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 #:
000738
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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732 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD Don't Throw Away Your Profits If you start business with an inferior machine, that gives shaky and indistinct pictures, the same crowd won't go to your show twice — you're throwing away your patronage before you've gained it, and eating up your income on repairs. THE EDLSON RINETOSCOPE is the machine on which you can depend to give the clearest, steadiest pictures, bring back the same crowd time after time and build you a paying business from the start. It requires fewest repairs, and will outwear any other motion picture machine made. Write to-day for booklet giving full details, and a copy of the Edison Kinetogram. EDISON FILMS Releases of November 16th and 19th RELEASED NOVEMBER 16. THE IMP OF THE BOTTLE Dramatic A sailor comes into possession of a bottle which possesses the magic property oC being able to gratify every wish but which condemns its custodian to eternal punishment. His attempts to dispose of it form the thread of this startlingly dramatic film. The photography is excellent. No. 6545 Code, VERNTANUS Approx. Length, 750 feet A WINTER'S TALE Comedy. A short comedy film of the uproarious type. The bursting of a steam pipe in a kitchen on a particularly cold morning causes a chain of complications whose development will make a "hit" with any audience. No. 6546 Code, VERUMTAMEN Approx. Length, 250 feet RELEASED NOVEMBER 19. THREE THANKSGIVINGS Dramatic. Special Thanksgiving subject. The story of three epochs in a young fellow's life, bis early days at home on the farm, his surrender to the City's temptations and his reformation with its usual good fortune. Incomparably desirable for a Thanksgiving program. No. 6547 Code, VERUNO Approx. Length, 950 feet Releases of November 23rd and 26th RELEASED NOVEMBER 23. A ROSE OF THE TENDERLOIN Dramatic (Story by E. M. Townsend) No. 6543 , Code, VERUNTREUT Approx. Length, 940 feet RELEASED NOVEMBER 26. BLUEBEARD Dramatic No. 6549 Code, VERUNZIERT Approx. Length, 400 feet THANKSGIVING. THEN AND NOW Comedy No. 6550 Code, VERVAGUNT Approx. Length, 250 feet August 19. Annual celebration of School Children at Newark, N. J. 1909, in which 4,000 children took part. No. 6551 Code, VERVALTIJD open air exercises Approx. Length, 300 feet Edison Manufacturing Co. MAIN OFFICE and FACTORY: 72 LAKESIDE AVE., ORANOB, N. J. New York Office: 10 Fifth Avenue. Chicago Office: 90 Wabash Ave. Office for United Kingdom: Edison Works, Victoria Road, Willesden, N. W., England. Selling Agents P. L. WATERS, 41 E. 21st St., New York. GEORGE BRECK, 70 Turk St., San Francisco, Cal. Dealers in All Principal Cities BRAYTON SLIDES BABY VOTING CONTEST YOUNG LADIES CONTEST Special Price during November, Plain 40c, Colored 50c. TicHels for these Contests. Coupon Roll (2,000 jOc. We (lake only nigh Class Art Slides for All Purposes BRAYTON MANUFACTURING COHPANY, 122 E. Randolph Street, Chicago FILMS HOWARD MOVING PICTURE GO. Repair Work a Specialty. Agents for Monograph, Power's and Edison Machines. Supplies and Sundries. FILMS 564 Washington Established 1891. Street, (Opposite Adams House). Boston Mi Incorporated 1908. Rent 2 Reels $6 A week three changes. Roll Tickets per 1000 . . . . $ .10 5/8x 6 Electra Carbons per 100. 2.25 Cement per bottle 10 Condensors pure white crystal Each 55 Metal Slide Carriers, each . . .75 Opaque per jar 20 Cover Glasses per dozen. . . .08 Pathe I reres Passion Play for Rent Dealers In all makes of machines. Slightly used films $7.50 per reel up. STERLING FILM CO. 32 Union Square New York Our New Catalog of SLIDKS of ALL KINDS will be ready for distribution about the 15th of November. It is profusely illustrated with half tone reproductions of our 3 FOR A DOLLAR Announcement slides, as well as showing a varied line of special ad-slides. We would like to mail every exhibitor a copy. It will mean satisfaction and money for you. THE NEOSHO SLIDE COMPANY IOO So. Wood St., Neosho, Mo. TITLE POSTERS BEST FOR C CENTS LOBBY DISPLAY O EACH SEND FOR FREE SAMPLE Posters for all licensed film subjects, published week previous to release date. TITLE 23 POSTER. CO. 233 Bowery New York City TELEPHONE 1*94 ORCHARD Immediate Shipment WE CARRY OPERA CHAIRS IN STOCK If you want a GOOD CHAIR, at a LOW PRICE, we have It. In qulrles answered game day as received. Ask for Caiiloj No. 305 H.STAFFORD MFC. CO. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS