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Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

Page scan 000346 from Motion Picture News

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 #:
000346
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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674 Motion Picture News The hardest thing to produce in the moving picture business is a S I EADY SUPPLY of really good comedies. Every producer who has gone into the comedy business has made MORE POOR COMEDIES THAN GOOD ONES, always making an exception of Mr. Chaplin. The Universal has made its share of poor comedies along with other producers. We have made more poor ones than we ever released. We have a vault full of discarded ones. But a little over a year ago we started to hit the right stride in short comedies. I refer to the CENTURY COMEDIES. All through the year the Centuries have held up to a surprisingly high standard. Most comedy brands put out a few good ones and then take a frightful slump. But not the Centuries. They have hung on like a bulldog, so that I can honestly say I think they are the STEADIEST SUPPLY OF GOOD COMEDIES IN THE BUSINESS. BABY PEGGY *4 Sea Shore Shapes ” 4‘ A Muddy Bride ” Get-Rich-Quick Peggy HARRY SWEET Mama's Cowpuncher Possum ” The Dumb Bell ” Shipwrecked Among Animals BROWNIE THE WONDER DOG in “ Brownie’s Little Venus ’ “ Brownie’s Baby Doll ” “ Chums ” " Golfing ”