Moving Picture World (Mar-Dec 1907)

Page scan 000295 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Mar-Dec 1907
Author:
World Photographic Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Mar-Dec 1907)
Leaf #:
000295
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
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:
May 30, 2024
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THE Moving Picture World The Official Organ of the Moving' Picture Exhibitors* Association. Tt\e 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 Mahers PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Vol. 1., No. 19. July 13, 1907 Price, lO Cents SELIG FILMS A new comedy without a dull moment THE BOOKWORM The meeting on the stairs. The Industrious Janitor. The Collision with the Photographer, Nobody looks Pleasant. The Interrupted Flirtation. Black and White, the Negro Wench and the Dago Image Seller. Leap Frog and Blind Mans Buff. Down the Coal Hole. OUCH! HELP!! POLICE!!! Length, 455 feet. Code word— Admeasure. WESTERN JUSTICE. Exciting incidents, magnificent scenery, intense interest and photographic perfection. Length, 700 ft. Code Adjacency. THE MOTOR MANIACS. Another new comedy subject funnier than ever. In preparation i WE MANUFACTURE= THE SELIG POLYSCOPE Our Guarantee. The Polyscope is free from flicker or vibration ; the acme of simplicity in operation and the most durable mechanism made. Send for catalogue. The Selig Polyscope Co., inc. 43=45 PECK COURT CHICAGO, ILL.