Moving Picture World (Oct 1917)

Page scan 000476 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Oct 1917
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Oct 1917)
Leaf #:
000476
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
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:
Moving Picture World, founded in 1907 by J.P. Chalmers, was one of the motion picture industry's first trade papers. Published on a weekly basis in New York City, Moving Picture World informed exhibitors about films available for rental and editorialized on behalf of the growing industry (improving the quality of movies through higher filmmaking standards, not government censorship, was a frequent topic). The paper reached its height in the mid-to-late-1910s--a fact reflected in the circulation figures and the huge amount of advertising that filled every issue during the period. In the 1920s, Moving Picture World lost ground to other competing weekly trade papers -- including Variety, Exhibitor's Herald, and Motion Picture News. In 1927, Moving Picture World ceased publication when it was acquired by Martin Quigley's Exhibitor's Herald. Across the 20 year run of Moving Picture World, readers can watch the transition from short film programs to feature films and witness the transition from the dominance of Edison's Trust to the rise of the "Independent" film companies that ultimately became the Hollywood studios. Silent film historians have utilized and cited Moving Picture World more frequently than any other trade paper, and the publication still has many insights left to offer. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012/2013
Date Added:
July 04, 2024
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October 20, 1917 _GENEmL FILM COMPAKY You Want Results 1. Your house crowded. 2. Your patrons gratified. 3. Your receipts SAVED— not paid out for films of doubtful value. That's Why Your One Best Bet is "The Further Adventures of Stingaree" j| kr^fcw Y 15 Master TwoReel Dramas By E. W. HORNUNG Author of "Raffles" A FEATURE ATTRACTION FOR 15 WEEKS AT TWO-REEL RENTAL "Stingaree excels even in comparison with so-called 'Super-Features.' " —MOTION PICTURE NEWS One-Reel Features DARE-DEVIL GEORGE LARKIN and OLLIEIKIRKBY in "The Mystery of Room 422" "A Deal in Bonds" "The Sign of the Scarf" "The Man with the Limp" Because of their extraordinary merit, these four episodes of /'GRANT, POLICE REPORTER" were selected and reserved for ONE-REEL FEATURES. FIRST RELEASE OCTOBER 18th Special "Ham" Comedies DON'T MISS THESE FIVE NEW ONE-REEL LAUGH-RIOTS "Politics in Pumpkin Center," "The Boot and The Loot," "A Whirlwind of Whiskers," "The Onion Magnate's Revenge," "The Bathtub Bandit." DISTRIBUTED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE GENERAL FILM COMPANY Four-color one, three and six-sheet Lithographs for all two-reel pictures and one and three-sheets for the single reels. KALEM COMPANY 235 West 23rd Street New York City