Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1913)

Page scan 0001420 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1913
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1913)
Leaf #:
0001420
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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^37^ THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD INDEPENDENCE MANUFACTURERS, EXCHANGES AND EXHIBITORS Our Distributing Agencies: ai''l—.ii,IBj -a. • ""^ Anti Trust Film Exch. 128 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. California Film Exch. 54 Seventh St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. California Film Exch. no E. 4th St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. Canadian Film Exchange CALGARY, ALBERTA Canadian Film Exchange 32 Queen St., TORONTO, ONTARIO Canadian Film Exchange 516-7-8 Holden Bldg., VANCOUVER, B. C. Canadian Film Exchange 402 Kerr Block, REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Canadian Film Exchange Over Monarch Theater, WINNIPEG, MAN. Central Film Exchange 113 W. Georgia St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Cincinnati Buckeye Film Ex. 236 W. 4th Ave., CINCINNATI, OHIO. Consolidated Film & Supply Co. Rhodes Bldg., ATLANTA, GA. Consolidated Film & Supply Co. Maison Blanche Bldg., NEW ORLEANS, LA. Detroit Universal Film Exch. DETROIT, MICH. W. E. Greene Film Exch. 665 Washington St., BOSTON, MASS. Independent Film Exchange 415 Ferry St., PITTSBURGH, PA. Ind. Western Film Exchange 64 Seventh St., PORTLAND, ORE. The listed exchanges, members of the Independent Exchange Co., desire it to be known broadcast that in the future, through their organization, they will only buy film that has been thoroughly inspected as to quality, merit and freedom from everything that is objectionable. To all manufacturers who are willing to submit their goods for critical inspection by a selected body of practical film men, as well as the National Board of Censorship, an opportunity is given which they have never hitherto had ^ that of selling their goods on MERIT ALONE. We are now ready to purchase the very best film productions available from any source; the price to be gauged ENTIRELY upon the MERIT of the production. QUALITY IS THE ONLY INFLUENCE REQUIRED I p. A. POWERS, General Manager INDEPENDENT EXCHANGE CO.,