Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1908)

Page scan 000135 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 #:
000135
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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Members of the Film Service Association ALABAMA. Bailey Film Service, 116 21st St., Birmingham. Southern Film Exchange, 193 N. 20th St., Birmingham. Theater Film Supply Co., Birmingham. CALIFORNIA. Clune Film Exchange, 727 So. Main St., Los Angeles. Miles Bros., 790 Turk St., San Francisco. Novelty Moving Picture Co., 876 Eddy St., San Francisco. Talley Film Exchange, Los Angeles. COLORADO. Chicago Film Exchange, Denver. Kleine Optical Co., Denver. Little & Pratt, Charles Bldg., Denver. ILLINOIS. CHICAGO. American Film Service, 641 Am. Trust Bldg. Chicago Film Exchange, 120 East Randolph St. Eugene Cline, 59 Dearborn 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. Union Motion Picture Service Co., 43 Peck Court. U. S. Film Exchange, 59 Dearborn St. INDIANA. Indianapolis Calcium Light & Film Exchange, 114 So. Capitol Ave. Kleine Optical Co., Indianapolis. Laemmle Film Service, Evansville. H. Lieber Co., Indianapolis. Luther Day Service Co., Indianapolis. IOWA. Kleine Optical Co., Des Moines. Pittsburg Calc. Light and Film Co., Des Moines. KANSAS CITY. Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main st. Charles M. Stebbins, 1028 Main st. 20th Century Optiscope Co. C. T. Littlepage, Anthony, Kans. 20th Century Optiscope Co., Kansas City. LOUISIANA. Birmingham Film Exchange, 316 St. Charles St., New Orleans. Crescent City Film Exc., 1002 Canal St., New Orleans, La. Imported Film Supply Co., New Orleans. W. H. Swanson Dixie Film Co., 620 Commercial PI., New Orleans. World Film Exchange, 823 Union St., 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. Detroit Film Exchange, Newberry Bldg., Detroit. A. J. Gillingham, Grand Rapids. Michigan Film & Supply Co., Butler Bldg., Detroit. National Film Co., 100 Griswold St., Detroit. MINNESOTA. Eugene Cline & Co., Minneapolis. Northwestern Film Co., Minneapolis. Twin City Calcium & Stereopticon Co., 720 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis. THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD MISSOURI. Eugene Cline & Co., 1021 Grand Ave., Kansas City. Eugene Cline & Co., St. Louis. O. T. Crawford, Gayety Theater, St. Louis. Miles Bros., St. Louis. Chas. M. Stebbins, 1028 Main St. Southern Film Exc., 1602 Market St., St. Louis. W. H. Swanson St. Louis Film Co., 813J4 Chestnut St., St. Louis. Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main St., Kansas City. NEW YORK. Am. Film and Amusement Co., 97 Main St., Rochester. Buffalo Film Exchange, 13 Genesee St. Consolidated Film Exchange, State St., Rochester. Imperial Moving Picture Co., 301 River St., Troy. Mullin Film Service, Solar Bldg., Watertown. 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. Harstn & Co., 13 E. 14th St. Improved Film Supply Co., 148 Delancey St. Kinetograph Co., 41 E. 21st St. Kleine Optical Co., 662 Sixth Ave. Laemmle Film Service, 407 Flatiron Bldg. Miles Bros., 259 Sixth Ave. Peoples’ Film Exchange, 126 University PI. Vitagraph Co., 116 Nassau st. Alfred Weiss Film Exchange, 219 Sixth Ave. OHIO. Cleveland Film Renting Exchange, Citizens’ Bank Bldg. Eugene Cline & Co., 717 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Kent Film Service, 218 Nicholas Bldg., Toledo. Lake Shore Film Co., Superior Bldg., Cleveland. Ohio Film Exchange, 11 East Broad St., Columbus. Southern Film Exchange, 146 W. 5th St., Cincinnati. Toledo Film Exchange, Spitzer Arcade. PENNSYLVANIA. Keystone Film and Supply Co., 6 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. L. M. Swaab, 338 Spruce 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 Co., 403 Lewis Block. Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 121 4th Ave. Wonderland Film Exchange, 410 Market St. TEXAS. O. T. Crawford Film Exchange, El Paso. Southern Talking Machine Co., Dallas. J. D. Wheelan, 339 Main St., Dallas. Theater Film Supply Co., Charlotte, N. C. Mitchell’s Film Exchange, Little Rock, Ark. Western Film Exchange, Mathews Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis. Virginia Film Exchange, Norfolk, Va. Laemmle Film Service, Omaha, Neb. Chicago Film Exchange, Omaha, Neb. Oklahoma Film Exchange, Oklahoma City. Miles Bros., Portland, Ore. Eugene Cline & Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Chicago Film Exchange, Seattle, Wash. 125 Edison Display Co., Seattle, Wash. Kleine Optical Co., Seattle, Wash. CANADA. L. E. Ouimet, 624 St. Catherine, E., Montreal. FILM MANUFACTURERS. Edison Mfg. Co., 10 Fifth Ave., New York. Essanay Film Mfg. Co., Inc., 501 Wells St., Chicago, 111. Kalem Company, 131 W. 24th St., New York. S. Lubin, 21 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Geo. Melies, 204 E. 38th St., New York. Pathe Freres, 41 W. 25th St., New York. Pathe Freres, 35 Randolph St., Chicago, 111. Selig Polyscope Co., 41 Peck Court, Chicago, I1L Vitagraph Co., 116 Nassau St., New York. Some Renters wHo are not in the Association PHILADELPHIA, PA. Harbach & Co., 809 Filbert St. Williams, Brown & Earle, 918 Chestnut St. CHICAGO, ILL. Chicago Projecting Co., 225 Dearborn St. Edison Display Co., 67 South Clark st. Schiller Film Exc., 103 E. Randolph St., Chicago. MICHIGAN Alpena Film Exchange, Beebe Bldg., Alpena. Central Supply Co., 114 N. Edwards St, Kalamazoo. NEW YORK L. Hetz, 302 East 23d St. Imperial Moving Picture Co., 44 W. 28 th St. N. Y. Film Exchange, 7 E. 14th St. American Exchange, 630 Halsey St., Brooklyn. Amusement Supply House, 110 Franklin St., Buffalo. Canton Film Exchange, Canton. Cincinnati Film Exchange, 214 W. 5th St., Cincinnati. Eureka Film Exchange, Akron, O. National Film Co., 5 Broad St., Columbus. Nolan Film Exchange, 11 Fountain Sq., Cincinnati. Superior Film Supply Co., Nesby Bldg, Toledo. New England Film Exc., 682 Washington St., Boston. H. H. Buckwalter, 713 Lincoln Ave., Denver. Los Angeles Film Exc., 638 So. Spring St., Los Angeles. Bennett A. Pryor, Colusa, Cal. Geo. Breck, 550 Grove St., San Francisco. Northern Film Exchange, 227 Fifth St., Minneapolis. Omaha Film Exchange, 848 Brandes Bldg., Omaha. Newman’s Motion Picture Co., 293 Burnside St., Portland, Ore. Washington Film Exchange, 506 Westory Bldg., Washington, D. C. Grover & Bell, 419 First Ave., Spokane, Wash. The Powers Company, 252 Main St., Buffalo. Cinematograph Co., 67 St. Catherine St., Montreal. Dominion Film Exchange, 32 Queen St., Toronto. Theater Palais Co., Suttle Bldg., Meridian, Miss. Film Houses not in the Combine American Biograph Co., 11E. 14th St., New York. The Gaumont Chronophone Co., Cleveland, O. Miles Bros., 259-263 Sixth Ave., New York. Societa Italiana Cines, 145 E. 23d St., New York. Goodfellow Film Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich. Williams, Brown & Earle, 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., agents for Cricks & Sharp, Hepworth, and R. W. Paul. Kleine Optical Co., 662 Sixth Ave., New York. Kleine Optical Co., 52 State St., Chicago, 111. Agents for Urban-Eclipse, Gaumont & Co., Theo. Pathe, etc. CLIMAX WIRE M “ARCO” Fifty times the resistance of copper IpMMl high grade imported german THE BEST WIRE FOR fgl CARBONS Moving Picture Machine H 1 The new Carbon for Moving Picture Machlres RHEOSTATS Quality Unexcelled L. E. FRORUP ®. 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