Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

Page scan 000405 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 #:
000405
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 383 EDISON EEHs^rV'sERiEs * DOLLY OF THE DAILIES FEATURING MARY FULLER The'First Story, "THE PERFECT TRUTH," Released Saturday, January 31st. The Mary series won Mary Fuller undying fame. Profit by her popularity and the tremendous drawing power of her name by running this new series. Twelve newspaper stories written by Acton Davies, the celebrated dramatic critic of the New York Sun, and staged with that watchful attention to detail for which the name Edison has always stood. Each film released the last Saturday in the month. If you ran the Mary series we need only tell you that this series will surpass even them. If you did not run them, don't let your competitor beat you out again. ^COMING SINGLE REELS *The Message of the Sun Dial Drama. Released Tuesday, Jan. 20th. **The Uncanny Mr. Gumble Comedy. Released Wednesday, Jan. 2ISt. **United in Danger Drama. Released Saturday, Jan 24th. *The Lovely Senorita Second Wood B. Wedd story. Released Monday, Jan. 26th. **The Mystery of the Talking Wire Third "Cleek" mystery. Released Tuesday, Jan. 27th. *How Bobby Called Her Bluff The Call of the Footlights Released Wednesday, Jan. 28th. COMING MULTIPLE REELS ***The Necklace of Rameses In Three Parts. Drama. Released Friday, Jan. 23rd. ***The Silent Death In Two Parts. Drama. Released Friday, Jan. 30th. *One sheets. **One and three sheets. ***One, three and six sheet posters by the Morgan Lithograph Co. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 239 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J. If^VlI^ Maker! of the Ediaos KinetoKope, Typ« "D."