Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1912)

Page scan 000119 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1912
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1912)
Leaf #:
000119
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
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:
May 30, 2024
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M n THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLISHING COMPANY 125 E. 23CL Street NEW YORK (Beach Building) J. P. Chalmers, Editor and Manager. Telephone call, I343-IS44 Qramercy SUSCRIPTION RATES: I3.00 per year. Pott free in the United States, Mexico, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the PhtUppio* Islands. Canada, $3.50. Foreign Countries, $4.00, Post Paid. DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (No Display), Three cents per word; minimum charge, snc WESTERN OFFICE: 169 W. Washington St. (Post Bldg.), Chicago, lU. Telephone, Main 3145. Automatic Phon* jayaa. Entered at the General Post OfiBce in New York City as Second-Class Matter. Address all correspondence "Moving Picture World, P. O. Box 336, W -dison Square, New York," and not to IndiTidnals. Vol. 11 JANUARY 13, 1912 No. 2 INDEX TO CONTENTS. ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS 115 ACHIEVEMENTS OF "NINETEEN ELEVEN" By J. S. McQuade 106 AMERICAN FILM COMPANY BANQUET 121 BISONS NEW HOME Ill CALENDAR OF LICENSED RELEASES 134 CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RELEASES. . .133 CHAT WITH SCENARIO WRITERS lOS CHICAGO LETTER 110 COM.MENTS ON THE FILMS llndepentlent) . . .126 CO.M.MENTS ON THE FILMS (Liceuseil) 123 FACTS AND COMMENTS 104 MODERN MELODRAMA, by 0. H. Claudy 112 MOVING PICTURE IN THE SOUTH 107 MOVING PICTURE EDUCATOR, THE 117 .'.^■PHHPHJ F1,LM. STORIES.^ 148 PICKING A PLAY, by Louis Reeves Harrisoi. .105 INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 156 INQUIRIES 119 PROJECTION DEPARTMENT 122 •PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, THE" (Selig)..120 SCENARIO WRITER, THE LICENSED FILM STORIES 140 „„, ,„ „o.r „t,o .n..o,v, . LICENSED RELEASE DATES 158 ™i','\-'^„5'fi',r"7^/'"';' „-^ LOS ANGELES 114 =i rm. «.;■. i. » vis-o 118 130 SONG SLIDE RELEASES 136 STORIES OF THE FILMS (Independent) 148 STORIES OF THE FILMS (Licensed) 140 MAKING PICTURES BELOW ZERO 114 MANUFACTURERS' ADVANCE NOTES 128 WILL PRESENT BIG PRODUCTIONS. .109 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. CABBON IMPORTEBS. FRORUP, L. E 162 KIEWERT, CHAS. L 161 BEISINGER, HUGO 149 ELECTBICAL AlTD MECHANICAL EaUIPMENT. DETROIT ENGINE WORKS 165 FORT WAYNE ELEC. CO 166 HALLBERG, J. H 161 ILG ELEC. CO 161 MACKIE. H. A 155 SCHNEIDER, E 153 FILM BROKEBS. INTERNATIONAL FIL.M TRADERS 165 FILM EXCHANGES. BKADENBURG, GEO 159 FEATURE FILM CO (TOLEDO) 160 FEATURE FILM. CO 153 GREENE, W. E 164 HETZ, L •165 I.AEMMLE FILM SERVICE 150 SWAAB FILM SERVICE 153 SWANSONCRAWFOUD FILM CO 153 WESTERN FEATURE FILM CO 91 INDEPENDENT FILM MANirFA(3TUREBS. AMERICAN FILM MFR. CO 141 CHAMPION FILM CO «4 COMET FILM CO 94 ECLAIR FILM CO 88-90 GAUMONT FILM CO 139 GEM MOTION PICTURE CO 135 GREAT NORTHERN FILM CO 90 IMT> 151 LUX 94 MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO 157 MOTION PICTURE DIS. & SALES CO 89 NESTOR FILM CO 96 POWERS PICTURE CO 92 REX MOTION PICTURE CO 141 SOLAX CO ■ ■ 91 THANHOUSER CO 86 LICENSED FILM MANUFACTURERS. EDISON. TUOS. A 13T ESSANAY FILM CO '. 8" KALEM CO 102 KLEINE, GEO 100-101 I.I'BIN MANUF.^CTUBING CO 98 .MELIES CO 167 PATHE FRERES 96 SELIG POLYSCOPE CO 99 VITAGRAPH CO 97 MISCELLANEOUS. A. B. C. CO 88 AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO 161 ASSOCIATED M. P. SCHOOLS CO 161 BARCKHOFF. CARL 160 BUOKEYE-LAKE SHORE FILM CO 164 B ATTBRSHliLL & OLESON 162 CHEMIST 151 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 138 CORCORAN, A. J 163 EXHIBITORS ADV. CO 92 EXHIBITORS ADV. & SPEC. CO 134 GUNDLACH MANHATTAN CO 160 HOKE. GEO. M 151 JONES. C. J IW KNACK .STUDIOS 166 LAVEZZI MACHINE WORKS 1.51 LUMIERE-J0U6LA 160 McKENNA BROS 165 MORTIMER FILM CLEANER 1.53 .MOVING PICTURE WORLD (BOUND VOL.).. 104 NATIONAL TICKET C'« 156 NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR CO 163 OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK 1,39 PENNSYLVANIA ZIGOMAR CO 163 PITTSBURG M. P. SUPPLY CO 131 SANITARY SERVICE CORPORATION 161 STEBKINS, CHAS. M 133 SARGENT, E. W 166 TAYLOR. F. C 165 THREE IN ONE OIL CO 162 TRAINOR, C. W 165 VISCO .MOTOR OIL CO 163 LECTURES. .MARION, LOUISE M 164 .MOVING PICTURE WORLD 156 MOVING PIOTUBE MACHINE MANTTFACTtrREBS. AMERICAN .M. P. MACHINE CO 164 EDISON, THOS. A 137 ENTERPRISE OPTICAL CO 153-163 POWER, NICHOLAS 168 MUSICAL INSTBtTMENTS. DEAGAN, J. C 159 SINN, CLARENCE E 166 WURLITZEB, RUDOLPH 162 ZEIDLER DRUM CO 166 OPERA CHAIB MANTJFACTUREBS, AMERICAN SEATING CO 166 ANDREWS, A. H 166 BENNETT, GEO. W 166 HARDESTY CHAIR CO 166 STEEL FURNITURE CO 166 WISCONSIN LUMBER CO 166 PROJECTION SCREENS. AMERICAN THEATER CURTAIN & SDP. CO... 136 INVENTOR'S SPECIALTY CO 163 MIRROROID CO 151 SONG SLIDE MANUFACTURERS, AMERICAN SLIDE CO 160 AMERICAN MOTION SLIDE CO 160 LEVI CO 136 SCOTT & VAN ALTBNA 136 SIMPSON, A, L 165 UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO 162 FEATURE FILMS (Released by), AMERICAN FEATURE FILM CO 138 FEATIUE & EDIICATIONAL FILM CO 160 X.\TIONAL FILM DIS. CO 145 RAISING THE MAINE FILM 00 143 TOURNAMENT FILM CO 147 WORLD'S MOVING PICTURE CLASSICS 160 THEATRICAL ARCHITECTS, DECORATORS' SUPPLY CO 153