Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

Page scan 000323 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1914
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)
Leaf #:
000323
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:
May 30, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 307 Special Feature Photoplay Masterpieces Now Ready for Bookings The Third Degree The interest centered on this great Charles Klein drama during its whole season's run at the Hudson Theatre, N. Y., and its subsequent triumphal tour of the entire United States was indeed sufficient recommendation for its transfer to the films. It comes to you with two years of international advertising back of it, with public demand already created. Aside from this advantage, the Third Degree will stand alone, strictly on its merits as a motion picture. It tells an intensely dramatic story of the inside workings of a metropolitan police department and holds its audience in eager suspense from start to finish of its 5 unpadded reels. A Lubin triumph in photographic production and a house packer in any neighborhood. Thor, Lord of the Jungle Selig — 3 Reels. The most daring animal picture ever attempted. A story of adventure in an American Circus and in the wilds of Africa. Expensively mounted and intelligently produced. The Battle of Shiloh A Lubin 4 Reel battle picture made on the very ground where the armies of Generals Grant and Johnston met in deadly combat. A tender love story intensified by the roll of the drum, the crack of the musket and the alarms of war. No more realistic war scenes can be imagined than are contained in this great photoplay. General Film Company (inc.) special Feature Department 71 West 23rd Street New York