Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1912)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1912
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1912)
Leaf #:
000105
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
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:
September 21, 2023
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 89 THIS PROGRAM OF THIRTY-FIVE WEEKLY RELEASES AVAILABLE THROUGH SIXTY-FOUR EXCHANGES BRANDS RELEASED WEEKLY MONDAY AMERICAN, CHAMPION, COMET, IMP, NESTOR TUESDAY BISON, ECLAIR, POWERS, THANHOUSER WEDNESDAY AMBROSIO, SOLAX, RELIANCE, CHAMPION, NESTOR THURSDAY AMERICAN, ECLAIR, IMP, REX FRIDAY THANHOUSER, BISON, COMET, LUX, SOLAX, (MAJESTIC STARTS JAN. 12TH) SATURDAY GREAT, NORTHERN, POWERS, ITALIA, NESTOR, RELIANCE, REPUBLIC, IMP SUNDAY MAJESTIC, REPUBLIC, SOLAX, (ECLAIR STARTS JAN. 14TH) BUYING EXCHANGES CANADA. Applegate. L. J. & Sons, 145 Yonge St., Toronto. Ont. Cauadiao Film Exchange, Calgary, Alberta. Canadian Film Exchange, Toronto, Ont. Gaumont Co., 154 St. Catharine St., Montreal, Que, Gaumont Film Co., Winnipeg. Man. Great Western Film Co., 613 Asbdown Blk., Winnipeg. Man. Canadian Amuse Co., care Western Film Exchange, Savoy Theater Building, Vancouver. B. C. CALIFORNIA, California Film Exchange, 1065 Mis-sion St., San Francisco. Miles Bros., 1145 Mission St., San Francisco. Miles Bros., 411 West Sth St., Los Angeles. California Film Exchange, 514 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, COLORADO. Co-Operative Ind. Film Co., Barclay Block, Denver, W. H, Swauson Film Exchanj;e, '.iul Railroad BIdg., Denver. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington Film Exchange. 428 iith St.. N. W. GEORGIA. Consolidated Film & Sypply Cn., Rhodes Bldg., Atlanta. ILLINOIS. Anti-Trust Film Co., 128 W. Lake St., Chicago. Globe Film Service, 20S Fifth Ave., Chicago. H. & M. Film Exchange, 98 Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Laemmle Film Service. 196 Lake St.. Chicago. Standard Film Exchange. 168 W. Washington St., Chicago. INDIANA. Central Filni Service. 119 North Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind. IOWA. Laemmle Film Service, Suites 2 and 3, 515 Mulberry St., Des Moines. KANSAS Wichita Film & Supply Co.. 122 'n. Market St., Wichita. LOUISIANA. Consolidated Film & Supply Co.. "20 liaison Blanche Bldg., New Orleans. lOCHlGAN. Michigan Film & Supply Co., 1106 Union Trust Bldg., Detroit. Cadillac Film Exchange, 92 Griswold St., Detroit. MISSOURI. J. W. Morgan. 1310 Walnut St., Kansas City. Swanson-Crawford Film Co., Century Bldg., St. Louis. St. Louis Film & Supply Co.. 804% Pine St., St. Ixiuls. Western Film Exchange. 15 W. 10th St., Kansas City. NEBRASKA. Laemmle Film Service, 1312 Farnam St., Omaha. Progressive Film Exchange. Elite Theater Bldg., Omaha. MASSACHUSETTS. Itnston Film Rental Co.. tMo Washington St., Boston. W. E. Green Film Exchange, 22S Tremont St., Boston. MARYLAND. Baltimore Film Exchange, 61U E. Baltimore St., Baltimore. MINNESOTA. Laemmle Film Service. 206 Hennepin St., Minneapolis. NEW YORK. Empire Film Exchange, 150 E. Fourteenth St. Great Eastern Film Exchange, 21 E. Fourteenth St. Peerless Film Exchange. 5 E. Fourteenth St. Metropolitan Film Exchange, 122 University Place. Western Film Exchange. 145 W. 4oth St. Rex Film Exchange, S4 N. Pearl St., Albany. Victor Film Service, 39 Church St.. Buffalo. OKLAHOMA. United Motion Picture Co., 112 Main St., Oklahoma City. OREGON. Independent W. F. Exchange, 84 Seventh St., Portland. OHIO, Bucke.ve Lake Shore Film Co.. 422 N. High St., Columbus. Cincinnati-Huckeye Film Co., N. E. Cor. 4th and Plum, Cincinnati. Central, 109 W. 5tb St.. Cincinnati. Lake Shore Film & Supply Co., 106 Prospect Ave., S. Cleveland. Toledo Film Service, 120 Erie St.. Toledo. Victor Film Service, I'rospect and Huron St-s., Cleveland. PENNSYLVANIA Eagle Film Exchange. 23 N, 9th St.. Philadelphia. Exhibitors' Film Service Co., 49 S. Penn Ave., Wllkes Barre. Philadelphia Film Exchange, 121 N. 9th St.. Philadelphia. I'hiladelphia Projection Co., 44 N. 9th St., Philadelphia. Swaab Film Service Co., 129 N, Sth St., Philadelphia. Independent Film Exchange. 415 Ferrv St.. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Photoplay Co.. 412 Ferry St., Pittsburgh. TENNESSEE Cons. Film & Sup., 95 S. Main St.,' Memphis. TEXAS. Texas Film Exchange. 1315% Elm St.. Dallas. WASHINGTON. Western Film Exchange, 807 Third Ave., Seattle. Pacific Film Exchange, Globe Bldg., Seattle. California Film Supply Co., 807 3rd Ave., Seattle. WISCONSIN. Western Film Exchange. 307 Enterprise Bldg., Milwaukee. MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTING & SALES CO. Ill East 14th Street .... New York m