Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1908)

Page scan 00058 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Jun 1908
Author:
World Photographic Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1908)
Leaf #:
00058
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:
June 20, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD THE SUBURBANITE'S INGENIOUS ALARM. This Edison film shows a broker’s office in the city. Mr. Early, as usual, arrives late and is caught by the manager and threatened with dismissal. Mr. Early buys an alarm clock, which wakes him in the morning all right, but refuses to stop ringing. He smothers the sound under his pillow and goes off to sleep again. The late Mr. Early misses street cars and trains and arrives at the office in time to get another lecture from the manager. Mr. Early hits upon a plan. He buys a rope, ties it to his wrist, drops it from his window and arranges with his friend to pull it in the morning as he passes by, feeling sure this ingenious alarm will get him up in the morning, which it does, but not in the manner he expected. Near the small houi's of the morning a burglar espies the rope hanging from the second story window and is about to ascend, when he is interrupted by a policeman, who at once proceeds to investigate by climbing up the rope. Mr. Early finds himself suddenly jerked out of bed, onto the floor and up to the window. He explains to the policeman his ingenious alarm. He is again aroused by a tipsy clubman, upon whom he empties a basin of water, and then goes back to bed, this time tying the rope around his feet. A milk wagon appears on the scene and the tipsy clubman has his revenge. He fastens the rope to the milk wagon, which drives off, pulling poor Mr. Early out of bed, out of the window and into the street. Away the milk wagon drags him, down the street, around the corners, over mudholes, until at last he is rescued by a passing policeman and sent back home in the milk wagon — but very much awake. Mr. Early arrives at the office in bandages and on crutches, but on time at 5 A. M. — much to the amusement of the scrub-woman. Situation Wa n te d— First-class operator; Edison, Powers orLubin Machine; is also a first-class letter and show-card writer. Good references. Address A. A. REYNOLDS, Ridgway, Pa. OPERATOR — Age iq ; single ; salary $16.00 to $18.00; permanent. Edison and Power's machines; Western New York and Pennsylvania. Good references, JULIAN H. BERGMAN, 426 Greeve St., Kane, Penn. O perator seeks position. Used to Powers. Edison, ^rojectograph, etc. Out of town preferred. Salary $15.00. ESBON COOK, 32415th St., Brooklyn, N.Y* OPERATOR— 21 ; seeks situation in Michigan Salary $15.00 per week. Highest references. H. S. TIDBAUGH, St. Louis, Mich, STEREOPTICONS, Moving Picture Machines, Slides, Rheostats; Big Bargains. I also manufacture Double Lantern Slide Carrier for the trade. WALTER L. ISAACS, 81 Nassau St., N.Y. Lessons “ How to Become a Successful Moving Picture Operator” By MAXWELL H. HITE PRICE. $1.00 May be obtained from MOVING PICTUEE WORLD P. O. Box 450, New York Subscriptions to tt\e Moving Picture ’World by sny of tl\e following will be received FILM RENTERS. ALABAMA. Bailey Film Service, 116 21st St., Birmingham Southern Film Exchange, 193 N. 20th Sgt Birmingham. ’ Theater Film Supply Co., Birmingham. CALIFORNIA. C1UnAiigele" Exchange 727 S° Mai" St., Los Miles Bros., 790 Turk St., San Francisco. Novelty Moving Picture Co., 876 Eddy St., San Francisco. J ’ COLORADO. ?.• V Buckwalter, 713 Lincoln Ave., Denver. Little it Pratt, Charles Bldg., Denver. ILLINOIS. CHICAGO. American Film Service, 253 La Salle St. Chicago Film Exchange, 120 East Randolph St. Chicago Projecting Co., 225 Dearborn St Eugene Cline, 59 Dearborn St. Edison Display Co., 67 South Clark st. Globe Film Service, 79 Dearborn St Inter-Ocean Film Exchange, 59 Dearborn St. Kleine Optical Co., 52 State St. Laemmle Film Service, 196 Lake St National Film Rental Co., 62 N. Clark St Royal Film Service, 253 La Salle St. Standard Film Exchange, 79 Dearborn St W. H. Swanson & Co., 79 So. Clark St. Temple Film Co., Masonic Temple. Theater Film Service, 85 Dearborn St 20th Century Optiscope Co., 89 Dearborn St. U. S. Film Exchange, 59 Dearborn St. INDIANA. Indianapolis _ Calcium Light & Film Exchange, 114 So. Capitol Ave. H. Lieber Co., Indianapolis. Luther Day Service Co., Indianapolis. KANSAS CITY. Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main st. Charles M. Stebbins, 1028 Main st. 20th Century Optiscope Co. LOUISIANA. Birmingham Film Exchange, 316 St. Charles St., New Orleans. VV. H. Swanson Dixie Film Co., 620 Commercial PI., New Orleans. Yale Film Renting Co., 220 Texas St., Shreveport. MASSACHUSETTS. W. E, Green, 228 Tremont St., Boston. F. J. Howard, 564 Washington St., Boston. Miles Bros., Hub Theater, Boston. MICHIGAN. Alpena Film Exchange, Beebe Bldg., Alpena. Central Supply Co.. 114 N. Edwards St., Kalamazoo. Detroit Film Exchange, Newberry Bldg., Detroit. Michigan Film & Supply Co., Butler Bldg., Detroit. National Film Co., 100 Griswold St., Detroit. MINNESOTA. Northern Film Exchange, 227 Fifth St., Minneapolis. Twin City Calcium & Stereopticon Co., 720 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis. MISSOURI. Eugene Cline & Co., 1021 Grand Ave., Kansas City. O. T. Crawford, Gayety Theater, St. Louis. Chas. M. Stebbins, 1028 Main St. W. H. Swanson, St. Louis Film Co. Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main St., Kansas City. NEW YORK. Consolidated Film Exchange, State St., Rochester. Imperial Moving Picture Co., 301 River St., Troy. Mullin Film Service, Watertown. Powers Film & Machine Exchange, 13 E. Genesee St., Buffalo. NEW YORK CITY. Actograph Co., 50 Union Sq. Consolidated Film Exchange, 143 E. 23d St. Electograph Co., 933 Third Ave. Empire Film Co., 106 Fulton St. Greater N. Y. Film Rental Co., 24 Union Sq. L. Hetz, 392 East 23d St. Harstn & Co., 13 E. 14th St. Imperial Moving Picture Co., 44 W. 28th St. Improved Film Supply Co., 148 Delancey St. Kinetograph Co.. 41 E. 21st St. Laemmle Film Service, 407 Flatiron Bldg. Miles Bros., 259 Sixth Ave. d Y, GlU Exchange, 7 E. 14th St. eoples Film Exchange, 126 University PI. Vitagraph Co., 116 Nassau st. Alfred Weiss Film Exchange, 219 Sixth Ave. OHIO. Canton Film Exchange, Canton. Cleveland Film Renting Exchange, Citizens’ Bank Bldg. Cincinnati Film Exchange, 214 W. 5th St Cincinnati. ■’ Eugene Cline & Co., 717 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Eureka Film Exchange, Akron, O. Kent Film Exchange, Toledo, O. Lake Shore Film Exchange. National Fffm Co., 5 Broad St., Columbus. Nolan Film Exchange, 11 Fountain Sq., Cincinnati. Ohio Film Exchange, 11 East Broad St.. Columbus. Southern Film Exchange, 146 W. 5th St, Cincinnati. Superior Film Supply Co., Nesbv Bldg. Toledo, ioledo Film Exchange, Spitzer Arcade. PENNSYLVANIA. Keystone Film Supply Co., Spooner Bldg., Harrisburg. PHILADELPHIA. C. A. Calehuff, 4th and Green Sts. Electric Theater Supply Co. Kohl Film Rental Co., 913 Market St. S. Lubin, 21 So. 8th St. Miles Bros., 1319 Market St. Harbach & Co., 800 Filbert St. L. M. Swaab, 338 Spruce St. Williams, Brown & Earle, 918 Chestnut St. PITTSBURG. American Film Exchange, 605 Wabash Bldg. Columbia Film Exchange, 414 Ferguson Bldg. Duquesne Amusement Supply Co., Bakewell Bldg. Fort Pitt Film Supply Co., 808 House Office Bldg. Pennsylvania Film Col, 403 Lewis Block. Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 114 4th Ave. Wonderland Film Exchange, 410 Market St. CANADA. Canadian Optical Co., Medbury Bldg., Windsor, Cinematograph Co., 67 St. Catherine St., Montreal. Dominion Film Exchange, 32 Queen St., Toronto. L. E. Ouimet, 624 St. Catherine, E., Montreal. • A1 FILM $5.00 A CHANGE AMERICAN FILM AND AMUSEMENT CO. 97 Main Street, ROCHESTER, N. Y.