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 #:
000132
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:
May 30, 2024
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462 Motion Picture News Are You One of the Very Few Exhibitors Who Still Persist in Thinking They Can Get Along Without the News Reel? DO YOU KNOW that some of the biggest exhibitors in the country give the news reels credit for fifty percent of the drawing power of their program? DO YOU KNOW that more people every day, everywhere, are demanding from exhibitors as their right, world news in picture form? IN PROOF OF THESE FACTS we tell you that International News’ sales have jumped in leaps and bounds in the last year and new contracts are coming in daily. There are still a few isolated cases where exhibitors are not playing this news reel and where perhaps their patrons have not yet made a demand for it. But it will come — the germ of picture news desire is in the air, it is sweeping the entire country, and there isn’t a chance that any community will escape. DON’T let the feeling get a foothold in the minds of your people that you are depriving them of something they ought to have. Even a few dissatisfied customers can create an army of malcontents; AND WE DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT’S MUCH EASIER TO KEEP PATRONAGE THAN IT IS TO BRING IT BACK AFTER IT STARTS TO DRIFT AWAY. Keep your people satisfied. Give them what they want. NOW IS THE TIME TO BOOK. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Released through UNIVERSAL