Motion Picture News (Sep-Oct 1922)

Page scan 000973 from Motion Picture News

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Sep-Oct 1922
Publisher:
New York, Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture News (Sep-Oct 1922)
Leaf #:
000973
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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8 GREAT INCE SPECIALS for 1922-1923 The day of the mediocre screen production is past. Appealing novelty is the demand today of the great screen following which has grown from a handful of curiosity seekers gathered in a two by four theatre, badly lighted and more badly ventilated, to vast audiences from every walk of life. The motion picture has became the great American amusement. Why? Because countless millions are being spent each year for ideas, settings, faces, costumes which are novel , which give the world at large something new to think about, something new to talk about; which furnish entertainment that take people out of the rut and routine of prosaic every day life into the electrifying atmosphere of the dramatic and the romantic. In all my forthcoming specials for the coming season — 1 have kept in constant sight the audience value of appealing novelty. Each production has been based on a story of intrinsic merit. There never has existed a public which will pay money to be bored. I send forth my late productions in full confidence that the box-ofHce gauge which is an unfailing test of public favor will register a record high water mark. tributi on by ASSOCIATED FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES, INC.