Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

Page scan 0001762 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 #:
0001762
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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I704 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD Calendar of Licensed Releases. Current Releases Advance Releases MONDAY, MARCH 23rd, 1914. BIOGRAPH— An Hour of Terror (Drama) EDISON— Dinkelspiel's Baby (Comedy) 1000 KALEM — The 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 EDISON — The Borrovvfed 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) PATHE — 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 KALEiM — The Refrigerator Car's Captive (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 •LUBIN — Above the Law (Special— 2 parts — Drama).. 2000 PATHE— Old Streets of Cairo, Egypt (Scenic) PATHE— Whiffles, New Professor (Comedy) SELIG — While 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 (Comedy) MELIES— Batty Bill's House "Rough House" (Comedy) PATHIE^ — The Constancy of Jeanne (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 PIATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 25-1914 (News) SSELIG — ^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— And 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 Defence (Comedy) 1000 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 KALEM— 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(3 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 13 (News) 1000 VITAGRAPH— Never Again (Special— 2 partsCom.) .2000 MONDAY, MARCH 30th, 1914 BIOGRAPH— The Doctor's Trust (Drama) EDISON— The Vision in the Window— Fourth of the Wood B. Wedd Series (Comedy) 1000 KALEM — A Passover Miracle (Special — 2 parts — Dr.).. 2000 PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 26, 1914 (News) 1000 SELIG — The Salvation of Nance O'Shaughnessy (Special— 2 parts — Drama) 2000 VITAGRAPH— The Silver Snuff Box (Drama) 1000 TUESDAY, MARCH 31st, 1914. CELIO — The Price of Silence (Special — 2 parts — Dr.).. 2000 EDISON— The Mystery of the Laughing Death— Fifth of the Chronicles of Cleek Series (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY — Canning Industry in California (Industry) 1000 LUBIN — The Knave of Club's (Comedy) 400 LUBIN— In the Soup (Comedy) 600 .PATHE — Tivoli and Its Cascade (Scenic) PATHE — A Visit to the Volcano Kilauea, Hawaii (Travel) SELIG— The Midnight Call (Drama) SELIG — Fancy Skating (Sports) VITAGRAPH— A Helpful Sisterhood (Special— 2 parts — Drama) ] 2000 WEDNESDAY, APRIL ist, 1914. EDISON — Mrs. Romana's Scenario (Comedy) 460 EDISON — The Missing Twenty-five Dollars (Comedy) 570 ESSANAY — .^ Queer Quarantine (Comedy) 1000 KALEM— The Raid of the Red Marauders (Special— 2 parts — Drama) 1500 KALEM — Professor Oldboy's Rejuvenator (Comedy).. 500 LUBIN — The Fighting Blood (Special — 2 parts — Dr.).. 2000 PATHE— Whiffles Picks a Partner (Comedy) SELIG — When Thieves Fall Out (Drama) 1000 VITAGRAPH— Stage Struck (Comedy) 1000 THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd, 1914. BIOGRAPH— The Burglar's Sacrifice (Drama) ESSANAY — Dan Cupid, Assayer (Drama) 1000 LUBIN — The Mansion of Sobs (Special — 2 parts— Dr.) .2000 PATHE — His Sweetheart's Child (Special — 2 parts — Drama) PATHE — Pathe's Weekly, No. 27, 1914 (News) 1000 SELIG — The Story of Diana 1000 VITAGRAPH— Tommy's Tramp (Comedy-Drama) ....1000 FRIDAY, APRIL 3rd, 1914. EDISON — A Romance of the Everglades (Special — 2 parts — Drama) 2000 ESSANAY— The Wedding of Prudence (Special— 2 parts — Drama) 2000 KALEM— The Confiscated Count (Comedv) KALEM— Historic Tarrytown (Scenic) LUBIN— A Man's Faith (Drama) 1000 SELIG— The Bond of Love (Drama) SELIG — In Amalfi, Italy (Scenic) VITAGRAPH— Bunny's Scheme (Comedy) 1000 SATURDAY, APRIL 4th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— Bill Tell, Pawn Broker (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— Skelley's Birthday (Comedy) EDISON— His Comrade's Wife (Drama) 1000 ESSANAY — The Coming of Sophie's ''Mamma" (Com.) KALEM — Fast Freight, 320; (Drama) 1000 LUBIN— She Was a Peach (Comedy) 400 LUBIN— The Eyes Have It (Comedy) 600 PATHE — In Tangled Web (Special — 2 parts — Drama) SELIG — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 14 (News) .... 1000 VITAGRAPH— The Crucible of Fate (Special— 2 parts —Drama) 2000 ■ IF YOU DID NOT ORDER ten beautiful posters of the popular Licensed players from us for ^i.oo, vou had better DO IT NOW AMERICAN SLIDE & POSTER CO., First National Bank Building, Chicago