Moving Picture World (Jun 1916)

Page scan 000226 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jun 1916
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jun 1916)
Leaf #:
000226
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:
June 27, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD June 10, 1916 Essanay Short Subjects Make Strong Programs Essanay selects its short subjects just as carefully as it does its features. It produces them with just as much care to detail. It uses its best stars in the leads. If you would strengthen your program book Essanay's one, two and three reel comedies and dramas. JOYCE FAIR is presented in "Orphan Joyce" A beautiful story of how a little orphan girl captures a band of robbers and saves her foster father from financial ruin. 2 act drama June 6 Vernon Howe Bailey's Sketch Book of Berlin Animated drawings of all the scenes of interest in the German capital. 1 reel with scenic June 7 DARWIN KARR and NELL CRAIG are presented in 44 Fools' Gold ยป> l"&sjsarrau, 1333 Argyle St.. Chicago A thrilling drama of a woman who is brought to the verge of ruin through the lure of the gaming table, but is saved by a detective who finds that her I. O. U's have been made out to a notorious criminal. 3 act drama June 10 General Film Service In answering advertisements, please mention The Moving Picture World