Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1908)

Page scan 000505 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 #:
000505
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 5i9 Published once a month. TRADE DIRECTORY. us change of address Film Service Association. ALABAMA. Bailey Film Service, 116 21st St., Birmingkam. Southern Film Exchange, 193 N. 20th St., Birmingham. Theater Film Supply Co., Birmingham. CALIFORNIA. Geo. Breck, 550 Grove St., San Francisco. 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. H. H. Buckwalter, 713 Lincoln Ave., Denver. Chicago Film Exchange, Railway Exc. Building, Denver. Eugene Cline & Co., 1021 Grand Ave., Denver. Denver Film Exchange, 713 Lincoln Ave., Denver. Globe Film Service, 2 Nassau Blk., 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. Laemmle Film Service, 196 Lake St. National Film Renting Co., 67 N. Clark St. Royal Film Service, 253 La Salle St. Schiller Film Exc., 103 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Standard Film Exchange, 79 Dearborn St. W. H. Swanson & Co., 160-4 Lake 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. Laemmle Film Service. Evansville. H. Lieber Co., 24 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Luther Day Service Co., Muncie, Ind. KANSAS CITY. Eugene Cline & Co., 1021 Grand Ave., Kansas City. Charles M. Stebbins, 1028 Main st. 20th Century Optiscope Co., Shukert Bldg. Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main st. LOUISIANA. Imported Film Supply Co., New Orleans. W. H. Swanson Dixie Film Co., 620 Commercial PI., New Orleans. Yale Film Renting Co., 220 Texas St., Shreveport. MASSACHUSETTS. F. J. Howard, 564 Washington St., Boston. Miles Bros., Hub Theater, Boston. New England Film Exc., 682 Washington St., Boston. MICHIGAN. Michigan Film & Supply Co., Butler Bldg., Detroit. National Film Co., 100 Griswold St., Detroit. National Film Co., Houseman Bldg., Grand Rapids, Central Film & Supply Co., Saginaw. Vaudette Film Exc., 103 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. MINNESOTA. Eugene Cline & Co., Minneapolis. Northwestern Film Co., Minneapolis. Twin City Calcium & Stereopticon Co., 720 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis. MISSOURI. Eugene Cline & Co., St. Louis. O. T. Crawford, Gayety Theater, St. Louis. W. H. Swanson St. Louis Film Co., 813)4 Chestnut St., St. Louis. Western Film Exc., 841 Century Bldg. NEW YORK. Buffalo Film Exchange, 13 Genesee St., Buffalo. Imperial Moving Picture Co., 301 River St., Troy. Mullin Film Service, Solar Bldg., Watertown. Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 158 Main St., E., Rochester. Talking Machine Co., 97 Main St., E., Rochester. NEW YORK CITY. Actograph Co., 50 Union Sq. Electograph Co., 199 Third Ave. Empire Film Co.. 106 Fulton St. Greater N. Y. Film Rental Co., 24 Union Sq. 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. Miles Bros., 259 Sixth Ave. Peoples’ Film Exchange, 126 University PI. Vitagraph Co., 116 Nassau st. Alfred Weiss Film Exchange, 219 Sixth Ave. OHIO. Eugene Cline & Co., 717 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Kent Film Service, 218 Nicholas Bldg., Toledo. Lake Shore Film Co., Superior Bldg., Cleveland. National M. P. Supply Co., 1703 E. 55th St., Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio Film Exchange, 11 East Broad St., Columbus. Toledo Film Exchange. Spitzer Arcade. Superior Film Supply Co., 621 Nasby Bldg., Toledo. PENNSYLVANIA. Keystone Film and Supply Co., 6 Spooner Bldg., Harrisburg. PHILADELPHIA. C. A. Calehuff, 4th and Green Sts. Electric Theatre Supply Co., 47 N. 10th St. S. Lubin, 21 So. 8th St. Miles Bros., 1319 Market St. Philadelphia Film Exc., 1229 N. Seventh St. L. M. Swaab, 338 Spruce St. PITTSBURG. Columbia Film Exchange, 414 Ferguson Bldg. Harry Davis, 347 Fifth Ave. Duquesne Amusement Supply Co., Bakewell Bldg. Pennsylvania Film Co., 403 Lewis Block. Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 121 4th Ave. TEXAS. O. T. Crawford Film Exchange, El Paso. O. T. Crawford Film Exchange Co., 214 Levy Building, Houston. Southern Talking Machine Co., Dallas. J. D. Wheelan, 339 Main St., Dallas. 20th Century Optiscope Co., Juaniata Bldg., Dallas. TENNESSEE. American Film Service, Memphis. Laemmle Film Service, 78 S. Front St., Memphis. Chicago Film Exchange, Omaha, Neb. Chicago Film Exc., 601 14th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Eugene Cline & Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Edison Display Co., Seattle, Wash. Laemmle Film Service, Omaha, Neb. Miles Bros., Munsey Bldg., Washington. D. C. Miles Bros., 412 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. Miles Bros., 107 Sixth St., Portland, Ore. Mitchell’s Film Exchange, Little Rock, Ark. Montana Film Exchange, 41 N. Main St., Butte, Mont. Oklahoma Film Exchange, Oklahoma City. Pearce & Scheck, 223 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. Pittsburg Calc. Light and Film Co., Des Moines. Theater Film Supply Co., Charlotte, N. C. Theater Film Supply Co.. Augusta, Ga. Virginia Film Exchange, Norfolk, Va. Western Film Exchange, Mathews Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis. Trant & Wilson, 63 E. Third St., So., Salt Lake City, Utah. 20th Century Optiscope Co., Eccles Bldg., Ogden, Utah. Independent Renters. BOSTON, MASS. W. E. Green, 228 Tremont St., Boston. Eastern Film Co., 578 Washington St., Boston, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Consolidated Film Co., 913 Market St. Eagle Film Exchange, 159 N. Eighth St. Girard Film Exchange, 1203 W. Girard Ave., Harhach & Co.. 809 Filbert St. Independent Film Service, 445 Mint Arcade. Fred Schaefer, 1610 N. 2d. Williams, Brown & Earle. 918 Chestnut St. PITTSBURG, PA. American Film Exc., Wabash Rldg.. Pittsburgh, American Film Exchange, 605 Wabash Bldg. Wonderland Film Exchange, 410 Market St. Fort Pitt Film Supply Co., 808 House Office Bldg. CHICAGO, ILL. Edison Display Co., 67 South Clark st. Kleine Optical Co., 52 State St. MICHIGAN. Alpena Film Exchange, Beebe Bldg., Alpena. Central Supply Co., 114 N. Edwards St., Kalamazoo. NEW YORK Consolidated Film Exchange, 143 E. 23d St Manhattan Film Rental Co., 122 E. 23d St. N. Y. Film Exchange, 7 E. 14th St. American Exchange, 630 Halsey St., Brooklyn. Amusement Supply House, 110 Franklin St., Buf .falo. Consolidated Film Exchange, State St., Rochester OHIO. Cincinnati Film Exchange, 214 W. 5th St., Cincinnati. Cleveland Film Renting Exchange, Citizens’ Bank Bldg. Co-operative Film Syndicate, North Baltimore, Ohio. Eureka Film Exchange, Akron, O. Nolan Film Exchange, 11 Fountain Sq., Cincinnati. People’s Film Exc., 746 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Southern Film Exchange, 148 W. Fifth St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Alamo Film Exchange, 304 Conroy Bldg., San Antonio, Tex. Atlanta Film Service, Equitable Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Birmingham Film Exchange, 316 St. Charles St., New Orleans. Canton Film Exc., Market and 5th, Canton, O. Cedar Rapids Film Exc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Central Film Exchange, St. Mary’s, Pa. Crescent City Film Exc., 1002 Canal St., New Orleans, La. Detroit Film Exchange, Newberry Bldg.. Detroit. Grover & Bell, 419 First Ave., Spokane, Wash. Independent Film Exc.. Masonic Temple, Chicago. Kleine Optical Co., 662 Sixth Ave. Kleine Optical Co., 657 Washington St.. Boston, Mass. Kleine Optical Co., La Patrie Bldg., Montreal. Can. Kleine Optical Co., Mehlhorn Bldg., Seattle. Wash. Kleine Optical Co., Traction Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. , Kleine Optical Co., Boston Bldg., Denver, Colo. Kleine Optical Co., 2008 Third Ave., Birmingham, Kleine Optical Co., Commercial Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa. . , Kleine Optical Co., 523 Commercial Bldg., St. Louis. Mo. C. T. Littlepage. Anthony, Kans. . Los Angeles Film Exc., 638 So. Spring St., Los Angeles. , Mexican Film Exchange, Cinco de Mayo, 6, Mexico, D. F. • Moore’s Film Service, 400 9th St.. N. W.. Wash New York Motion Picture Co., 1148 Scott St., Northern Film Exchange, 227 Fifth St., Minneap Newman’s Motion Picture Co., 293 Burnside St., Portland, Ore. , _ , Omaha Film Exchange, 848 Brandes Bldg., Omaha. Oregon Film Exchange, 400 Ainsworth Ave., Portland, Ore. Bennett A. Prvor, Colusa. Cal. Ramos Film Service, 11 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va Rocky Mtn. Film Exc., 201 Empire Bldg., Denver, Col. _ . „ ... ... Theater Palais Co., Suttle Bldg., Meridian, Miss. Turner & Dahnken, 1650 Ellis St., San Francisco, World Film Exchange, 823 Union St., New Or CANADA. Cinematograph Co., 67 St. Catherine St., Montreal. Dominion Film Exchange, 32 Queen St., Toronto. Dntario Film Exch., Medbury Bldg., Windsor, Ont. Ottawa Film and Supply Co., 193 Sparks St., Ottawa, Can. COA Cf PofliAnriP Chi Film Manufacturers (Edison Licensees). idison Mfg. Co., 10 Fifth Ave., New York. Issanay Film Mfg. Co., Inc., 501 Wells St., cago, 111. ^ i lalem Company, 131 W. 24th St. New York. Lubin, 21 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. ieo. Melies, 204 E. 38th St., New York. -athe Freres, 41 W. 25th St , New York. •athe Freres, 35 Randolph St . Chicago. 111. elig Polyscope Co., 85 Randolph St., Chicago, 111. ndependent Manufacturers (Biograph Licensees'. merican Biograph Co., 11 E. 14th St., New York, reat Northern Film Co., 7 E. 14th St., New York, ocieta Italiana Cines, 145 E. 23d St., New York. BUiamson & Co., 145 E. 23d St.. New York . t Williams, Brown & Earle. 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., agents for Cricks & Martin Hepworth Manufacturing Co., R. W. Paul, and Graphic Cinematographic Company, leine Optical Co., 662 Sixth Ave. Agent" for Gaumont, Urban, Lux, Raleigh & Roberts, A/iiUlo Walfnrnaw. Carlo Kossi,