Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

Page scan 0001018 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 #:
0001018
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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984 THE MO\^ING PICTURE WORLD Calendar of Licensed Releases. Current Releases MONDAY, FEBRUARY i6th, 1914 BIOGRAPH— Her Old Teacher (Drama) EDISON— The Adventure of the Extra Baby (Second Story of Octavius, Amateur Detective) (Comedy) looo KALEM — A Million in Jewels (Special — 2 parts — Drama) . .2000 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly No. 14, 1914 (News) SELIG— The Uphill Climb (Special— 2 parts— Drama) 2000 VITAGRAPH— Sawdust and Salome (Drama) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1914. CELT O— The Artist's Model (George Kleine — Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 EDISON — Sophia's Imaginary Visitors (Comedv-Drama) . .1000 ESSANAY— To Alaska via the Great Rivers of the North ( Scenic) 1000 LUBIN— Getting Even ( Comedy) 400 LUBIN — An Innocent Victim ((Zomedy) 600 PATHE— Whitfle's Balcony Buds (Comedy) PATHE — Rambles in Bourges, France (Scenic) SELICj — Through the Centuries (Drama) lOOO VITAGRAPH — Back to Broadway (Special — 2 parts — Comedy-Drama) 2000 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY i8th, 1914. EDISON — Courting Betty's Beau (Comedy) 1000 ESSANAY — One-to-Three (Comedy) lOOO KALEM — Chasing the Smugglers (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 LUBIN — The Price of a Ruby (Special — 2 parts — Drama).. 2000 PATHE — Won by a Nose ( Comedy) PATHE — Monuments of Upper Egypt (Architecture) SELIG— Thou Shalt Not Kill (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— Fatty on the Job (Comedy) 600 VITAGRAPH — Lumbering in Sweden (Industrial) 400 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19th, 1914. BICXJRAPHA Desperate Hero ( Comedy) BIOGRAPH— Skelley and the Turkey (Comedy) ESSANAY — Italian Love (Comedy-Drama) lOOO LUBIN — The House of Fear (Special — 2 parts — Drama) .. .2000 MELIES— A Fable and Its Moral (Comedy) 300 MELIES — A Hobo Philosopher (Comedy) 700 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly No. 15, 1914 (News) PATHE — Where the Heart Calls (Special — 2 parts — Drama)2000 SELIG — Venus and Adonis (Comedy) SELIG — A Mad Marathon (Comedy) VITAGRAPH — The First Endorsement ( Drama) 1000 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20th, 1914. EDISON — All for His Sake (Special — 2 parts^Drama) . . . .2000 ESSANAY — The Other Girl (Special — 2 parts — Drama) .. .2000 KALEM — Too Many Johnnies ( Comedv) KALEM— A Bottled Romance (Comedy) LUBIN — In the Dredger's Claw (Drama) 1000 SELIG — Memories ( Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— His Little Page (Comedy) 1000 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 1914. BIOGRAPH — Criminology and Reform ( Drama) EDISON — The Powers of the Air (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY — Snakeville's Fire Brigade (Comedy) 1000 KALEM — An Indian's Honor (Drama) KALEM — A Long Island Skunk Farm (Industrial) LUBIN — A Winning Mistake (Comedy) 400 LUBIN — The Female Book Agent (Comedy) 600 PATHE — Victims of Vanity (Special — 2 parts — Drama) .. .2000 VITAGRAPH — Iron and Steel (Special — 2 parts — ^Drama) ..2000 Advance Releases MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 1914. BIOGRAPH— (Title Not Reported) EDISON— The Beautiful Leading Lady (Third of Wood B. Wedd's Series) (Comedy) 1000 KALEM— The Shadow (Special— 2 parts— Drama) 2000 PAT 4E— Pathe's Weekly, No. 16, 1914 (News) SELIG — The Adventures of Kathlyn, No 5, (A Colonel In Chains) (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 VITAGRAPH— In the Old Attic (Drama) 1000 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24th, 1914. CINES— The Money-Sharks (Special— 3 parts— Drama) .3000 EDISON — The Mystery of the Ladder (Fourth of Mystery of the (Chronicles of Cleek) (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY— Hear No Evil (Drama) 1000 LUBIN— The Lost Child (Comedy) 400 LUBIN— The Rise of Officer Casey (Comedy) 600 PATHE— The Winning Hand (Drama) SELIG— The Cynic (Drama) SELIG — Doc Yak, the Cartoonist (Comedy) VITAGRAPH— Doctor Polly (Special— 2 parts— Com, Drama) 2000 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th, 1914. EDISON — Love's Young Dream (Comedy) 500 EDISON — Cheese Mining (Comedy) 500 ESSANAY— Mrs. Manl/s Baby (Comedy) 1000 KALEM— The Tigers of the Hills (Special— 2 partsDrama) 2000 LUBIN — Sealed Orders (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 PATHE — September Morn (Comedy) SELIG — King Baby's Birthday (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Hero (Comedy) 750 VITAGRAPH— Crawfishing (Educational) 250 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— The Massacre (2 parts— Drama) ESSANAY — The Arm of Vengeance (Drama) 1000 LUBIN — The Two Roses (Special — 2 parts — Drama) . . . .2000 MELIES — Winky Willies Arithmetic (Comedy) 300 MELIES — Batty Billy and His Pal's Legacy (Comedy).. 700 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 17, 1914 (News) PATHE — The Devil's Assistant (Special — 2 parts — Dr.). 2000 SELICi — Tested by Fire (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Old Oak's Secret (Drama) 1000 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1914. EDISON— The Drama of Heyville (Special— 2 partsComedy) 2000 ESSANAY — Let No Man Escape (Special — 2 parts — Dr.) .2000 KALEM — Reggie, the Squaw Man (Comedy) 1000 LUBIN — A Desperate Chance (Drama) 1000 SELIG— The Attic Above (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH — A Change in Baggage Checks (Comedy) .1000 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— (Title Not Reported) EDISON— The Ghost of Mother Love (Second of the Dolly of the Dailies Series) (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY— Broncho Billy's Bible (Drama) 1000 KALEM — The Delayed Special (Drama) 1000 LUBIN — Coon Town Sufifragettes (Comedy) 400 LUBIN — Father's Temper (Comedy) 600 PATHE— (Title Not Reported) VITAGRAPH— The Drudge (Special— 2 parts— Drama) .2000 EXPRESS RATES GREATLY REDUCED and most practical ever made. Every exhibitor is using them. AMERICAN SLIDE & POSTER CO. It will cost you very little now to get one of our specially low-priced poster frames. The handsomest Write for illustrations. ^ _^ l8t National Bank Building, Chicago 7 HI*.