Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1914
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)
Leaf #:
0001586
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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1542 THE ]\IOVIXG PICTURE WORLD Calendar of Licensed Releases. Current Releases MONDAY, MARCH i6th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— Gentleman or Thief (Drama) EDISON— The Adventure of the Alarm Clock— Third of the Octavius Amateur Detective Series (Comedy) . 1000 KALEM — The Colleen Bawn (Special — 3 parts — Drama)3000 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 22, 1914 (News) SELIG — The Better Wav (Special — 2 parts — Drama). . .2000 VITAGRAPH— Auntie (Drama) 1000 TUESDAY, MARCH 17th, 1914. CINES — Gypsy Love (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 EDISON — A Real Helpmate (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY— Oh! Doctor (Comedy) 1000 LUBIN — The Laziest Man (Comedy) 1000 PATH E— Whiffles and the Diamond Pin (Comedy).... SELIG — The Story of Venus (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Price of Vanity (Special—.' partsDrama) 2000 WEDNESDAY, MARCH i8th, 1914. EDISON — A Winter Holiday in the Bernes, Oberland, Switzerland (Scenic) 400 EDISON — A Boarding House Romance (Comedy) 600 ESSANAY — Luck in Odd Numbers (Comedy) 1000 KALEM — The Award of Justice (Special — 2 parts — Dr.)200o LUBIN — The Weaker Brother (Special — -2 parts — Dr.).. 2000 PATHE — Col. Heeza Liar Shipwrecked (Novelty) PATHE — Madura and Its Pagodas (Architecture) SELIG — The Cop on the Beat (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Ghosts (Comedy) 1000 THURSDAY, MARCH 19th, 1914. BIOGR.\PH— The Restless Woman (Drama) ESSANAY — Single Handed (Drama) 1000 LUBIN — The Secret Marriage (Special — 2 parts — Dr.).. 2000 MELIES — Winky Willy's Private Show (Comedy) 700 MELIES — Cupid's Window (Corned}-) 700 PATHE — The Wasted Years (Special — 2 parts — Drama)200o PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 23, 1914 (News) SELIG— The Evil We Do (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Idler (Drama) 1000 FRIDAY, MARCH 20th, 1914. EDISON — The Double Shadow (Special — 2 parts — Dr.). 2000 ESSANAY — Shadows (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 KALEM — The Family Skeleton (Comedy) KALEM — Cypress Logging In Florida (Industry) LUBIN — The Price (Drama) 1000 SELIG — Two Little Vagabonds (Drama) looo VITAGRAPHi— A Model Young Man (Comedy) 1000 Advance Releases MONDAY, MARCH 23rd, 1914. BIOGRAPH— An Hour of Terror (Drama) EDISON — Dinkelspiel's Baby (Comedy) looo K.\LEM — ihe District Attorney's Duty (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 24. 1914 (News) SELIG — The Adventures of Kathlyn, No. 7 — The Garden of Brides (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 VITAGRAPH— The Woman in Black (Comedy) 1000 TUESDAY, MARCH 24th, 1914. AMBROSIO— The Barber of Seville (Special— 3 partsComedy) 3000 DISON — The Borrowed Finery (Comedy-Drama) .... 1000 ESSANAY — The Love Route Via Pittman (Comedy) .. 1000 LUBIN — A Deal in Real Estate (Comedy) 1000 PATHE — Trichinopoly, India (Scenic) PATHE — Workaday Scenes in a Flowery Land (Scenic) P.\THE — Strange Sea Water Creatures (Zoological).. SELIG — In Remembrance (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH — Her Husband (Special — 2 parts — Dr.).. 2000 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25th, 1914. EDISON— A Night Out (Comedy) 1000 ESSANAY — Bridget Bridges It (Comedy) 1000 KALEM — The Refrigerator Car's Captive (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 LL'BiN — Above the Law (Special — 2 parts — Drama).. 2000 PATHE— Old Streets of Cairo. Egypt (Scenic) PATHE— Whiffles, New Professor (Comedy) SELIG — ^^'hile Wifey Is Away (Comedy) SELIG — Doc Yak, the Poultryman (Comedy) VITAGRAPH— The Hall Room Rivals (Comedy) 1000 THURSDAY, MARCH 26th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— Wifey's Visit Home (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— Never Shrink (Comedy) „. ESSANAY — The Atonement (Drama) 1000 LUBIN — The Game of Politics (Special — 2 parts — Dr.). 2000 MELIES — Handsome Harry's Wooing (Conedy) MELIES— Batty Bill's House "Rough House" (Comedy) PATHE — The Constancy of Jeanne (Special — 2 parts I — Drama) 2000 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 25—1914 (News) SELIG — Cupid's Caprice (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH — Chanler Rao, Criminal Expert (Drama). 1000 FRIDAY, MARCH 27th, 1914. EDISON — The Brass Bowl (Special — 2 parts — Drama).. 2000 ESSANAY — The Three Scratch Clue (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 KALEM— .A.nd the Villain Still Pursued Her (Comedy). KALEM— Phosphate Mining (Industrial) LUBIN — The Puritan (Drama) 1000 SELIG — The Story of Cupid (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— Millions for Defense (Comedy) 1000 SATURDAY, MARCH 21st, 1914. BIOGRAPH— A Friend of the District Attorney (Drama) EDISON — The Message in the Rose (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY — A Hot Time in Snakeville (Comedy) 1000 KALEM — His Indian Nemesis (Drama) 1000 LUBIN — So Long Count (Comedy) 400 LUBIN— A Trip to the Moon (Comedy) 600 PATHE — His Wife Wins (Special — 2 parts — Comedy) .. 2000 SELIG — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial (News) 1000 VITAGRAPH— Old Reliable (Special— 2 partsDrama)2ooo SATURDAY, MARCH 28th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— Battle at Elderbusch Gulch (2 parts— Dr.) EDISON— Putting One Over (Fourth of the Dolly of the Dailies Series — Comedy) 1000 ESSANAY — Broncho Billy's True Love (Drama) 1000 KALE^I — A Leap for Life (Drama) 1000 LUBIN — Detective Short (Comedy) 400 LUBIN— The Bottom of the Sea (Comedy) 600 PATHE— A Leech of Industry (Special — 3 parts — Dr.). 3000 SELI(2 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial (News) 1000 VITAGRAPH — Never Again (Special — 2 parts — Com.). 2000 \€% for 1 "^^N BEAUTIFUL ONE SHEET POSTERS OF T HE POPULAR LICENSED PLAYERS FOR $100, * ^^ Iwl Xy including G. M. Anderson, Maurice Costello, Lillian Walker. Mary Fuller, Arthur Johnson, Alice Joyce, etc., etc. Send stamps or money order with all orders. AMERICAN SLIDE & POSTER CO. First National Banit Building, Chicago, li|.