Moving Picture World (April 1912 - June 1912)

Page scan 000221 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
April 1912 - June 1912
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (April-June 1912)
Leaf #:
000221
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 Published by Telephone call, I343-U44 Gramercy CHALMERS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., 125 E. 23rd Street (Beach Building), NEW YORK J. P. Chalmers, Pres. ; E. J. Chalmers, Sec. and Treas. ; John Wvlie, Vice.-Pres. and Gen. Manager. The office of the company is the address of the officers. Entered at the General Post Office in New York City as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year. Post free in the United States, Mexico, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Canada, $3.50. Foreign Countries, $4.00, Post Paid. WESTERN OFFICE: 169 W. Washington St. (Post Bldg.), Chicago, 111. 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 individual*. Vol. 12 APRIL 20, 1912 No. 3 INDEX TO CONTENTS. ADVERTISING FOE EXHIBITORS 224 AMONG THE EXHIBITORS 262 APPRECIATION OF J. P. CHALMERS, IN, by Louis Reeves Harrison 206 CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RELEASES. . .239 CALENDAR OF LICENSED RELEASES 240 CARNEGIE MUSEUM EXPEDITION OF 1911.. 216 CHICAGO LETTER 212 COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Independent) .. .230 COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Licensed) 229 CORRESPONDENCE 246 FACTS AND COMMENTS 204 INCORPORATIONS 262 INDEPENDENT FILM STORIES 264 INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 272 INQUIRIES 227 IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 248 ••JOSEPHINE" (Cines) 219 KALEM ANNOUNCES EGYPTIAN PICTURES. .208 LICENSED FILM STORIES 256 LICENSED RELEASE DATES 274 LOUISVILLE .'.-. 24S MANUFACTURERS' ADVANCE NOTES 235 MEDICINE HAT. CAN 250 MOVING PICTURE EDUCATOR 213 MUSIC FOR THE PICTURE 210 NEW CENSORSHIP PROPOSED 222 NEW ENGLAND 246 NIP THIS IN THE BUD 204 OUT OF THE NIGHT (Essanay) 220 PAUL RAINEY AFRICAN PICTURES. THE.. 214 PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT, THE 226 PHILADELPHIA 250 PITTSBURGH 250 fKOJECTTON DEPARTMENT 232 PUNISHMENT, THE (Biograph) 217 QUESTION OF POSTERS, THE 205 QUIMBY'S NEW THEATER 207 REDEMPTION 221 REX THEATER OPENS 223 SONG SLIDE RELEASES 244 STORIES OF THE FILMS (Independent) 264 STORIES OF THE FILMS (Licensed) 256 ST. LOUIS 252 SO. BETHLEHEM. PA 252 THANHOUSER SELLS PLANT. WASHINGTON, D. C 207 .250-252 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. CARBON IMPORTERS. CRYSTAL FILM CO 2&5 LECTURES (Prepared hy). FRORCP. L. E 281 MAJESTIC FILM CO 19l> HOrlMAN, U. F KIEWERT, CHAS. L 278 ST. LOUIS MOTION PICTURE CO 196 MAiiiON, L. M REISINGER, HUGO 273 MOVING PICTURE WORLD. .281 .281 .280 ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SUPPLIES. CHICAGO M. P. SUPPLY CO 249 ENTERPRISE OPTICAL CO 271 FOOS GAS ENGINE CO 277 FORT WAYNE ELEC. CO 271 HALLBERG, J. H 281 HELIOS MFG. CO 265 ILG ELEC. 00 244 KEYSTONE SALES CO 267 KOERTIN'G & MATHIESEN 261 MACKIE CO., INC 282-279 SCHNBIDEK, E 261 STERN MFG. CO 194 FILM IMPORTERS & BROKERS. INTERNATIONAL FILM' TRADERS 261 MASKO FILM CO 261 FIREPROOF APPARATUS. N. Y. FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION CO 275 TRAINER. C. W 194 FILM EXCHANGES. BRADENBURG, GEO 259 BUCKEYE LAKE SHORE F. CO 259 ■CALEHUFF, CHAS 279 CINCINNATI BUCKEYE F. CO 280 FEATURE FILM CO 259 GOLDEN GATE FILM CO 280 GREENE, W. E 267 HETZ, L 270 LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE 192 SPECIAL EVENT FILM CO 271 SWAAB FILM SERVICE 194 INDEPENDENT FILM MANUFACTURERS. AMERICAN 189 BISON i nil CO. i 193 CHAMPION FILM CO 190 F.CLAIR 191 •GAUMONT 249 GREAT NORTHERN 188 IMP 192 LUX 265 SALES CO 251 NESTOR 195 POWERS 188 REPUBLIC 259 REIT ANCE 261 REX 195 ■SOLA X 194 LICENSED FILM MANUFACTURERS. EDISON 200 ESSANAY 1S7 KALEM 202 KLEINE 241 LUBIN 198 M ELIES 283 PATHE FRERES 261 SEL1G 201 VITAGRAPH 190 LENS MANUFACTURERS. BAUSCH & LOMIi GUNDLACH MANHATTAN CO. MOVING PICTURE MACHINE MANUFACTURERS. AMERICAN 281 EDIS. .N 200 MOTIOGRAPH 276 POWERS 284 SIMPLEX 239 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. DEAGAN, J. C 261 SINN. C. E 192 WTJRLITZER, RUDOLPH 265 ZEIDLER DRUM CO 271 .263 .203 KHANHOrSER (not in Sales Co.) .186 MISCELLANEOUS. ABC CO 280 AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO 205 BAFF, W. E 280 BRADY, A 267 BRUNSWIG BROS 270 CELLUKOTE CO , 257 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 252 CORCORAN. A. J 259 EXHIBITORS' ADV. CO 194 EXHIBITORS' ADV. & SPECIALTY CO 240 GUNBY BROS 271 HELFER, P 246 HOKE, GEO. M. 261 LAPIN 271 LAVEZZI CO 196 McKENNA BROS 2S2 MIDLAND TRANSPARENCY CO 270 METRO LITHOGRAPH CO 265 MORTIMER FILM CLEANER 261 NATIONAL TICKET CO 272 NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR 00 265 NEWMAN MFG. CO 276 OPERATORS HANDBOOK 276 PARISIAN MFG. CO 265 PHOTOPLAY ADV. & SPECIALTY CO 275 PHOTOPLAY EXCHANGE 244 PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE 259 PITTSBURG PHOTOPLAY CO 280 RAW FILM SUPPLY CO 263 SANITARY SERVICE CO 265 SARGENT. E. W 282 SMITH, H 248 STERN POSTER CO 275 STEBBINS, CHAS 194 TAYLOR, F. C 279 THREE IN ONE OIL CO 265 TILLEY. F. L 23S WILLIAMS. J. D 271 OPERA CHAIR MANUFACTURERS. AMERICAN SEATING CO ANDREWS, A. II BENNETT, GEO IIAUIIESTY CHAIR CO STAFFORD, E. H STEEL FURNITURE CO WISCONSIN SEATING CO .282 .282 .282 .282 .282 .282 .282 PROJECTING SCREENS. AMERICAN THEATER CURTAIN CO 279 COYLE SILVER SCREEN CO 2S0 INVENTORS' SPECIALTY CO 278 MIRROROIDE CO 263 MOTION PICTURE SCREEN CO 254-255 SLIDE MANUFACTURERS. AMERICAN MOTION SLIDE CO 244 RATTEItSHALL & OLESON 249 EXCELSIOR SLIDE CO 244 LEVI CO 244 SCOTT & VAN ALTENA 244 SIMPSON. A. L 194 UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO 249 FEATURE FILMS (Released hy). CENTURY FILM CO 192 ELLIS, ARCHIE H 252 FEATURE & EDUCATIONAL FILM CO 261 FEATURE PHOTOPLAY CO 194 FRENCH AMERICAN FILM CO 270 GREAT NORTHERN FEATURE FILM CO 247 QUAKER CITY' FILM CO 279 JUNGLE FILM CO 243 SOUTH COAST FILM CO 257 SUPERIOR FEATURE FILM CO 253 TOFRNAMENT FILM CO 197 WARNER'S FEATURE FILM CO 252 WORLD'S BEST FILM CO 245 THE'TWICAL ARCHITECTS. DECORATORS' SUPPLY CO 271