Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1917)

Page scan 000130 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Apr-Jun 1917
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1914)
Leaf #:
000130
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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138 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD LICENSED RELEASE DATES RELEASE DAYS. Monday— Biograph, Edison, Ealem, Lubln, Patbe, Bellg, Vltagraph. Tuesday — Edison, Essanay, Paths, Lubin, Selig, Vltagraph. Wednesday — Edison, Essanay, Ealem, Selig, Patbe, Vltagraph. Thursday — Biograph, Essanay, Lnbln, Melies, Pathe, Selig, Vltagraph. Friday — Edison, Essanay, Ealem, Selig, Patbe, Lmbin, Vitagrapb. Saturday — Biograph, Edison, Essanay, Ealem, Lnbln, Pathe, Vltagraph. BIOGRAPH. 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