Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1912)

Page scan 000201 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 #:
000201
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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w M m THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLISHING COMPANY 125 E. 23d. Street, NEW YORK (Beach Building) J. P. Chalmers, Editor and Manager. Telephone call, 1343-1344 Gramercy Entered at the General Post OfBce in New York City as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year. Post free in tlie United States, Mexico, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Canada, $350. Foreign Countries, $4.00, Post Paid. WESTERN OFFICE: 169 W. Washington St. (Post Bldg.), Chicago, III. Phone, Main 3145. Automatic Phone 32732. DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (No Display), Three Cents per Word; Minimum Charge, 50c. Address all correspondence "Moving Picture World, P. O. Box 226, Madison Square, New York," and not to individuals. Vol. 1 1 JANUARY 20, 1912 No. 3 INDEX TO CONTENTS. ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS 197 ANIMATED PHOTOGRAPHY FROM AN AEROPLANE 205 BIG PHOTODRAMA. THE, Loais Reeves Harrison ISO BINNS AGAINST THE VITAGRAPH 191 ••BRUTUS" (Kleine) 193 CALENDAR OF LICENSED RELEASES 228 CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RELEASES. . .213 CHICAGO LETTER 183 COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Independent) 203 CO.MTaENTS ON THE FILMS (Licensed) 202 COHRESPONDENCB 215 liKLHI DIRBAR (Gaumont, Ind.) 196 FACTS AND COMMENTS 188 GROSS INJUSTICE TO THE FILM MAKERS, A. 188 INDEPENDENT FILM STORIES 240 INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 24S INDIANAPOLIS 220 IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 216 IN THE NdKTHWEST 220 INQUIRIES 200 LICENSED FILM STORIES 232 LICENSED RELEASE DATES 250 LOUISVILLE 218 .\HNUF.\CTURERS' ADVANCE NOTES 209 .MONTREAL 220 NATIONAL FILM DISTRIBUTING CO. RELEASE DATES AND FILM STORIES 230 NI'W FNGI.ANII 218 NEW FIRE REGULATIONS 192 NEW ORLEANS 220 PHILADELPHIA 217 PITTSBURG 218 PROJECTION DEPARTMENT 206 SCENARIO WRITER. THE 199 SONG SLIDE RELEASES 222 SONG AND THE SINGER 201 STORIES OF THE F1L.MS (Independent) 240 STORIES OF THE FILMS (Licensed) 232 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. CARBON IMPORTERS. FRORUP. L. B KIEWERT, CHAS. L. KEISINGEK, HUGO .. .239 .252 .255 ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EaUIPMENT. FORT WAYNE ELEC. CO 245 HALLBERG, J. H 253 ILG ELEC. CO 239 M.\CKIE. H. A 255 MOOBF niBBLE CO 222 SCHNEIDER, E 17'4 FILM BROKERS. FXF'Ori' I'llAI CO 2.">2 INTERNATIONAL FILM TRADERS 245 KALEM CO 18o MOVING PICTURE MACHINE MANUFACTURERS. KLEINE. GEO ISo LUBIN 51ANUFACTURING CO 182 AMERICAN M. P. MACHINE CO 256 MELIES CO 259 EDISON. THOS. A 184 PiTHE FRERES 180 ENTERPRISE OPTICAL CO 247-255 SELIG POLYSCOPE CO 219 POWER, NICHOLAS 260 VITAGRAPH CO ISl SIMPLEX CO 186 FILM IMPOETERS. INTERNATIONAL FILM TRADERS ..247 FILM EXCHANGES. BRADENIURG. GEO 2.-.1 CINCINNATI BUCKEYE FILM CO 241 FEATURE FILM CO. (Toledo) 222 FEATURE FILM CO 237 GREENE. W. E 2.57 HETZ. T 23S LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE 242 SWAAB FILM SERVICE 174 INDEPENDENT FILM MANUFACTURERS. AMTJIUCAN FILM MFG. CO CHAMPION FILM CO ECLAIR FILM CO GAUMONT FIL.M CO OEM MOTION PICTURE CO GREAT NORTHERN FILM CO IMP LUX M.UESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO MOTION PICTURE DIS. & SALES C0..176-2-J4 NESTOR FILM CO POWERS PICTURE CO 220 REPUBLIC FILM CO REX MOTION PICTURE CO 173 SOLAX CO THANHOUSER CO 229 17,>< I7:i LICENSED FILM MANUFACTURERS. EDISON, THOS. A 1S4 ESSANAY FILM CO 170 MISCELLANEOUS. A. B. C. COMPANY 244 A.MERICAN SCHOOL OF CORRESPONDENCE. 231 AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO 252 ANTI TRUST FILM CO 243 ARLINGTON. E 256 ASSOCIATED M. P. SCHOOLS CO 239 llAUSCH & LOMB 239 BROWN & DOWELL 208 BUCKEYK-LAKE SHORE FILM CO 252 BATTERSHALL & OLESON 257 CHICAGO PROJECTING CO 258 CLASSI) lED ADVERTISEMENTS 214 CORCORAN. A. J 241 EXHIBITORS' ADV. CO 241 EXHIBITORS' ADV. & SPEC. CO 228 FORSTER 254 m.M, CARE M. P. WORLD 237 IIARB.ACH CO 222 HOKE. GEO. M 222 I.AVE2ZI MACHINE WORKS 242 .McKENNA BROS 258 MORTIMER FIL.M CLEANER 245 .\1. P. PUB. CO 258 .MOTION PICrrURE PATENTS CO 221-223 .MOVING PICTURE WORLD (Bound Volume).. 257 NATIONAL TICKET CO 248 NATIONAL WATERPROOF CO 178 N.ATIONAL XRAY REFLECTOR CO 253 OPER.VruRS' HAND BOOK 251 n rrsKi RG M. p. supply co 2.37 PRINCESS THEATRE 239 SAHGENT. E. W 174 TAYLOR. F. C 245 TRAINER. C. W 237 U. S. factories CO 242 WILLIAMS. BROWN & EARL 247 VISCO MOTOR OIL CO 237 ZENITH MFG. CO 222 LECTURERS. .MARION, LOUISE M 239 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 258 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. DRAG AN, J. C 251 SINN. C. E 258 WIHLITZER. RUDOLPH 257 ZEIDLER DRU.M C« 258 OPERA CHAIR MANUTACTUEERS. AMERICAN SEATING CO 258 ANDREWS. A. H 258 BENNETT, GEO. W 258 HARDESTY CHAIR CO 238 STAFFORD. E. H 258 STEEL FURNITURE CO 258 WISCONSIN LU.MBER CO 258 PROJECTION SCREENS. AMER. THEATRE CURTAIN & SUPPLY CO.. 254 INVENTORS' SPECIALTY CO 243 MIRROROID CO 231 SONG SLIDE MANUFACTURERS. AMERICAN MOTION SLIDE CO 252 EXCELSIOR SLIDE CO 245 HUNTON-FELL-ELLIOTT 241 KANSAS CITY SLIDE CO 222 LEVI CO 222 NIAGARA SLIDE CO 237 NORTH AMERICAN SLIDE CO 247 SCOTT & VAN ALTENA 222 SIMPSON, A. L 222 UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO 252 FEATURE FILMS (Released by). FEATURE & EDUCATIONAL FIL.M' CO 247 J. & J. FILM CO 256 NATIONAL FILM DISTRIBUTING CO 236 TOURNAMENT FILM CO 235 WORLD'S MOVING PICTURE CLASSICS 254 THEATRICAL AECHITECTS. DECORATORS' SUPPLY CO 2iT