Moving Picture World (Mar-Dec 1907)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Mar-Dec 1907
Author:
World Photographic Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Mar-Dec 1907)
Leaf #:
000247
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
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:
September 21, 2023
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The only Independent WeeKly Journal published in the interests of Manufacturers and Operators of Animated Photographs and Cinematograph Projection, Illustrated Songs, Lantern Lectures and Lantern Slide Makers PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Vol. 1., No. 1G. June 22, 1907 Price, lO Cents NEW FILMS The new Gaumont and Urban-Eclipse film subjects, which will be ready for distribution next week, include a number of excellent comedies, among which we consider “Mother-in-law at the White City ” and “The Near-Sighted Cyclist” of exceptional merit. “The Legless Runner” and “Shoeing the Mail Carrier” are hilariously farcical, while “The Amateur Rider”, is a humorous satire upon the man on horse-back who is more accustomed to a street car than a steed. The “Toilet of An Ocean Greyhound” shows us the unfamiliar side of life on board ship when she is not on dress parade; the spouting of a hundred streams of water from her side while making her toilet is an extremely interesting sight. “Comedy Cartoons” is a mixture of fun with the mysterious. Titles, lengths and pri bable days of distribution of seven subjects are as follows: Monday, June 24th Tuesday, June 25th Wednesday, June 26 Thursday, June 27th GAUMONT *• Shoeing the Mail Carrier” URBAN-ECLIPSE “Comedy Cartoons” GAUMONT “Mother-in-law at the White City” “The Amateur Rider” GAUMONT “The Legless Runner” URBAN-ECLIPSE “Toilet of An Ocean Greyhound,” URBAN-ECLIPSE “The Near-Sighted Cyclist” Length 550 feet 274 feet 5G7 feet 234 feet 350 feet 214 feet 334 feet Thi O lA/wlf ’c N VIA/ .9//A//3r*/o We are placing upon the American market f #/#o " PCfl O C/rr U U UJ CO to . this the following new subjects: ‘MOVING UNDER DIFFICULTIES” (Comedy) Urban-Eclipse ■SHE WONT PAY HER RENT” (Comedy) Gaumont •WHOSE HAT IS IT” (Comedy) Gaumont Length, 400 feet Length, 18 4 feet Length, 384 feet These films are unrestricted as to sale, and all orders placed in advance of the day of issue will be filled on that day, without reservation, until stock is exhausted. NEW YORK 062 Sixth Avenue Jdeiiie Cptimf Go. CHICAGO 5 2 State Street