Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1909)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
July-Dec 1909
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1909)
Leaf #:
000140
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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:
February 15, 2024
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'34 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD SELIC'S NEXT The Heart of a Race Tout Code Word, "Race Track" RELEASE DATE JULY 2<)lh Length, lOOO Feet Order from your film exchange and -watch results Selig Polyscope Co. <^^> 45 RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Kalem Films UNSURPASSED IN PHOTOGRAPHY Issue of July 30, 1909 THE FACTORY GIRL Length 850 Feet A fascinating drama depicting life among the mill workers of a little New England village. The dramatic climax taken on the bank of the mill race s particularly novel and striking. Exceptionally rich in the beauty of its scenic settings. Complete Lectures Free to All Applicants KALEM CO., Inc. EASTMAN KODAK BLDG. 235-239 W. 23d St., New York City INDEPENDENT FILMS Low Prices lor Summer. Take a chance and get something that you can.t say I HAD IT Your own price, your own pick, all new stuff. We don't even know how to spell g u n c. PURDY'S FILM EXCHANGE 300 East 23rd Street NEW YORK CITV Trade Mark Trade Mari BIOGRAPH FILMS RELEASED JULY 26, 1909. A CONVICT'S SACRIFICE Embittered Against the World, Yet a Man. This subject proves that the noblest work of God is man. Here we find a poor unfortunate, who, having served a long term in prison, is released to find the world against him. Hut there is one man who befriends him and gets him employment. Fate, however, conspires, and he. through no fault of liis own. is landed back in the terrible grind of prison life. The despotism of the guards, with renewed force, impels him to break for liberty, and in his flight he conies upon the one man who had been his friend. Fortune has frowned upon this man, who with poverty and illness faces starvation. The convict remembers, and forces the friend to accept the reward for his capture. LENGTH, 973 FEET. RELEASED JULY 29, 1909. THE SLAVE Noble Sacrifice of a Devoted Wife and Mother. A most beautiful subject of the Romanesque type, comprising a series of intensely dramatic and touching scenes. It tells of a Roman girl's rejection of a rich nobleman's suit in preference to the love of a poor sculptor, whom she marries. Ill-luck is their lot. and years later we rind them reduced to want, with a sick child added to their woe. The noble girl decides upon self-sacrifice, selling herself at the slave mart for that which may sustain her beloved ones. By strange fortuity she is bought by the attendant of the nobleman, who is at first elated, but learning of her sublime motive, sends her back to her home unsullied, where, upon returning, she finds the child has died. But then the pure, innocent spirit lias simply gone before to dispel the darkness and bring the dawn. LENGTH, 998 FEET. A Full Description of these Subjects will be Found on Another Page Release days of Biograph Subjects — MONDAY and THURSDAY Get on Our Mall List and Keep Posted. Write for Our Descriptive Circulars BIOGRAPH COMPANY Licensee of the Motion Picture Patents Co. 11 EAST !4th STREET NEW YORK