:
00078
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:
July 11, 2024
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1362 R. EXHIBITOR :— Do you realize the importance of your single reel pictures ? Our single reelers are features — and are treated as such. Our entire organization is devoting its greatest efforts to produce the unusual and combine 3 in 1 — Scenic, Story, Comedy. You will find these three important elements in our one-reel Robert C. Bruce, American Adventure Pictures. MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 15. No. 9 MR. PETER MILNE, of the M. P. News, in his review of " Mammals of Strange Form " (500 feet) from Ditmars' " Living Book of Nature," said : " It gives the spectator a laugh hand in hand with a lesson, — is one of the most comical sights zve have seen in a month. Chaplin, was the other." These pictures also combine 3 in 1 — Educational, Story, Comedy. HP HE Strand, Broadway, New York, has been featuring these pictures for the past eighteen consecutive weeks, and will continue. Seattle, Living Book of Nature" at the Following Exchanges; Consolidated Film Corp., San cisco and Los Angeles Celebrated Players Co., Chicago, 111. INDIANA, ILLINOIS The J. A. Cressey Interests, Dallas, Texas TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, TENNESSEE, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA Standard Film Service Co., Cleveland, Ohio OHIO AND KENTUCKY Zenith Feature Film Co., Minneapolis, Minn. WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA, NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA ARIZONA, VADA CALIFORNIA, Peerless Feature Film Exchange, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY Metro Film Service Co., Washington, D. C. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND Book our other Scenics and Educationals at the Following Exchanges: Photoplay Exchange, Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Photoplay Exchange, Denver, Colo. SOUTHERN IDAHO — EASTERN MONTANA — WYOMING — UTAH — COLORADO — NEW MEXICO Peerless Feature Film Exchange, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. EASTERN PA. AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY Consolidated Film Corp., San Francisco and Los Angeles ARIZONA — CALIFORNIA — NEVADA Educational & Children's Films Co., Kansas City, Mo. MISSOURI — KANSAS — NEBRASKA—IOWA Lambson Film Exchange, Inc., Seattle, Wash. OREGON — WASHINGTON — NORTHERN IDAHO — WESTERN MONTANA Zenith Feature Film Co., Minneapolis MINNESOTA — WISCONSIN — N. & S. DAKOTA Regal Films, Ltd., Toronto, Canada DOMINION OF CANADA Ediootonal Fn ms Corporation Be sure to mention " MOTION PICTURE NEWS " when writing to advertisers