Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1918)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Sept-Oct 1918
Author:
Motion Picture News, Inc.
Publisher:
New York, Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news (Sept-Oct 1918)
Leaf #:
000645
Language:
English
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:
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
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

September 28 , 1 9 1 8 2031 OFFICIAL PICTURES JTT 'FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM" Til consists of a marvelous series of OFFICIAL BRITISH WAR PICTURES, procurable nowhere, from no film concern nor Exchange, except UNIVERSAL. Bear that in mind. These are positively and absolutely the greatest series of Official War Pictures ever released exclusively thru UNIVERSAL. 7 huge episodes showing the tremendous side the British have played in this colossal conflict. Something your people have NOT seen except in these pictures and this series. gTf Episode No. 4, is entitled "THRILL\U ING FEATS OF THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS" and shows aerial stunts that will amaze you. Shows the hero Lieutenant Bishop, the great Canadian Ace who fell 20C0 feet and still lives. Shows the maneuvers of the fearless Canucks, Australians and English, in their aerial battles, bomb dropping operations and flying formations. Wonderful scenes that will make your people clamor to see every episode. Great paper. Book thru ANY Universal Exchange or communicate with the — UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY Largest Film Manufacturing Company in the Universe 1600 BROADWAY CARL LAEMMLE, President NEW YORK