Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Jan-Feb 1922
Publisher:
New York, Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)
Leaf #:
00017
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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January 7 , 1922 347 “FOOLISH WIVES ’? Other exhibitors have said that I will be justified in asking terms that have never been dreamed of before. One man said, “Your company has done a thing no other concern ever dared to do. You are entitled to recognition for this. You are entitled to the very highest limit every exhibitor can give you.” It was this exhibitor who suggested that I ask you to make your very highest bid for “Foolish Wives”. Will you do it? Will you smash all precedent and tell me the very limit you can stand in order to have the honor of being the first to present the first million dollar production in your city? Will you demonstrate that my policy of giving moving picture theatres first chance is the right policy? With so much at stake I naturally reserve the right to accept or reject your bid; in either event, I am going to receive it in the best of faith, just as I ask you to accept this announcement. Universal Film MTg. Company T* y,T