Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

Page scan 0001146 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 #:
0001146
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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mo THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD Calendar of Licensed Releases. Current Releases MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 1914. BIOGRAPH— Her Father's Silent Partner (Drama) EDISON— The Beautiful Leading Lady (Third of Wood B. Wedd's Series) (Comedy) 1000 KALEM — The Shadow (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 PAT^E— Pathe's Weekly, No. 16, 1914 (News) SELICJ— 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— Coni. Drama) 2000 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th, 1914. EDISON — Love's Young Dream (Comedy) 500 EDISON — Cheese Mining (Comedy) 500 ESSANAY — Mrs. Manly's Baby (Comedy) ., 1000 KALEM — The Tigers of the Hills (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 LUBIN — Sealed Orders (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 PATHE — September Morn (Comedy) SELKj — King Baby's Birthday (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Hero (Comedy) 750 VITAGRAPHCrawfishing (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 SELIG — Tested by Fire (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Old Oak's Secret (Drama) 1000 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1914. EDISON — The Drama of Heyville (Special — 2 parts — Comedy) 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— Chocolate Dynamite (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— Because of a Hat (Comedy) EDISON— The Ghost of Mother Eve (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 Suffragettes (Comedy) 400 LUBIN — Father's Temper (Comedy) 600 PATHE — The Parasites (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 VITAGRAPH — The Drudge (Special — 2 parts — Drama). 2000 Advance Releases MONDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1914. BIOGRAPH— .\ Bunch of Flowers ( Drama) EDISON — Mr. Sniffkins' Widow (Comedy) 1000 KALEM — Chest of Fortune (Special — 2 parts — Drama). 2000 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 18, 1914 (News) SELIG — The Tragedy of Ambition (Spec. — 2 parts — Dr.)2ooo VITAGRAPH— Buffalo Jim (Drama) 1000 TUESDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1914. CINES — The Diamond-Maker (Special — 2 parts — Dr.)..jooo EDISON — With the Eyes of Love (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY— The Long Cold Night (Drama) 1000 LUBIN— The Best Man (Comedy) 400 LUBIN— That Terrible Kid (Comedy) 600 PATHE — The Second Generation (Drama) SELICj — The Smuggler's Sister (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Sacrifice of Kathleen (Special— 2 parts — Drama) 2000 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4th, 1914. EDISON — An Absent-Minded Mother (Comedy) 500 EDISON — A Four-Footed Desperado (Comedy) 500 ESSANAY — "Presto" Willie, Magician (Comedy) 1000 K.\LEM — The Intrigue (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 LL'BIN — In the Gambler's Web (Special — 2 parts — Dr.)2000 PATHE— Hogan's Alley (Comedy) SELIG — The Countess and the Burglar (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— A Pair of Frauds (Comedy) THURSDAY, MARCH 5th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— Politics and Suffragettes (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— Pa and Ma Elope (Comedy) ESSANAY— The Conquest of Man (Drama) 1000 LUBIN — His Wife (Special — 2 parts — Drama) ;..2000 MELIES — Winky Willy and the Telephone Crime (Comedy) 300 MELIES— A Village Scandal (Comedy) 700 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 19, 1914 (News) PATHE— The Brother Counts (Special— 2 parts— Dr.) .2000 SELIG— Little Lillian Turns the Tide (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— Silent Trails (Drama) VITAGRAPH— Scenes in Norsland (Scenic) FRIDAY, MARCH 6th, 1914. EDISON — Comedy and Tragedy (Spec— 2 parts— Dr.) .2000 ESSANAY — Chains of Bondage (Special — 2 parts — Dr.)2ooo KALEM— Hiram's Hotel (Comedy) KALEM — Beauty, the Educated Horse (Edu.) LUBIN — A Romance of the Northwest (Drama) 1000 SELIG — The Renegade's Vengeance (Drama). 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Speeder's Revenge (Comedy) 1000 SATURDAY, MARCH 7th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— Children of Destiny (Drama) EDISON— When the Cartridges Failed (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY — Sophie's Birthday Party (Comedy) 1000 KALEM— The Hopi Raiders (Comedy) KALEM — Unveiling the Maine Monument (Topical)... LUBIN — When Dooley Passed Away (Comedy) ....'.. .1000 PATHE — On the Altar of Patriotism (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 VITAGRAPH— The Mischief Maker (Special— 2 parts — Drama) 2000 LET US SHIP YOU A WEEK'S SUPPLY IN ADVANCE in one shipment. All up-to-date exhibitors are again using song slide service. Why not get the best service in America ? AMERICAN SLIDE & POSTER CO. First National Bank Building, Chicago, III. I