Moving Picture World (May 1919)

Page scan 000450 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
May 1919
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (May 1919)
Leaf #:
000450
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:
August 08, 2024
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994 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD May 17, 1919 BULLS EYE COMEDIES G A L E HIT THE MARK H E N R Y THE ELONGATED COMEDIENNE Released throu the following exchanges: INTERSTATE FILMS, Inc. 729 Seventh Are., New York, N. Y. BEE-HIVE EXCHANGE 207 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. BEE-HIVE EXCHANGE 109 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis, Ind. BEE-HIVE EXCHANGE 174 2nd St., Milwaukee, Wis. P. D. MARSON ATTRACTION CO. 26 Piedmont St., Boston, Mass. MASTERPIECE FILM ATTRACTIONS 1235 Vine St., Philadelphia. Pa. E. & H. FILM DISTRIBUTING CO. 73 Walton St., Atlanta, Ga. CAPITAL FILM SERVICE, Inc. 811 E. Washington St., Washington, D. C. ELTABRAN FILM CO. Piedmont Theatre Bldg., Charlotte, N. C. CONSOLIDATED FILM CORP. 90 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. Cal. CONSOLIDATED FILM CORP. Los Angeles, Cal. LIBERTY FILM RENTING CO. 938 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. STANDARD FILM SERVICE CO. 316 Sloan BIdg., Cleveland, O. STANDARD FILM SERVICE CO. Elizabeth and John R. Sts.. Detroit, Mich. STANDARD FILM SERVICE CO. 7th and Main Sts.. Cincinnati, O. ARROW PHOTO PLAYS CO. 1735 Walton St., Denver, Colo. CANADIAN FILM SERVICE, Ltd. 311 Orpheum BIdg., Vancouver, B. C. EQUITABLE FILM CORPORATION 928 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. R. D. LEWIS FILM CO., Inc. 114 S. Hudson St., Oklahoma City, Okla. R. D. LEWIS FILM CO. ISISM: Main St., Dallas, Tex. BULLS EYE FILM CORP. 729 Seventh Avenue, New York