Moving Picture World (Oct 1917)

Page scan 000734 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 #:
000734
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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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD October 27, 1917 Calendar of Daily Program Releases Releases for Weeks Ending October 27 and November 3 For Extended Table of Current Releases See Pages 588, 590, 592, 594. Universal Film Mfg. Company Mutual Film Corporation RJSI.BLA.8B8 I'OU WEEK OF OCTOBER 22, 1917. GOLD SEAL — The End of the Run (Three Parts — Drama) NESTOR — A Fire Escape Finish (Comedy) L-KO — Fat and Furious (Two Parts — Comedy) UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY NO. 95 (Topical) STAR PBATURBTTB— Little Marian's Triumph (Two Parts — Drama) JOKER — The Tight Wad (Comedy) VICTOR — What'll "We Do With Uncle (Comedy) UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE— Issue No. 42 (Education) UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS— Issue No. 24 (Topical) JOKER — A Wise Dummy (Comedy) BISON — The Getaway (Two Parts — Drama) UNIVERSAL SPECIAL. — The Red Ace (Episode No. 2 — "The Lure of the Unattainable" — Two Parts 02746 02747 02748 02749 02750 02751 02752 02754 02755 02756 MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1917. MUTUAL SPECIALS— The Adventurer (Charlie Chaplin Picture No. 12 — Two Parts — Comedy) 05836-37 MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— The Unforseen (Frohman— Six Parts— Drama) 05838-39-40-41-42-43 MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— The Sea Monster (American—Five Parts— Drama) 05844-45-46-47-48 • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1917. STRAND — And Along Came Mary (Comedy) 05849 "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917. MUTUAL— Mutual Weekly No. 147 (Topical) 05850 CUB — Jerry's Soft Snap (Comedy) 05851 GAUMONT— Reel Life No. 78— Subjects on reel: Rocky Mountain Jay; Then and Now, or, High Living Cost Wins the Race; Queer Trees of Trinidad; Dining on Wheels — How the American Traveler is Fed; Animated Drawings from "Life"; The Apparel and the Man; Not Guilty 05852 SIGNAL — The Lost Express (Episode No. 6 — "High Voltage" — Two Parts — Drama) 05853-54 RELEASES FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 29. GOLD SEAL — The Mysterious Iron Ring (An episode of the Perils of the Secret Service — Three Parts — Drama) JOKER — A Bad Little Good Man (Comedy) L-KO— Even As Him and Her (Two Parts— Comedy) UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY— Weekly No. 96 (Topical) NESTOR STAR FEATURETTE — The Shame of a Chaperon (Two Parts — Comedy) JOKER— I Quit (Comedy) VICTOR— The Fifth Boy (Comedy-Drama) UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE— Issue No. 43 Educational) UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS— Issue No. 25 (Topical) JOKER— A Devil With the Wimmin (Comedy) BISON — Danger Ahead (Two Parts — Drama) UNIVERSAL SPECIAL— The Red Ace (Episode No. 3 — "The Leap for Liberty" — Two Parts — Drama 02759 02760 02761 02763 02764 02765 02767 02768 02769 MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1917. MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— A Daughter of Maryland (Goodrich — Five Parts — Drama). 05855-56-57-58-59 MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— Peggy Leads the Way (American — Five Parts — Drama) 05860-61-62-63-64 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917. STRAND— A Two-Cylinder Courtship (Comedy) 05865 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1917. MUTUAL— Mutual Weekly No. 148 (Topical) 05866 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 191». CUB— Jerry's Lucky Day (Comedy) 05867 GAUMONT— Reel Life No. 79 (Subjects on reel: Building Our Modern Fleet; Important Industries of Argentina; An Unusual Foster Mother; A Dry Land Periscope; Had Your Mining Stock Panned out); (Animated Drawing from "Life") 05868 SIGNAL— The Lost Express (Episode No. 7— "The Race With the Limited") (Two Parts — Drama). 05869-70 BOUND VOLUMES OF THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD You Need Them in Your "Business ! Each issue of THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD re presents the fruit of studied effort on the part of expert! to provide just what the average reader of trade publi cations in the moving picture field can use to best advantage in his business. Since this is true, the bound volumes of THE MOVI NG PICTURE WORLD, each comprising the complete issues printed during a period of three months, take im mediate standing as The Reliable Reference Book of the Trade The Record of Moving Picture History la the Making NOW READY-VOL. 32 —APRIL TO JUNE, 1917 WE HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL Bound Volumes for the years 1912, 111], 1914, 1915 and 1916. Four volumes each year. Shipped »» per your instructions at $1.50 per volumetransportation charges additional. issue of THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD which has been printed since January 1, 1912. These issues are in bound volume form, and are invaluable to the wide-awake moving picture man. CHALMERS PUBLISHING CO., 1 7 Madison Ave., New York City