Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1914)

Page scan 000269 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Oct-Dec 1914
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1914)
Leaf #:
000269
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 245 G:i:m:ri: it j"g:tli:i: e i icll r.| n 1 m mm OUR POLICY To produce the best To spare no pains to aid the exhibitor To live and let live To achieve the heights of artistry to which no other man aspires To offer a needy market, a stimulati ng grade of plays that will set a new standard LIST OF EXCHANGES For Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut — Alco Film Corporation of New England, 162 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. For New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania — Alco Film Exchange, 1331 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. For Illinois and Indiana — Alco Film Service, 512 Mailers Bldg., 5 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. For Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota — . Alco Film Service, Temple Court Bldg., Minneapolis. Minn. For Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska — Alco Film Service of Missouri, New Grand Central Theatre, St. Louis, Mo. For Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia — Alco Film Service. 327 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md. For State of New York — Alco Film Service, 218 West 42nd St., New York City, N. Y. For Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia — Alco Film Service, 212 Fourth Ave.. Pittsburgh, Pa. For Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon — Alco Film Service. 1214 Third Ave., Seattle, Wash. Alco Film Service, 911 Trent Ave., Spokane, Wash. Alco Film Service, 710 Northwestern Bank Bldg., Portland, Ore. Alco Film Service, 27 W. Park St., Butte, Mont. For California, Nevada and Arizona — Saul Lesser, Alco Film Service, 234 Eddy St., San Francisco, Cal. If ALCO PICTURES can be Improved, ATSCO "Original" Gold Fibre Screens will do it The pictures need it. Thousands of theatres improved their program by the "Alco" way, now let "ATSCO" improve your projection. ri H ^IHIilllllllllll B