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 #:
000868
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:
February 15, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD Motion Picture Exhibitors Do you realize that the National Independent Moving Picture Alliance Is made up of all the American Film Manufacturers and all the prominent Importers of the very best makes of European Film as well as every Film buying Independent Exchange in America, and have entered the field to protect themselves as well as the Exhibitor from the Trust, whose ultimate object is to control the Film Exchanges, thereby controlling the prices to Exhibitors? " You pay the Fiddler." Give the Independent Exchanges your support and help us protect you and the Exchange. If you are already patronizing an Independent Exchange and are suspicious that they are not buying Film, write the Secretary for the desired information. The Independent Exchanges can now furnish you six American made reels weekly, (and by December 31st, five reels more.) In addition the Independent Importers place on the market not less than seventeen reels weekly of the finest Film made in Europe. The Alliance will protect Independent Exhibitors against legal prosecution or persecution by the Trust, and will also compel exchanges to "live up" to agreements made with their customers. Fair Treatment, Quality Film, No License and No Royalties OUR MOTTO : Get in the " Band Wagon " and Break the Trust ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT MOVING PICTURE ALLIANCE 160-164 East Lake Street Chicago, 111. PITTSBURG McRENNA NEW YORK Your FrontIs Your Best " Ad " "Write tis for Catalog of Brass Railings. Sign Easels, Grilles. Etc. McKENNA BROS. BRASS CO. First At*, and Rosa St. PITTSBURG 738 Broadway NEW YORK